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Landscape Change in Mediterranean Farmlands: Impacts of Land Abandonment on Cultivation Terraces in Portofino (Italy) and Lesvos (Greece) Cover

Landscape Change in Mediterranean Farmlands: Impacts of Land Abandonment on Cultivation Terraces in Portofino (Italy) and Lesvos (Greece)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2014-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1805-4196 | Journal ISSN: 1803-2427
Language: English
Page range: 23 - 44
Submitted on: Apr 26, 2014
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Accepted on: Jul 18, 2014
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Published on: Oct 15, 2014
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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