Ecotones Between Forest and Grassland

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Woodland-Grassland Ecotonal Shifts in Environmental Mosaics: Lessons Learnt from the Environmental History of the Carpathian Basin (Central Europe) During the Holocene and the Last Ice Age Based on Investigation of Paleobotanical and Mollusk Remains

Chapter 3 Ecotones as Complex Arenas of Disturbance, Climate, and Human Impacts: The Trans-Andean Forest-Steppe Ecotone of Northern Patagonia

Chapter 4 Woody–Herbaceous–Livestock Species Interaction

Chapter 6 Post-agricultural Ecotones in Puerto Rico

Chapter 7 South Brazilian Forest-Grassland Ecotones: Dynamics Affected by Climate, Disturbance, and Woody Species Traits

Chapter 8 Long-Term Perspectives on Tropical Forest–Savanna Dynamics in Lowland Bolivia from the Last Ice Age Until Present

Chapter 9 Using Paleoecological Data to Define Main Vegetation Dynamics Along the Savanna–Forest Ecotone in Colombia: Implications for Accurate Assessment of Human Impacts

Chapter 10 The Dynamic History of the Upper Forest Line Ecotone in the Northern Andes

Chapter 11 Climatic Drivers of Tree Growth and Recent Recruitment at the Pyrenean Alpine Tree Line Ecotone

Chapter 12 The Alpine Treeline Ecotone in the Southernmost Swedish Scandes: Dynamism on Different Scales

Chapter 13 How Climate and Fire Disturbances Influence Contrasted Dynamics of Picea glauca Ecotones at Alpine Tree Lines in Atlantic and Continental Eastern North America

Chapter 14 Conclusion, Synthesis, and Future Directions