Forestry Advance Access originally published online on June 16, 2006
Forestry 2006 79(3):341-349; doi:10.1093/forestry/cpl021
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The Pinewoods and human use, 16001900
Centre for Environmental History, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews FY16 9AJ, Scotland
E-mail: tcs1{at}st-andrews.ac.uk
Human use of the pinewoods in 16001900 is briefly reviewed, and related to evidence for differing woodland structure in these centuries. A certain number of pinewoods were lost between 1600 and 1800 and it is suggested that this may be related to climate change.