Mountain regions are globally important areas for biodiversity but are subject to multiple
human‐induced threats, including climate change, which has been more severe at higher …

Grasslands dominate land cover nationally and globally, and their composition, structure
and habitat value are strongly influenced by the actions of domestic and wild grazing …

Ecology Letters (2012) 15: 406–414 Abstract Incentive payments to private landowners
provide a common strategy to conserve biodiversity and enhance the supply of goods and …

This book considers a number of problems posed by ungulates and their management in
Europe. Through a synthesis of the underlying biology and a comparison of the …

1. Upland biotopes have conservation importance for their typical plant and animal species.
Recently, the condition of upland habitats has deteriorated with associated declines in many …

In many parts of Europe, decades of production subsidies led to the steady intensification of
agriculture in marginal areas. The recent decoupling of subsidies from production decisions …

Atlantic heaths are semi-natural habitats of high biodiversity interest which once covered
large areas of the Atlantic Region. Nowadays these heathlands are dramatically reduced in …

Prescribed grazing is defined by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) as
“managing the harvest of vegetation with grazing and/or browsing animals”(NRCS, 2007) …

Simple Summary Increasing attacks on animal agriculture have forced many people to
question the use of animals for food. Grazing livestock are part of a sustainable agricultural …

Sheep grazing is an important part of agriculture in the North Atlantic region, defined here as
the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Scotland. This process has played a key …