Europe's semi-natural grasslands support notably high levels of temperate biodiversity
across multiple taxonomic groups. However, these ecosystems face unique conservation …

The present landscape structure and function is the result of centuries of changes produced
both by natural processes and human driving forces. For centuries many mountain and …

Ecosystem services assessments have the potential to support negotiating the complex
trade-offs between conservation goals and other economic, political and social agendas …

Abstract The European Alps are highly rich in species, but their future may be threatened by
ongoing changes in human land use and climate. Here, we reconstructed vegetation …

Climate change and habitat loss present serious threats to nature. Yet, due to a lack of
historical land-use data, the potential for land-use change and baseline land-use conditions …

Abandonment or change of traditional (pre-modern) management systems threaten semi-
natural grasslands worldwide. Understanding existing traditional grassland management …

Grassland ecosystems provide the basis for grassland farming where climate and
topography constrain the cultivation of crops. Current agricultural systems and their nutrient …

This paper aims to classify the dairy systems of an Alpine area (Trento Province, Italy) and
compare them in terms of productivity, milk destination, maintenance of livestock …

An underestimated factor that contributes to the decline of insects observed during the last
year is probably the mortality, which is caused by mowing of grassland. We studied the …

The ongoing worldwide biodiversity crisis comes along with a growing demand for feasible
environmental indicators to measure, evaluate and communicate anthropogenic influence …