Wood-pastures are archetypes of High Nature Value Farmlands in Europe and hold
exceptional ecological, social, and cultural values. Yet, wood-pastures have been through a …

Although it has long been recognized that seed production by many forest trees varies
greatly from year to year, masting (along with 'mast fruiting','mast seeding'and 'masting …

Land use for animal production influences the earth system in a variety of ways, including
local‐scale modification to biodiversity, soils, and nutrient cycling; regional changes in …

This chapter provides a brief general historical overview of wood-pastures in Europe, and
then look at how societies viewed and managed wood-pastures in different periods, and at …

Wood-pastures are agroforestry systems created and maintained by multifunctional
management. As such, wood-pasture systems provide a model ecosystem for the …

Wood-pastures are special types of agroforestry systems that integrate trees with livestock
grazing. Wood pastures can be hotspots for large old tree abundance and have exceptional …

Background Traditional knowledge is key for sustainability, but it is rapidly disappearing. Pig
kee** in forests and marshes is an ancient, once widespread, now vanishing practice …

The aim of this paper is to assess and highlight the significance of cultural landscapes in
protected areas, considering both biodiversity and the delivery of provisioning ecosystem …

Abstract Human impact on Central European forests dates back thousands of years. In this
study we reanalyzed 36 published pollen data sets with robust chronologies from Polish …

Context The pasture-woodlands of Central Europe are low-intensity grazing systems in
which the structural richness of dynamic forest-grassland mosaics is causal for their high …