1. Marginal agricultural land, which in the UK refers particularly to upland grazings, will see changes in management driven by markets, subsidies, grants and environmental change with implications for biodiversity. 2. Using a large-scale, long-term grazing experiment in the UK uplands we assessed the impact of intensification (tripling sheep numbers), abandonment (removal of sheep) and grazer diversification (partial replacement of sheep by cattle) on vegetation composition in a heterogenous area of grassland. 3. Species benefiting from increased grazing included Anthoxanthum odoratum, Nardus stricta and Trichophorum cespitosum. Species that benefitted from the removal of grazing included Narthecium ossifragum, Pteridium aquilinum and Vacc...
The success of grassland biodiversity restoration schemes is determined by many factors; as such the...
Abstract: Questions: How has vegetation species diversity and species composition changed between 1...
1. It is well documented that large herbivores have pronounced effects on plant communities in grass...
Marginal agricultural land, which in the UK refers particularly to upland grazings, will see changes...
Calcareous grasslands are of high conservation importance and have been maintained by livestock graz...
The Wicken Fen Vision (Cambridgeshire, UK) is a landscape-scale habitat restoration project that use...
Changes in the Common Agricultural Policy have led to the development of agri-environment schemes to...
The upland and mountainous regions of northern Europe provide a wide variety of ecosystem services. ...
Traprain Law is a steep-sided hill in East Lothian. Most of the hill is grassland and designated as ...
Semi-natural dry grassland sites are of great importance for nature conservation because they suppor...
AbstractWe analysed data collected between 1954 and 2000 from nine long-term experiments designed to...
Livestock grazing is a major driver of land-use change, causing significant biodiversity loss global...
1. Agrostis capillaris-Festuca ovina-dominated communities are widespread in the uplands of Great Br...
Overgrazing has resulted in widespread decline in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in grasslan...
Livestock grazing can be used as a key management tool for maintaining healthy ecosystems. However, ...
The success of grassland biodiversity restoration schemes is determined by many factors; as such the...
Abstract: Questions: How has vegetation species diversity and species composition changed between 1...
1. It is well documented that large herbivores have pronounced effects on plant communities in grass...
Marginal agricultural land, which in the UK refers particularly to upland grazings, will see changes...
Calcareous grasslands are of high conservation importance and have been maintained by livestock graz...
The Wicken Fen Vision (Cambridgeshire, UK) is a landscape-scale habitat restoration project that use...
Changes in the Common Agricultural Policy have led to the development of agri-environment schemes to...
The upland and mountainous regions of northern Europe provide a wide variety of ecosystem services. ...
Traprain Law is a steep-sided hill in East Lothian. Most of the hill is grassland and designated as ...
Semi-natural dry grassland sites are of great importance for nature conservation because they suppor...
AbstractWe analysed data collected between 1954 and 2000 from nine long-term experiments designed to...
Livestock grazing is a major driver of land-use change, causing significant biodiversity loss global...
1. Agrostis capillaris-Festuca ovina-dominated communities are widespread in the uplands of Great Br...
Overgrazing has resulted in widespread decline in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in grasslan...
Livestock grazing can be used as a key management tool for maintaining healthy ecosystems. However, ...
The success of grassland biodiversity restoration schemes is determined by many factors; as such the...
Abstract: Questions: How has vegetation species diversity and species composition changed between 1...
1. It is well documented that large herbivores have pronounced effects on plant communities in grass...