Disturbance-grazer-vegetation interactions maintain habitat diversity in mountain pasture-woodlands

Alexander Peringer, Alexandre Buttler, François Gillet, Ileana Pătru-Stupariu, Kiowa A. Schulze, Mihai-Sorin Stupariu and Gert Rosenthal

Ecological Modelling, 2017, vol. 359, issue C, 301-310

Abstract: Low-intensity livestock grazing is a widespread management tool in order to maintain habitat diversity in mountain pasture-woodlands for nature conservation purposes. Historical photographs indicate that forest disturbance significantly contributed to forest-grassland mosaic pattern formation. Disturbance-grazer interactions are however poorly understood and the effects of logging or windthrow are rarely considered in management plans. Moreover, disturbance-grazer interactions are crucial for the maintenance of open habitats in the upcoming “rewilding” approach of nature conservation.

Keywords: Semi-open landscape; Forest-grassland mosaic; Segregation; Management; Logging; Ungulates (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.06.012

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