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Two experiments were done near Ascot, UK, to determine the effect of grazing by rabbits on plant recruitment in mature grassland and on cultivated soi...
Read moreDeclining populations of UK grassland flora and fauna have been attributed to intensification of agricultural management practices, including changes ...
Read moreMany grasslands in north-west Europe are productive but species-poor communities resulting from intensive agriculture. Reducing the intensity of manag...
Read moreDuring their spring stop-offs in Lake St. Peter, which averaged 32 days (1974-5), migrating Canada geese (Branta canadensis) flew twice daily to feed ...
Read moreThe current human-induced intensification of grazing pressure and the aridity increase as a result of climate change are unprecedented and have been i...
Read moreResource competition is an important process governing the impact of livestock on native wild mammalian herbivores, an issue acknowledged to be of glo...
Read moreSheep were grazed at a high stocking rate for a few days 3 times each summer in a Sitka spruce plantation in Co. Antrim from 1970 to 1974 (7th to 11th...
Read moreGrazing by domestic livestock is sometimes promoted as a management tool to benefit biodiversity. In many situations, however, it can produce negative...
Read moreLand management is critical for biodiversity conservation in mountain grasslands. It should be both ecologically effective and economically efficient....
Read moreManagement decisions by farmers are influenced by complex interrelations of ecological, economic and social factors. Of equal importance are the indiv...
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