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1 online resource (322 pages) |
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Note on contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword; PART I Introduction; 1 The social and ecological dimensions of wood-pastures; 2 Diversity, threats and conservation of European wood-pastures; 3 Wood-pastures as examples of European high nature value landscapes: functions and differentiations according to farming; PART II History and change; 4 The origins and history of medieval wood-pastures; 5 Recent dynamics of evergreen oak wood-pastures in south-western Iberia; 5.1 Wood-pasture profile: Monroy, Spain |
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6 Ecological patterns and processes at various spatiotemporal scales in wood-pastures of the Swiss Jura Mountains and adaptation to climate change6.1 Wood-pasture profile: Musella, Italy; PART III Biodiversity and ecology; 7 Plant and vegetation diversity in European wood-pastures; 7.1 Wood-pasture profile: Saaremaa, Estonia; 8 Wood-pastures as reservoirs for invertebrates; 8.1 Wood-pasture profile: Hatfield Forest, England; 9 Grazing as a tool for wood-pasture restoration and management; 9.1 Wood-pasture profile: East Vättern Scarp Landscape, Sweden; PART IV Social-cultural values |
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10 Social-cultural values of oak wood-pastures and transhumance in Greece10.1 Wood-pasture profile: Western Lesvos, Greece; 11 The role of traditional ecological knowledge in managing wood-pastures; 11.1 Wood-pasture profile: Csokonyavisonta, Hungary; 12 Mapping ancient and other trees of special interest: UK citizens' contribution to world tree heritage; PART V Governance institutions; 13 Wood-pasture management in southern Transylvania (Romania): From communal to where?; 13.1 Wood-pasture profile: Breite, Romania |
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14 Common management of wood-pastures and sustainable regional development in the southern Black Forest (Germany)14.1 Wood-pasture profile: Southern Black Forest, Germany; 15 Institutional arrangements of wood-pasture management: Past and present in the UK; PART VI Synthesis; 16 Wood-pastures and the Common Agricultural Policy: Rhetoric and reality; 17 European wood-pastures in transition: Lessons for science, conservation and policy development in high nature value landscapes; Index |
| Summary |
Wood-pastures are important elements of European cultural identity and have an exceptional ecological value, yet they are in decline all over Europe. The structure of wood-pastures is strongly influenced by grazing and multiple other land uses and by local and regional environmental conditions. This book examines the diverse expressions of wood-pastures across Europe. It provides a new perspective, using a social-ecological framework to explore social and ecological values, governing institutions, threats and conservation approaches. It explores the major drivers of decline, which ar |
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Print version record |
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Forest management -- Europe -- History
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Pastures -- Europe -- Management -- History
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Forest management
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Pastures -- Management
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Europe
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Plieninger, Tobias
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| ISBN |
9781135139032 |
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1135139032 |
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