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European Wood-pastures in Transition
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ABSTRACT
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 are shown to be related to accelerated cultural, institutional and developmental changes occurring across Europe over the past century. Case studies are included from North-Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe.
Written by renowned scholars and conservationists, the book contributes to developing better, locally adapted conservation policies and management approaches for wood-pastures.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I Introduction
chapter 1|16 pages
The social and ecological dimensions of wood-pastures
chapter 2|20 pages
Diversity, threats and conservation of European wood-pastures
chapter 3|14 pages
Wood-pastures as examples of European high nature value landscapes: functions and differentiations according to farming
part |2 pages
PART II History and change
chapter 5|20 pages
Recent dynamics of evergreen oak wood-pastures in south-western Iberia
chapter 6|21 pages
Ecological patterns and processes at various spatiotemporal scales in wood-pastures of the Swiss Jura Mountains and adaptation to climate change
part |2 pages
PART III Biodiversity and ecology
chapter 7|19 pages
Plant and vegetation diversity in European wood-pastures
chapter 9|20 pages
Grazing as a tool for wood-pasture restoration and management
part |2 pages
PART IV Social-cultural values
chapter 10|14 pages
Social-cultural values of oak wood-pastures and transhumance in Greece
chapter 11|18 pages
The role of traditional ecological knowledge in managing wood-pastures
chapter 12|14 pages
Mapping ancient and other trees of special interest: UK citizens’ contribution to world tree heritage
part |2 pages
PART V Governance institutions
chapter 13|16 pages
Wood-pasture management in southern Transylvania (Romania): From communal to where?
chapter 14|19 pages
Common management of wood-pastures and sustainable regional development in the southern Black Forest (Germany)
chapter 15|17 pages
Institutional arrangements of wood-pasture management: Past and present in the UK
part |2 pages
PART VI Synthesis