Conservation of a strongly declining butterfly species depends on traditionally managed grasslands
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DOI: 10.1007/s10841-020-00288-2
Abstract: Due to land-use intensification at productive soils and abandonment of marginal farmland, biodiversity has dramatically declined throughout Europe. The dryad (Minois dryas) is a grassland butterfly that has strongly suffered from land-use change across Central… read more here.
Keywords: traditionally managed; common pastures; land use; conservation ... See more keywords
Traditional grazing management creates heterogeneous swards and fosters grasshopper densities
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DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.13041
Abstract: Common pastures were once the dominant type of land use in many European regions. However, during the past 150 years, they have declined dramatically. Recent studies have shown that they are hotspots for rare plant,… read more here.
Keywords: grazing; grasshopper densities; common pastures; threatened species ... See more keywords