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SUBMITTER: Olden A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5274622 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Oldén Anna A Komonen Atte A Tervonen Kaisa K Halme Panu P
Ambio 20161004 2
Wood-pastures are threatened biotopes in which trees and livestock grazing maintain high conservation values. However, browsing may threaten tree regeneration, whereas abandonment leads to tree encroachment. We studied the regeneration of trees in a grazed and abandoned boreal wood-pastures. In grazed sites, the density of young spruces (Picea abies) was high, while the density of young birches (Betula spp.) was very low. Sprucification can be prevented only by removing spruces. The number of yo ...[more]