Transition from traditional to modern forest management shaped the spatial extent of cattle pasturing in Białowieża Primeval Forest in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10889392 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tomasz Samojlik (0000-0003-3822-1311, Polish Academy of Sciences, corresponding author), Anastasia Fedotova (0000-0002-6647-2866, Russian Academy of Sciences), Dries P J Kuijper (0000-0002-0324-5893, Mammal Research Institute) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 904-918 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | AMBIO (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0044-7447 • E-ISSN: 1654-7209 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s13280-016-0795-4 |
| PMID | 27255229 |
| OpenAlex | W2411826654 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 36 |
Pasturing of livestock in forests has had profound consequences for Europe's landscapes. In Białowieża Primeval Forest (BPF), cattle pasturing was a part of traditional forest use that ceased only in the second half of the twentieth century. We collected information on the institutional changes governing forest cattle pasturing and the changes in spatial extent of cattle presence in BPF in last two centuries and information on cattle numbers and their impact on forest regeneration. The spatial extent of cattle pasturing was highly variable, with the distribution of grazing areas frequently changing. Forest near villages (constituting less than 10 % of the area) was most often used for cattle grazing during continued longer time periods. Historical data showed that cattle have had a clear impact on forest regeneration. However, the frequent changes that occurred in the extent of cattle grazing indicate that their impact occurred locally, was smaller in other less intensively used areas, and in the forest as a whole
Agroforestry · Biology · Ecological succession · Geography · Transition (genetics · Agricultural economics and policies · Botany and Plant Ecology Studies · Ecology · Forestry · History · Integrated Water Resources Management
Grazing ecology and forest history
The Introduction of Historical and Cultural Values in the Sustainable Management of European Forests
Quantifying Historic Human Impacts on Forest Environments
Historicizing Sustainability
Socio-Economic Demands, Ecological Conditions and the Power of Tradition
Rooting for pigfruit
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |