Extensive livestock farming-an alternative form of nature conservation management?

Abstract

Our knowledge about the effects on nature in temperate climate zones of livestock grazing and the grazing of breeds and species of animals similar to livestock has improved a lot in the last few years (see e.g., Beinlich and Plachter 1995; Finck et al. 2004; Redecker et al. 2002). © 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.