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Rewilding Abandoned Landscapes in Europe

2012-09-01

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For millennia, mankind has shaped landscapes, particularly through agriculture. In Europe, the age-old interaction between humans and ecosystems strongly influenced the cultural heritage. Yet European farmland is now being abandoned, especially in remote areas. The loss of the traditional agricultural landscapes and its consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem services is generating concerns in both the scienti...

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Literature Corpus work: 4503f100-5b16-5dbb-b1df-d67180a5d6d3
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-012-9558-7

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