Balancing food production and biodiversity conservation is a global challenge today.
Livestock grazing is one of the main activities triggering habitat degradation and land-use …

Land-use changes, both in terms of land abandonment and intensification, have led to
fragmentation and loss of traditional agricultural habitats. Extensive grazing is among the …

Abstract The Algerian Saharan rangelands are an arid ecosystem characterized by limited
soil, water, and vegetation resources, which make it very susceptible to degradation. This …

If not properly managed, free-range livestock grazing could be a great threat to forest
ecosystems by causing heterogeneous and unpredictable changes in forest structure …

Cattle beef is an essential animal protein in sub-Saharan Africa. However, pastoralists
dominate cattle production in sub-Saharan Africa, and their output is dependent on the …

In conservation paradigms, management actions for umbrella species also benefit co‐
occurring species because of overlapping ranges and similar habitat associations. The …

Urgency and deliberateness are often at odds when executing conservation projects,
especially as the scale and complexity of objectives increases. The pace of environmental …

Anthropogenic factors play an important role in shaping the distribution of wildlife species
and their habitats, and understanding the influence of human activities on endangered …

Context Livestock grazing is one of the most widespread types of anthropogenic land use,
even occurs in many protected areas and has become a threat to wildlife worldwide …

Many grassland species coevolved with large herbivores and require habitats along the
entire structural gradient created by grazing. Widespread declines of grassland birds …