Abstract Natura 2000 (N2k) is a multinational and coordinated conservation network
designated to support the long-term survival of Europe's most valuable species and habitats …

Against a background of increasing land use intensification on favorable agricultural areas
and land abandonment on less arable areas in the Alps, the aim of this investigation was to …

Transformation of landscapes is considered to be one of the main drivers behind species
loss, regionally and globally. Theory and empirical studies suggest that landscape structure …

Plants associated with traditional agricultural landscapes in northern Europe and
Scandinavia are subjected to drastic habitat fragmentation. In this paper we discuss species …

This paper explores the possibility of using non-geometric cadastral maps from the 17th and
18th century together with aerial photographs from 1945 and 1981 to analyse land-cover …

The reformation of the Swedish agricultural system, about 150years ago, drastically
changed the use of semi-natural grasslands. Grassland plant diversity has declined due to …

The Norwegain mountains have had a central role in the subsistence agroecosystems by
providing vast biological resources for humans and their livestock since 4000–3500 BP as …

We explored patterns of plant species richness at different spatialscales in 14 habitats in a
Swedish rural landscape. Effects of physicalconditions, and relationships between species …

Understanding and forecasting changes in plant communities, ecosystem properties, and
their associated services requires a mechanistic link between community shifts and …

There is a long tradition of grazing by semi‐domestic reindeer and sheep in alpine and sub‐
alpine Scandinavian habitats, but present management regimes are questioned from a …