TY - JOUR T1 - Multi-scale feedbacks between tree regeneration traits and herbivore behavior explain the structure of pasture-woodland mosaics JF - Landscape Ecology Y1 - 2016 A1 - Peringer, Alexander A1 - Schulze, Kiowa A. A1 - Stupariu, Ileana A1 - Stupariu, Mihai-Sorin A1 - Rosenthal, Gert A1 - Buttler, Alexandre A1 - Gillet, François AB -

The pasture-woodlands of Central Europe are low-intensity grazing systems in which the structural richness of dynamic forest-grassland mosaics is causal for their high biodiversity. Distinct mosaic patterns in Picea abies- and Fagus sylvatica-dominated pasture-woodlands in the Swiss Jura Mountains suggest a strong influence of tree species regeneration ecology on landscape structural properties. At the landscape scale, however, cause-effect relationships are complicated by habitat selectivity of livestock.

VL - 31 UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10980-015-0308-z IS - 4 JO - Landscape Ecol ER -