@article {4406, title = {Multi-scale feedbacks between tree regeneration traits and herbivore behavior explain the structure of pasture-woodland mosaics}, journal = {Landscape Ecology}, volume = {31}, year = {2016}, month = {Jan-05-2016}, pages = {913 - 927}, abstract = {

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.

}, issn = {0921-2973}, doi = {10.1007/s10980-015-0308-z}, url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10980-015-0308-z}, author = {Peringer, Alexander and Schulze, Kiowa A. and Stupariu, Ileana and Stupariu, Mihai-Sorin and Rosenthal, Gert and Buttler, Alexandre and Gillet, Fran{\c c}ois} }