Economy and ecology of heathlands / / editors, W. Herbert Diemont [and three others].

• TeilnehmendeR: Diemont, W. Herbert,
• Place / Publishing House: Zeist, the Netherlands : : KNNV Publishing,, [2013]; 2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (462 pages) :; illustrations
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Heathlands in Europe reflect a long history of human activity and use. Through the ages heathlands have been of importance as (semi)agricultural areas, hunting territories and various other uses of mankind. This diversity of use has created a cultural diversity over the whole Atlantic area of Europe...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary material / W. Herbert Diemont , Wim J.M. Heijman , Henk Siepel and Nigel R. Webb
• Bridging economy and ecology in European heathlands / Herbert Diemont , Geert de Blust , Wim Heijman , Henk Siepel and Nigel Webb
• Cultural agents of change and the sunset of environmental services / António dos Santos Queirós
• Old farming mountain systems in Loriga cultural landscape / António dos Santos Queirós
• High Nature Value farming and food security in Europe / Raymond Schrijver and Herbert Diemont
• Economic-ecologic interactions in the Serra da Estrela, Portugal / Jan Jansen , Paulo Castro and Leonardo Costa
• Best Natura 2000 value for money: prevention is better than care? / Jan Jansen
• The heathland economy in South-West Europe: Cantabrian mountain (Spain) / Alejandra Morán-Ordóñez , Susana Suárez-Seoane , Elena Marcos , Estanislao de Luis and Leonor Calvo
• Wild Fires Prevention Serving Local Communities and Natura 2000 Heathlands. / Paulo Castro
• The changing economic values of the ‘rough ground’ in West Cornwall / Esther Kieboom , Graeme Kirkham and Paul Silcock
• Farmer involvement and economic management alternatives in the west of France / Louis-Marie Guillon and Bernard Clément
• Economics of marginal land and ecosystem services: the Veluwe example / Raymond Schrijver , Gerard Beltman and Bart Boers
• Economics of sheep grazing of heathlands in eastern Germany / Manfred Lütkepohl
• The economy of outlaying land in Norway / Agnar Hegrenes and Ann Norderhaug
• Succession theory and management of heathlands / Rob Marrs and Herbert Diemont
• The come-back shrub: regained dominance of Calluna vulgaris after 25 years of cattle grazing / Sip van Wieren
• Grazing and its impact on productivity and biodiversity in heathlands / Hilary Kirkpatrick and Geert De Blust
• Ecological qualities emerging from non-intervention management of heathlands / Rienk-Jan Bijlsma , Rein de Waal and André ten Hoedt
• Impact of atmospheric N on growth in heathlands / Herbert Diemont , Koen Kramer , Patrick Hommel and Werner Härdtle
• Impact of changed plant stoichiometric quality on heathland fauna composition / Joost Vogels , Henk Siepel and Nigel Webb
• Economic aspects in landscape decision-making: a participatory planning tool based on a representative approach / Martijn van der Heide , Arianne de Blaeij and Wim Heijman
• Managing moorland in the UK. / Hilary Kirkpatrick
• Reconciling ecology and economy in modern commons / Wim Ozinga and Raymond Schrijver
• Integrated management for conservation and sustainable use of heathland / Geert De Blust
• The Peneda-Gerês Integrated Territorial Intervention as a successful agri-forest environmental scheme through the common land organisations (baldios) in Portugal / Paulo Castro
• That is why we eat sheep / Martin Woestenburg and Bart Boers
• Meat and magic: or why your dinner can be good for nature and the grazier’s fine art of producing both. / Hilary Kirkpatrick and Oisin Murnion
• Integrated land management in the Netherlands / Albert Corporaal , Remco Schreuder and Anton Stortelder
• Towards a sustainable management of seminatural areas; the interdependence of economy, ecology and governance in heathlands / Henk Siepel , Herbert Diemont , Wim Heijman and Nigel Webb.