Vegetation dynamics in pasture-woodland landscapes under climate change
Dynamiques de la végétation dans de paysage de pâturages boisés sous influence du changement climatique
Résumé
The sustainable maintenance of the biodiversity rich semi-open-structure of wooded pastures in the Swiss Jura affords higher cattle loads than actually applied. Successional trends induced by climate change further pronounce this demand.Policy-making should consider to maintain current socio-economic constraints, which support cattle stocking in mountain pastures or even improve them.