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It is a widely held belief that a climax vegetation of closed forest systems covered the lowlands of Central and Western Europe before humans intervened in prehistoric times to develop agriculture. If this intervention had not taken place, it would still be there and so if left, the grassland vegetation…
Why read it?
1 author picked Grazing Ecology and Forest History as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book challenged my thinking and kept me sane during a 6hr delay stuck on a train.
I don’t agree with all the arguments, but I admire the way it has opened up a different way of looking at what natural landscapes look like, and how wild horses, bison, and wild ox might have shaped the wildwood.
I have seen how the ideas have inspired landowners to manage their farms and estates in a different way to conventional conservation, with great benefits to biodiversity.
From Keith's list on woodland history and woodland conservation.
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