The significance of land-use and land-management change in the acidification of lakes in Scotland and Norway: an assessment utilizing documentary sources and pollen analysis

Documentary sources reveal that various land-use and management changes in the catchments of six Scottish lakes during the past 200 years cannot be related to the acidification of specific lakes nor can acidification be related to any general ‘ land-use5 hypothesis. At five of the sites these conclusions are supported by pollen-derived reconstruction of catchment vegetation. In Norway, documentary evidence fails to support a ‘land-use’ hypothesis of acidification as grazing intensity has actually increased in the area where waters are most strongly acidified. It is considered that the failure to attribute acidification to catchment processes provides further evidence for an explanation in terms of acid precipitation.

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Physical and hydraulic properties of a Latosol influenced by land use and management changes

African Journal of Agricultural Research ◽

10.5897/ajar2016.11255 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 11 (34) ◽

pp. 3217-3226 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Beatriz F. da Costa Angela ◽

Francisco Araujo-Junior Cezar ◽

Henrique Caramori Paulo ◽

Fumiko Ubukata Yada Inês ◽

de Conti Medina Cristiane

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Hydraulic Properties ◽

Land Use And Management ◽

Management Changes

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Impacts of land-use and management changes on cultural agroecosystem services and environmental conflicts—A global review

Global Environmental Change ◽

10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.02.016 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 50 ◽

pp. 41-59 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

Ksenija Hanaček ◽

Beatriz Rodríguez-Labajos

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Environmental Conflicts ◽

Land Use And Management ◽

Management Changes

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Soil lifespans and how they can be extended by land use and management change

Environmental Research Letters ◽

10.1088/1748-9326/aba2fd ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 15 (9) ◽

pp. 0940b2 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

D L Evans ◽

J N Quinton ◽

J A C Davies ◽

J Zhao ◽

G Govers

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Management Change ◽

Land Use And Management

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Recent land use and management changes decouple the adaptation of livestock diversity to the environment

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-020-77878-2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Elena Velado-Alonso ◽

Ignacio Morales-Castilla ◽

Antonio Gómez-Sal

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Environmental Factors ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Agricultural Intensification ◽

Temporal Perspective ◽

Sociocultural Perspectives ◽

Before And After ◽

Land Use And Management ◽

Management Changes ◽

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AbstractNative livestock breeds, i.e. those autochthonous to a specific region, are locally adapted domesticated animals that conserve genetic resources, guaranty food security and provide agroecosystem services. Native breeds are largely threatened worldwide by agricultural intensification and rural areas abandonment processes related to recent changes in production schemes and planning. Yet, our gap of knowledge regarding livestock breed-environment relationships may prevent the design of successful conservation measures. In this work, we analyse the links between livestock diversity -i.e. richness of native breeds- and a selection of environmental factors that express at broad scales, with a temporal perspective. We compare native breeds distributional patterns before and after the agricultural intensification, in the context of land-use change in mainland Spain. Our results confirm the existence of strong associations between the distribution of native livestock breeds and environmental factors. These links, however, weaken for contemporary distributions. In fact, changes in breed distribution reflect a shift towards more productive environments. Finally, we found that the areas having higher breed richness are undergoing land abandonment processes. Succeeding in the conservation of threatened native breeds will require going beyond merely genetic and production-oriented views. Ecological and sociocultural perspectives should also be accounted for as global change processes are determinant for livestock agrobiodiversity.

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