The use of cattle Bos taurus for restoring and maintaining holarctic landscapes: Conclusions from a long-term study (1946-2017) in northern England.

ABSTRACT: Cattle Bos taurus can perform valuable ecological functions in the maintenance of high nature value (HNV) pastoral systems. They have also attracted attention as potentially filling the ecological niches of megaherbivores, notably the extinct aurochs Bos primigenius, in rewilding initiatives. Native cattle breeds are recognized under the 1992 Rio Convention as components of biodiversity. They are used in HNV settings, but their conservation as breeds has rarely been an important consideration for their management in these contexts.The Chillingham herd has been kept under minimal management in Chillingham Park (northern England) for several centuries. Chillingham Park is not a rewilding scenario, but the long-term study of the cattle can be informative for the design of rewild

SUBMITTER: Hall SJG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6540840 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature