Background Thousands of years of natural and artificial selection have resulted in
indigenous cattle breeds that are well-adapted to the environmental challenges of their local …

Grasslands are important carbon sinks, but the underlying processes for their soil carbon
sequestration potential are still not well understood, despite much attention given to this …

Interest in localized agri-food systems has grown significantly in recent years. They are
associated with several benefits and are seen as important for rural development. An …

Domestic cattle (Bos taurus taurus) are adapted to digest high-roughage diets, but in
confinement they are commonly fed low-roughage, high-energy diets. This practice may …

Grazing behaviour influences animal productivity and the conservation of grassland
ecosystem services. We used GPS tracking and remote sensing (NDVI index) to monitor the …

This study explores area use of beef cows (Bos taurus) free ranging in boreal production
forest of south-eastern Norway. The forests in this region serve multiple purposes, with …

We used GPS tracking to monitor the grazing patterns of Brown Swiss and Alpine grey
lactating cows on an alpine summer pasture (2038 m asl; SD= 146) in the Dolomites. The …

The objective of this pilot study was to compare resource use in a mountainous summer
farming landscape between old and modern dairy cow breeds during a five-day period. The …

The Nordic countries are committed to conserving farm animal genetic diversity. National
reports on phenotypic and genetic characterization point towards a lack of characterization …

This is a study of the Old Norse (hereafter abbreviated to ON) setr/sætr and ærgi place-
names in areas of Scandinavian settlement in Scotland. The elements setr/sætr and ærgi all …