Background With appropriate management, based on vegetation removal that reverses late-
successional vegetation stages, roadsides can support high levels of biodiversity. However …

Both agricultural intensification and abandonment have led to the loss of European semi-
natural grasslands. Nature conservation management measures like mowing are essential …

Supporting pollinators in agricultural landscapes is important for reversing their global
decline. Road verges and hedges are used by pollinators for feeding and reproduction, but …

The main paradigm for protection of biodiversity, focusing on maintaining or restoring
conditions where humans leave no or little impact, risks overlooking anthropogenic …

Alterations in traditional land use practices have led to severe declines in the area of semi-
natural grasslands, thereby seriously threatening plant and animal species dependent on …

Livestock has been a backbone of people's livelihood as long as agriculture has existed in
Scandinavia, c. 6,000 years. In the early Iron Age, c. 2,000 years ago, a land management …

Seminatural habitats are declining throughout the world; thus, the role of small
anthropogenic habitats in the preservation of plants is becoming increasingly appreciated …

The present loss of species‐rich grasslands makes it vital to restore these valuable habitat
types, including novel habitat variants such as road verges. Due to the lack of knowledge on …

Urbanization causes ecosystem degradation and losses of biodiversity. Still, urban
landscapes favor organisms, depending on how well they fit the anthropogenic conditions …

Framstad, E., Blom, HH, Brandrud, TE, Bär, A., Johansen, L., Olsen, SL, Stabbetorp, OE &
Øien D.-I. 2020. Naturtyper etter Miljødirektoratets instruks. Dokumentasjon av sentral …