• An overview of permanent grassland grazing management practices and the impacts on principal soil quality indicators 

      Milazzo, Filippo; Francksen, Richard M.; Abdalla, Mohamed; Ravetto Enri, Simone; Zavattaro, L.; Pittarello, Marco; Hejduk, Stanislav; Newell-Price, Paul; Schils, René L. M.; Smith, Pete; Vanwalleghem, Tom (MDPI, 2023)
      Grasslands are at risk of degradation due to unsustainable management practices and climate change. Here, we review the principal soil quality indicators (SQIs) to evaluate the sustainability of different grassland management ...
    • Permanent grasslands in Europe: Land use change and intensification decrease their multifunctionality 

      Schils, Rene; Bufe, Conny; Rhymer, Caroline; Francksen, Richard M.; Klaus, Valentin H.; Abdallad, Mohamed; Milazzo, Filippo; Lellei-Kovács, Eszter; ten Berge, H.; Bertora, Chiara; Chodkiewicz, Anna; Dǎmǎtîrcǎ, Claudia; Feigenwinter, Iris; Fernández Rebollo, Pilar; Ghiasi, Shiva; Stanislav, Hejduk; Hiron, Mattew; Janicka, Maria; Pellaton, Raoul; Smith, Kate; Thorman, Rachel; Vanwalleghem, Tom; Williams, John; Zavattaro, L.; Kampen, Jarl; Derkx, Ria; Smith, Pete; Whittingham, Mark J.; Buchmann, Nina; Newell-Price, Paul (Elsevier, 2022)
      Permanent grasslands cover 34% of the European Union’s agricultural area and are vital for a wide variety of ecosystem services essential for our society. Over recent decades, the permanent grassland area has declined and ...