''Forest bias'' in biodiversity research shown by the ScienceDirect query (Dec 20, 2023; 20:00 CET)

''Forest bias'' in biodiversity research shown by the ScienceDirect query (Dec 20, 2023; 20:00 CET)

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In this perspective, we present and discuss four major causes of the worldwide nature conservation failure: 1) ideologies based on nature–culture dualism, 2) the bias prioritising forests in conservation, 3) the illusory objectiveness of selected biological indicators, and 4) the mismanagement of rural agricultural landscapes. All of these relate t...

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... a strong motivation for the ''hands-off'' way of conservation. Therefore, as the most of Europe's temperate zone, in case of undisturbed ecological succession, would eventually turn to various forest communities (Europe's ''Potential Natural Vegetation'', PNV, Tüxen 1956), most of the conservation debate is focussed on woodlands or forests (Fig. ...