Should conservation strategy concentrate on intensive management involving practices such as mowing, or should the aim be to protect wilderness? Studies of past ecological conditions can inform that debate.
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Sutherland, W. Openness in management. Nature 418, 834–835 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/418834a
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