Semi - Natural Habitats
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- Created on: 11-05-14 14:59
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- Methods of Habitat Conservation in the UK
- Semi - natural habitats
- Farming
- Grazing: so wildflowers can survive as grazing prevents taller plants (foxgloves) from shading & out -competing the wildflowers
- Field Boundary Maintenence: hedges act as biological corridors for doormice & provide food for birds
- Most important in UK - affected by long term human activities
- Hunting & Fishing
- Maintenance of cover: cover for pheasants, habitats for animals, nest sites for birds
- Moorland Burning: maintained for shooting red grouse provide habitats for other specie, hen harriers feed on small birds (illegally killed sometimes because kill young grouse)
- Fishing: maintained many rivers & lakes & protected them from pollution or development. economic value = many small lakes & development of old quarries into fisheries
- Farming
- Semi - natural habitats
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