Free-range domestic pig keeping in forests is a millennia-old practice in Eurasia, and remains common in many silvopastoral systems worldwide. Despite the long history of its potential impact on forests, the influence of this practice on the structure, composition and species richness of the understorey is hardly known. We studied the impact of free-ranging domestic pigs on the herb and shrub layers, and the consequences of abandoning pig keeping in a hardwood floodplain forest in Serbia, SE Europe.

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