Additional File7: Excluded Articles at Full Text

Additional file7: Excluded Articles at Full Text

Reference / Reason / Notes
(2012). "Watershed management and mountains." from / No quantitative data (e.g. comments paper)
Abbadessa, V., C. Crovato, et al. (2002). Soil-vegetation conservation and farming development in less favoured areas: the case of Matese grazing area (South Italy). Logroña, GEOFORMA Edicions, S.L.: 693-704. / Lack of relevant intervention
Abensperg-Traun, M., G. Arnold, et al. "Abandon the paddock--a valid method of rehabilitation?" Journal of agriculture 1996. v. 37 (2): 39-43. / Lack of relevant population
Agnoletti, M. (2007). "The degradation of traditional landscape in a mountain area of Tuscany during the 19th and 20th centuries: Implications for biodiversity and sustainable management." Forest Ecology and Management 249(1-2): 5-17. / Lack of relevant intervention, Lack of relevant outcome / Study does not specifically mention abandonment, rather change in land use and reduction in pasture. Heavily confounded by other land use changes
Aide, T. M., Zimmerman, J. K., Herrera, L., Rosario, M., & Serrano, M. (1995). Forest recovery in abandoned tropical pastures in Puerto Rico.Forest Ecology and Management,77(1), 77-86. / Superceded by later study / Superceded by Aide et al. 1996 - although this study does not explicitly reference altitude/mountainous characteristics
Aide, T. M., Zimmerman, J. K., Pascarella, J. B., Rivera, L., & Marcano‐Vega, H. (2000). Forest regeneration in a chronosequence of tropical abandoned pastures: implications for restoration ecology.Restoration ecology,8(4), 328-338. / Lack of relevant population / No explicit reference to moutnainous terrain
Alatorre, L. C., S. Begueria, et al. (2012). "Soil erosion and sediment delivery in a mountain catchment under scenarios of land use change using a spatially distributed numerical model." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 16(5): 1321-1334. / Superceded by later study / Discussion paper version of Alatorre et al. (2012)
Alemayehu, T., L. Recatala, et al. (2006). Land use change detection as a basis for analysing desertification processes: A case study in Tabernas (Almeria, Spain). Desertification in the Mediterranean Region. A Security Issue. W. G. Kepner, J. L. Rubio, D. A. Mouat and F. Pedrazzini. 3: 341-352. / Lack of relevant population / "Slope" only incidentally mentioned for some parts of the study region
Allen, E. B., R. D. Cox, et al. (2005). "Landscape restoration in southern California forblands: Response of abandoned farmland to invasive annual grass control." Israel Journal of Plant Sciences 53(3-4): 237-245. / Lack of relevant intervention
Allen, H. D., R. E. Randall, et al. (2006). "The impact of changing olive cultivation practices on the ground flora of olive groves in the Messara and Psiloritis regions, Crete, Greece." Land degradation & development 17, issue 3: 249-273. / Lack of relevant intervention / Abandonment is not complete - minimal management and harvesting of olives continued
Ambus, P. and S. Christensen (1995). "Spatial and seasonal nitrous oxide and methane fluxes in Danish forest-, grassland-, and agroecosystems." Journal of Environmental Quality 24(5): 993-1001. / Lack of relevant population, Lack of relevant comparator / Slope is extremely low (1%) and no comparable control
Amici, V., Rocchini, D., Geri, F., Bacaro, G., Marcantonio, M., & Chiarucci, A. (2012). Effects of an afforestation process on plant species richness: A retrogressive analysis.Ecological Complexity,9, 55-62. / Lack of relevant population
Anthelme, F., J.-C. Villaret, et al. (2007). "Shrub encroachment in the Alps gives rise to the convergence of sub-alpine communities on a regional scale." Journal of Vegetation Science 18(3): 355-362. / Lack of relevant comparator / Abandoned plots are compared with later successional stages but no 'before' plots
Archer, N., T. Hess, et al. (2002). "The water balance of two semi-arid shrubs on abandoned land in South-Eastern Spain after cold season rainfall." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions 6(5): 913-926. / Lack of relevant comparator / Study investigates marginal grassland and shrubland, comparing the hydrological impacts of two species of shrub
Arnaez, J., T. Lasanta, et al. (2011). "Land abandonment, landscape evolution, and soil erosion in a Spanish Mediterranean mountain region: The case of Camero Viejo." Land Degradation & Development 22(6): 537-550. / Lack of relevant outcome / Study quantifies abandonment in a variety of indices but does not study impact
Arnold, G. W., Abensperg-Traun, M., Hobbs, R. J., Steven, D. E., Atkins, L., Viveen, J. J., & Gutter, D. M. (1999). Recovery of shrubland communities on abandoned farmland in southwestern Australia: soils, plants, birds and arthropods.Pacific Conservation Biology,5(3), 163. / Lack of relevant population / No explicit reference to moutnainous terrain
Arredondo-Leon, C., J. Munoz-Jimenez, et al. (2008). "Recent changes in landscape-dynamics trends in tropical highlands, central Mexico." Interciencia 33(8): 569-577. / Lack of relevant outcome / Study investigates land use change but not impacts
Asner, G. P. and R. E. Martin (2004). Biogeochemistry of desertification and woody encroachment in grazing systems. Ecosystems and Land Use Change. R. S. DeFries, G. P. Asner and R. A. Houghton. 153: 99-116. / Lack of relevant population
Awasthi, K. D., B. K. Sitaula, et al. (2002). "Land-use change in two Nepalese watersheds: GIS and geomorphometric analysis." Land Degradation & Development 13(6): 495-513. / Lack of relevant outcome / Study investigates land use change but not impacts
Aw-Hassan et al. (2000) "impact of land tenure and other socioeconomic factors on mountain terrace maintenance in yemen" / Lack of relevant intervention
Bagnaresi, U. (1978). "An approach to the planning of abandoned farmland in Italy." Landscape Planning 5(2–3): 157-169. / No quantitative data (e.g. comments paper)
Bai, J., Z. Yang, et al. (2010). "Some heavy metals distribution in wetland soils under different land use types along a typical plateau lake, China." Soil & tillage research 106(2): 344-348. / Lack of relevant population / Plateau region does not appear isolated or have difficult topography
Barabasz-Krasny, B. (2005). "Vegetation dynamics on fallow agricultural areas in Przemysl foothills (southeastern Poland)." Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 74(2): 149-157. / Lack of relevant intervention / Study discusses fallows and meadows but not permanent abandonment
Baur, B., C. Cremene, et al. (2007). "Intensified grazing affects endemic plant and gastropod diversity in alpine grasslands of the Southern Carpathian mountains (Romania)." Biologia 62(4): 438-445. / Lack of relevant intervention / Grazing is not reinstated, or at least not explicity so
Beguería, S., López-Moreno, J.I., Lorente, A., Seeger, M., García-Ruiz, J.M., 2003.
Assessing the effect of climate oscillations and land-use changes on streamflow
in the Central Spanish Pyrenees. Ambio 32 (4), 283–286. / Lack of relevant comparator
Berry, N. R., Jewell, P. L., Sutter, F., Edwards, P. J., & Kreuzer, M. (2002). Selection, intake and excretion of nutrients by Scottish Highland suckler beef cows and calves, and Brown Swiss dairy cows in contrasting Alpine grazing systems.The Journal of Agricultural Science,139(4), 437-453. / Lack of relevant intervention
Bielsa, I., X. Pons, et al. (2005). "Agricultural Abandonment in the North Eastern Iberian Peninsula: the Use of Basic Landscape Metrics to Support Planning." Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 48(1): 85-85. / Lack of relevant outcome
Bini, C., D. M. Zilioli, et al. (2010). "Soils as a target of anthropogeographic landscape changes in alpine areas (Dolomites, northern Italy)." 103-105. / No quantitative data (e.g. comments paper) / Conference proceeding lacking results
Blanco-Fontao, B., M. Quevedo, et al. (2011). "Abandonment of traditional uses in mountain areas: typological thinking versus hard data in the Cantabrian Mountains (NW Spain)." Biodiversity and Conservation 20(4): 1133-1140. / Lack of relevant intervention
Bohner, A. and F. Starlinger (2011). Effects of abandonment of montane grasslands on plant species composition and species richness - a case study in Styria, Austria. Grassland Science in Europe, Volume 16. Irdning, Agricultural Research and Education Center (AREC) Raumberg-Gumpenstein: 604-606. / Lack of relevant comparator / Comparison is between sloping and flat fields
Bolli, J. C., A. Rigling, et al. (2007). "The Influence of Changes in Climate and Land-Use on Regeneration Dynamics of Norway Spruce at the Treeline in the Swiss Alps." Silva Fennica 41(1): 55-70. / Lack of relevant comparator
Bonn, S. (2002). Management concepts for abandoned xerothermic slopes in the middle Rhine Valley: A case study in the sustainable development of cultural landscapes. In; Pasture Landscapes and Nature Conservation / Lack of relevant intervention, No quantitative data (e.g. comments paper)
Bracchetti, L., L. Carotenuto, et al. (2012). "Land-cover changes in a remote area of central Apennines (Italy) and management directions." Landscape and Urban Planning 104(2): 157-170. / Lack of relevant outcome
BRITTON, A.J., PEARCE, I.S.K. & JONES, B. 2005. Impacts of grazing on montane heath
vegetation in Wales and implications for the restoration of montane areas. Biological Conservation
125, pp512-524. / Lack of relevant intervention
Bunce, R. (1991). "Ecological implications of land abandonment in Britain: some comparison with Europe." Options Méditerranéennes 15: 53-59. / No quantitative data (e.g. comments paper)
Camacho, O., L. Dobremez, et al. (2008). "Shrub encroachment in pastures in the Alps: Spatial organisation of farmers' activities and practices in Abondance Valley (Haute Savoie, France)." Revue De Geographie Alpine-Journal of Alpine Research 96(3): 89-100. / Lack of relevant outcome
Cantiani, M. G. (1992). "Problems in Italy when animal production in a mountainous area was abandoned: Effects on forest and land planning." Revue Forestiere Francaise (Nancy) 44(5): 449-455. / No quantitative data (e.g. comments paper)
Carlos Loaiza-Usuga, J. and R. M. Poch (2009). "Evaluation of soil water balance components under different land uses in a mediterranean mountain catchment (Catalan Pre-Pyrenees NE Spain)." Zeitschrift Fur Geomorphologie 53(4): 519-537. / Lack of relevant intervention, Lack of relevant comparator
Cernusca, A., U. Tappeiner, et al. (1996). "Ecomont ecological effects of land use changes on european terrestrial mountain ecosystems." Pirineos 147-148: 145-172. / No quantitative data (e.g. comments paper)
Chang, D., W. Ye, et al. (2005). "Conversion of Farmland to Forestland and Sustainable Development in Poverty AreasA Case Study of Gusheng Village,Guizhou Province." Scientia Silvae Sinicae 41(5): 169-174. / Lack of relevant population
Chauchard, S., C. Carcaillet, et al. (2007). "Patterns of Land-use Abandonment Control Tree-recruitment and Forest Dynamics in Mediterranean Mountains." Ecosystems 10(6): 936-948. / Lack of relevant outcome
Chauchard, S., F. Beilhe, et al. (2010). "An increase in the upper tree-limit of silver fir ( Abies alba Mill.) in the Alps since the mid-20th century: A land-use change phenomenon." Forest Ecology and Management 259(8): 1406-1415. / Lack of relevant outcome
Chemini, C. and A. Rizzoli (2003). "Land use change and biodiversity conservation in the Alps." Ibex Journal of Mountain Studies 7: 1-7. / Relevant Review
Christal, A., N. M. Fisher, et al. "Spatio-temporal modelling of vegetation succession on ex-arable farm land." Modelling in applied biology : spatial aspects, 25-27 June 1996, Brunel University /: 203-208. / Lack of relevant population
Cojzer, M. and R. Brus (2010). "SPECIES COMPOSITION AND SUCCESSIONAL PATHWAYS ON ABANDONED AGRICULTURAL LAND IN HALOZE." Sumarski List 134(11-12): 581-591. / Lack of relevant comparator
Crabtree, J. and D. MacDonald (1999). "Agriculture's impact on natural capital in hill and mountain areas of the EU: an evaluation of policies for the agri-environment." / No quantitative data (e.g. comments paper)
Cremene, C., G. Groza, et al. (2005). "Alterations of steppe-like grasslands in Eastern Europe: a threat to regional biodiversity hotspots." Conservation Biology 19(5): 1606-1618. / Lack of relevant population
Cyffka, B. and M. Bock (2008). "DEGRADATION OF FIELD TERRACES IN THE MALTESE ISLANDS - REASONS, PROCESSES AND EFFECTS." Geografia Fisica E Dinamica Quaternaria 31(2): 119-128. / Lack of relevant population
Dahlstrom, A., S.-O. Borgegard, et al. (1998). "The vascular flora after 50 and 90 years of succession in abandoned infields in Kilsbergen, south-central Sweden." Svensk Botanisk Tidskrift 92(4): 211-226. / Superceded by later study / Superceded by; Dahlstrom et al. 2010
Dalla Valle, E., S. Lamedica, et al. (2009). "Land Use Change and Forest Carbon Sink Assessment in an Alpine Mountain Area of the Veneto Region (Northeast Italy)." Mountain Research and Development 29(2): 161-168. / Lack of relevant comparator
Dax, T. and G. Wiesinger (1998). "Mountain Farming and the Environment: Towards Integration." Perspectives for moun. / No quantitative data (e.g. comments paper)
De Baets, S., J. Poesen, et al. (2007). "Root characteristics of representative Mediterranean plant species and their erosion-reducing potential during concentrated runoff." Plant and Soil 294(1-2): 169-183. / Lack of relevant population, Lack of relevant outcome
de Bello, F. d., N. Buchmann, et al. (2006). Effects of climate and grazing on leaf attributes at the community-level. Grassland Science in Europe, Volume 11. Madrid, Sociedad Española para el Estudio de los Pastos (SEEP): 826-828. / Lack of relevant population / Data from mountain regions combined with non-mountain regions
De Santisteban, L. M., J. Casali, et al. (2006). "Assessing soil erosion rates in cultivated areas of Navarre (Spain)." Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 31(4): 487-506. / Lack of relevant population
Delgado, J., P. Llorens, et al. (2010). "Modelling the hydrological response of a Mediterranean medium-sized headwater basin subject to land cover change: The Cardener River basin (NE Spain)." Journal of hydrology 383(1-2): 125-134. / Lack of relevant comparator
Do, Y., K.-S. Jeong, et al. (2011). "Community changes in carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) through ecological succession in abandoned paddy fields." Journal of Ecology and Field Biology 34(3): 269-278. / Lack of relevant population / Control is mountainous whilst abandoned area is adjacent
Dondeyne, S., K. Opoku-Ameyaw, et al. (1995). "Agricultural land-use in eroding uplands: A case study in the Philippines." Tropicultura 13(1): 25-31. / No quantitative data (e.g. comments paper)
Douglas, T. D., S. J. Kirkby, et al. (1994). Agricultural terrace abandonment in the Alpujarra, Andalucia, Spain. / Lack of relevant outcome
Douglas, T., D. Critchley, et al. (1996). "The Deintensification of Terraced Agricultural Land Near Trevelez, Sierra Nevada, Spain." Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters 5(4): 258-258. / Lack of relevant outcome
Dover, J. W., A. Rescia, et al. (2011). "Land-use, environment, and their impact on butterfly populations in a mountainous pastoral landscape: species richness and family-level abundance." Journal of Insect Conservation 15(4): 523-538. / Lack of relevant intervention / Abandoned land combined with winter grazing lands (i.e. not complete abandonment)
Drescher, A. W. (1995). "Impacts of agricultural innovation and transformation of the mountainous hinterland in the Mediterranean: An example from Southern Spain (Costa Granadina)." Pirineos : Revista de Ecología de Montaña 145-146: 13-32. / No quantitative data (e.g. comments paper)
Duarte, F., N. Jones, et al. (2008). "Traditional olive orchards on sloping land: Sustainability or abandonment." Journal of environmental management 89, issue 2: 86-98. / Lack of relevant outcome
Duguy, B. and V. R. Vallejo (2008). "Land-use and fire history effects on post-fire vegetation dynamics in eastern Spain." Journal of Vegetation Science 19(1): 97-108. / Lack of relevant population / Study is on 'slope' of valley but no other reference to topographical difficulties affecting farming activities
Dullinger, S., T. Dirnbock, et al. (2003b). "Patterns of shrub invasion into high mountain grasslands of the Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria." Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research 35(4): 434-441. / Lack of relevant outcome
Dutoit, T., E. Buisson, et al. (2004). "Land use history and botanical changes in the calcareous hillsides of Upper-Normandy (north-western France): new implications for their conservation management." Biological Conservation 115(1): 1-19. / Lack of relevant intervention / Timing of abandonment "difficult to date" so three time points do not reflect change in abandonment
Elliott, K. J., L. R. Boring, et al. (1998). "Changes in Vegetation Structure and Diversity After Grass-to-Forest Succession in a Southern Appalachian Watershed." American Midland Naturalist 140(2): 219-232. / Lack of relevant population / Not agriculture - mostly forestry with some incidental agri
Farina, A. (1991). Recent changes of the mosaic
patterns in a montane landscape (north Italy)
and consequences on vertebrate fauna. In:
Land Abandonment and its Role in Conservation.
OptionsM´editerran´eennes—Seminar
Series A—No. 15 CIHEAM Centre International
de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques M´editerran
´eennes Zaragoza, Spain. / Lack of relevant intervention
Fernández-Lugo, S., J. R. Arévalo, et al. (2013). "Long-term vegetation responses to different goat grazing regimes in semi-natural ecosystems: A case study in Tenerife (Canary Islands)." Applied Vegetation Science 16(1): 74-83. / Lack of relevant population
Fjellstad, W. J. (1998). The landscape ecology of butterflies in traditionally managed Norwegian farmland (BL). England, University of Durham (United Kingdom). U106043. / Lack of relevant intervention, Lack of relevant comparator
Flinn, K. M., M. Velland, et al. (2005). "Environmental Causes and Consequences of Forest Clearance and Agricultural Abandonment in Central New York, USA." Journal of Biogeography 32(3): 439-439. / Lack of relevant intervention
Foster, B. L., C. A. Murphy, et al. (2007). "Restoration of Prairie Community Structure and Ecosystem Function in an Abandoned Hayfield: A Sowing Experiment." Restoration Ecology 15(4): 652-661. / Lack of relevant intervention
Fraterrigo, J. M., S. M. Pearson, et al. (2009). "The response of understory herbaceous plants to nitrogen fertilization in forests of different land-use history." Forest Ecology and Management 257(10): 2182-2188. / Lack of relevant comparator / Comparator is pre-agricultural establishment, not just abandonment
Fravega, E. M. (1970). "Farm Land Abandonment-Problem or Polemic." Southeastern Geographer 10(1): 55-62. / No quantitative data (e.g. comments paper)
Fu, B.-J., Q.-J. Zhang, et al. (2006). "Temporal change in land use and its relationship to slope degree and soil type in a small catchment on the Loess Plateau of China." CATENA 65(1): 41-48. / Lack of relevant outcome
Fuller, R. J., P. W. Atkinson, et al. (2006). "Breeding bird communities in the upland margins (ffridd) of Wales in the mid-1980s." Bird Study 53(2): 177-186. / Lack of relevant intervention
Galicia, L. and A. Garcia-Romero (2007). "Land use and land cover change in highland temperate forests in the Izta-Popo National Park, central Mexico." Mountain Research and Development 27(1): 48-57. / Lack of relevant outcome
Gallart, F. and P. Llorens (2003). "Catchment Management Under Environmental Change: Impact of Land Cover Change on Water Resources." Water International 28(3): 334-334. / No quantitative data (e.g. comments paper)
Gallart, F., & Llorens, P. (2004). Observations on land cover changes and water resources in the headwaters of the Ebro catchment, Iberian Peninsula.Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, parts A/B/C,29(11), 769-773. / Lack of relevant intervention
Gallart, F., Delgado, J., Beatson, S. J. V., Posner, H., Llorens, P., & Marcé, R. (2011). Analysing the effect of global change on the historical trends of water resources in the headwaters of the Llobregat and Ter river basins (Catalonia, Spain).Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C,36(13), 655-661. / Lack of relevant comparator
Gallart, F., P. Llorens, et al. (1994). Studying the role of old agricultural terraces on runoff generation in a small Mediterranean mountainous basin. / Lack of relevant intervention, Lack of relevant comparator, Lack of relevant outcome
Gallego Fernandez, J. B., M. Rosario Garcia Mora, et al. (2004). "Vegetation dynamics of Mediterranean shrublands in former cultural landscape at Grazalema Mountains, South Spain." Plant Ecology 172(1): 83-94. / Lack of relevant intervention
Garcia-Orenes, F., A. Roldan, et al. (2012). "Soil structural stability and erosion rates influenced by agricultural management practices in a semi-arid Mediterranean agro-ecosystem." Soil Use and Management 28(4): 571-579. / Lack of relevant population / No explicit references to mountain/high altitude
García-Ruiz, J. M. (2010). "The effects of land uses on soil erosion in Spain: A review." CATENA 81(1): 1-11. / Relevant Review
García-Ruiz, J. M. and N. Lana-Renault (2011). "Hydrological and erosive consequences of farmland abandonment in Europe, with special reference to the Mediterranean region – A review." Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 140(3–4): 317-338. / Relevant Review / Highly relevant review
Garcia-Ruiz, J. M., D. Reguees, et al. (2008). "Flood generation and sediment transport in experimental catchments affected by land use changes in the central Pyrenees." Journal of Hydrology 356(1-2): 245-260. / Lack of relevant comparator
García-Ruiz, J. M., T. Lasanta, et al. (1995). "Changes in runoff and erosion as a consequence of land-use changes in the Central Spanish Pyrenees." Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 20(3-4): 301-307. / Lack of relevant intervention, Lack of relevant comparator / Two different experiments, one with intervention, one with comparator - not compatable
García-Ruiz, J. M., T. Lasanta, et al. (1995b). "SEDIMENT YIELD UNDER DIFFERENT LAND USES IN THE SPANISH PYRENEES." Mountain Research and Development 15(3): 229-240. / Unsuitable timescale / Experimental agricultural plots established on long-term abandoned farmland but maintained for under 1 year prior to study
García-Ruiz, J. M., T. Lasanta, et al. (1996). "Land-use changes and sustainable development in mountain areas: A case study in the Spanish Pyrenees." Landscape Ecology 11(5): 267-277. / Unsuitable timescale / Experimental agricultural plots established on long-term abandoned farmland but maintained for under 1 year prior to study