West Yorkshire Ecology will continue to work closely with members of the Local Sites Partnership and District Council Planning Departments to enhance systems for the Local Wildlife Sites network Habitat Selection Guidelines The grassland habitat selection guidelines include meadows and pastures as well as a number of other grasslands with limited or no management. Some of these may be associated with post industrial sites. Neutral grassland Unimproved neutral grassland habitat underwent a major decline in the 20th century. It was estimated in 1994 that less than 15,000ha of species-rich neutral grassland remained within the (both upland and lowland). In there is significantly less than 10,000ha of species rich neutral grassland. This habitat is now in small sites with a fragmented distribution throughout much of the . Neutral grasslands support a high proportion of forbs (broad-leaved herbaceous species) relative to grasses. Characteristic species of this habitat, which are now scarce include
West Yorkshire Ecology will continue to work closely with members of the Local Sites Partnership and District Council Planning Departments to enhance systems for the Local Wildlife Sites network Habitat Selection Guidelines The grassland habitat selection guidelines include meadows and pastures as well as a number of other grasslands with limited or no management. Some of these may be associated with post industrial sites. Neutral grassland Unimproved neutral grassland habitat underwent a major decline in the 20th century. It was estimated in 1994 that less than 15,000ha of species-rich neutral grassland remained within the (both upland and lowland). In there is significantly less than 10,000ha of species rich neutral grassland. This habitat is now in small sites with a fragmented distribution throughout much of the . Neutral grasslands support a high proportion of forbs (broad-leaved herbaceous species) relative to grasses. Characteristic species of this habitat, which are now scarce include
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