Part 1: Introduction 1. The Social and Ecological Dimensions of Wood-pastures 2. Diversity, Threats and Conservation of European Wood-pastures 3. Wood-pastures as Examples of European High Nature Value Landscapes - Functions and Differentiations According to Farming Part 2: History and Change 4. The Origins and History of Medieval Wood-pastures 5. Recent Dynamics of Evergreen Oak Wood-pastures in South-Western Iberia 5.1 Wood-pasture Profile: Monroy, Spain 6. Ecological Patterns and Processes at Various Spatio-temporal Scales in Wood-pastures of the Swiss Jura Mountains and Adaptation to Climate Change 6.1. Wood-pasture Profile: Musella, Italy Part 3: Biodiversity and Ecology 7. Plant and Vegetation Diversity in European Wood-pastures 7.1 Wood-pasture Profile: Saaremaa, Estonia 8. Wood-pastures as Reservoirs for Invertebrates 8.1. Wood-pasture Profile: Hatfield Forest, England 9. Grazing as a Tool for Wood-pasture Restoration and Management 9.1 Wood-pasture Profile: East Vättern Scarp, Sweden Part 4: Socio-cultural Values 10. Social-cultural Values of Oak Wood-pastures and Transhumance in Greece 10.1 Wood-pasture Profile: Western Lesvos, Greece 11. The Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Managing Wood-pastures 11.1 Wood-pasture Profile: Csokonyavisonta, Hungary 12. Mapping Ancient and other Trees of Special Interest: UK citizens' Contribution to World Tree Heritage Part 5: Governance Institutions 13. Wood-pasture Management in Southern Transylvania (Romania): from Communal to Where?13.1 Wood-pasture Profile: Breite, Romania 14. Common Management of Wood-pastures and Sustainable Regional Development in the Southern Black Forest (Germany) 14.1 Wood-pasture Profile: Southern Black Forest, Germany 15. Institutional Arrangements of Wood-pasture Management: Past and Present (UK) Part 6: Synthesis 16. Wood-pastures and the Greening of the Common Agricultural Policy [...]opean Wood-pastures in Transition: Lessons for Science, Conservation and Policy Development in High Nature Value Landscapes