Pervasive early 21st‐century vegetation changes across Danish semi‐natural ecosystems: more losers than winners and a shift towards competitive, tall‐growing species

Summary Semi‐natural open habitats in north‐western Europe are highly prioritized for conservation, and optimization of management planning is essential for continued protection of their diversity. We evaluate whether current management practices, which consist mainly of summer grazing by livestock, are sufficient to maintain plant species composition in a stable state across semi‐natural areas in Denmark, or if shifts in functional composition...