Pastor.i: a smartphone application to facilitate grazing management [PDF]
, 2018 Grazing in extensive beef farming systems is often manage in an empirical way based on past experience and on the visual appreciation of animal behavior and forage potential. Records of entrances and exits of the animals in the paddocks are rare. However,
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General aspects of silvopastoral systems
, 2016 The scientific history of agroforestry (AF) is brief; it wasn’t until the 1990s that a collection of largely descriptive and empirical research studies was gradually transformed into a process-orientated and more robust scientific approach. AF is essentially a new term for age-old practices of integrated land-use that occurs in most parts of the world.
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Journal of Animal Behaviour and BiometeorologySilvopastoral systems are important tools for bovine production under tropical conditions because of the optimization of tree and forage resources. This combination presents productive advantages, such as increasing the efficiency of production systems and the environmental effect on the system, on the basis of thermoregulation and high biomass loads ...
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Hybrid walnut (Juglans MJ209) for timber production in an agroforestry scheme: some experiences learnt in Spain [PDF]
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Integrating willow-based bioenergy and organic dairy production – the role of tree fodder for feed supplementation [PDF]
, 2012 Silvopastoral systems that combine livestock and trees offer two main advantages for the animals. First, trees modify microclimatic conditions which can have beneficial effects on pasture growth and animal welfare.
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Preference of dairy cows in the consumption of woody forage in Rivas Nicaragua [PDF]
, 2013 In dry areas of Central America woody plants are an alternative forage for cattle feed. It was conducted a study in a dry zone of Nicaragua its objective was to evaluate the preference in foliage consumption of ten common woody species in pastures and ...
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SUMMARIES AGRO AND SILVOPASTORAL SYSTEMS SESSION
Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2014 SUMMARIES AGRO AND SILVOPASTORAL SYSTEMS SESSION XLI AMPA - VII SASYP, MERIDA YUCATAN, MEXICO, 2014.
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Characterization of Thermal Patterns Using Infrared Thermography and Thermolytic Responses of Cattle Reared in Three Different Systems during the Transition Period in the Eastern Amazon, Brazil. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2023 Silva WCD +10 more
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Silvopastoral systems in Portugal: current status and future prospects [PDF]
, 2009 Portugal has a high diversity of agroforestry systems like other Mediterranean countries. This is the result of the Mediterranean climate, great variability of bioclimatic conditions, a long history of land use, and a marked variation in land tenure ...
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Bringing diversity to silvopastoral systems
, 2018 In this presentation given at the 2018 Farm Woodland Forum annual meeting in the UK, student Yan Debeire describes the work he had been doing investigating how to introduce diversity into silvopastoral systems in the UK.
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