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Agriculture, 2021 The silvopastoral system has the potential to alleviate the negative impacts of heat stress on livestock. Through a preliminary study, we assessed the thermal environment experienced by hair coat lambs, as well as the impacts on their bio-thermal and ...
Frederico Márcio C. Vieira +9 more
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AgricultureAgroforestry has a long history of evolution in Europe and has been especially selected under the unfavorable socioeconomic and environmental conditions of the Mediterranean region.
Dimitrios Fotakis +4 more
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Land and Water Usage in Beef Production Systems
Animals, 2019 This analysis, using published data, compared all land and conserved water use in four beef production systems. A widespread feedlot system and fertilised irrigated pasture systems used similar amounts of land.
Donald M. Broom
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Pasture production–diversity relationships in a kānuka silvopastoral system
Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2023 Silvopastoral systems have great potential for forming multifunctional landscapes that provide a range of economic and environmental benefits to pastoral land.
Thomas H. Mackay‐Smith +3 more
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Silvopastoral Systems for Energy Generation
, 2021 The silvipastoral systems are characterized by the association between tree crops, pastures and animals and can also constitute an efficient and sustainable means of supplying forest biomass for energy purposes such as electric, mechanical and thermal energy generation.
Gonçalves, Andrade, Cid Marcos +3 more
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Carbon stock potential of agroforestry systems in low hills of north-western Himalayas
The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2023 The present experiment was conducted at Dr Y S Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, Himachal Pradesh during 2019–21 to study the prevalent agroforestry systems and to assess their carbon stock potential.
HARISH SHARMA +5 more
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Silvopastoral system with Eucalyptus as a strategy for mitigating the effects of climate change on Brazilian pasturelands [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2020 The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of Eucalyptus trees in a silvopastoral system on the microclimate and the capacity of that to mitigate the effects of climate change on pasturelands.
CRISTIAM BOSI +2 more
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Biota Colombiana, 2021 We recorded the soundscape at four cattle ranches at the foothills of the Meta department, Colombia. We used eight acoustic recorders, four in silvopastoral systems and four in traditional cattle systems.
Andrea Morales Rozo +5 more
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Animals, 2021 The sub-humid native rainforest in Yucatan is one of the most endangered in Mexico. Cattle production is one of the main causes of land use change and silvopastoral systems are a feasible alternative.
Fernanda Pérez-Lombardini +5 more
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Foraging behaviour and dry matter intake by lambs in a silvopastoral system
Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2021 Dry matter intake, nutritional contribution of forage to the diet and Lamb foraging behavior were assessed in a silvopastoral system. Twelve Pelibuey female lambs (6.3 months of age, 23.74 ± 3.5 kg live weight), were randomly assigned to two treatments:
Silvia López-Ortiz +6 more
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