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Ethnoveterinary Medicine and Ethnopharmacology in the Main Transhumance Areas of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
In this study, we document the practices of ethnoveterinary medicine and ethnopharmacology in the context of traditional transhumance routes that cross Castilla La Mancha from north to south. Transhumance is a type of grazing system that allows advantage
D. Rivera, A. Verde, José Fajardo Rodríguez, S. Ríos, F. Alcaraz, C. Carceles, J. Ortiz, A. Valdés, J. Ruiz-Gallardo, Aida García-Flores, J. A. Palazón, C. Obón   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Pastoral Mobility in the Far North Region, Cameroon: Data Analysis and Modeling. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Modeling the movements of humans and animals is critical to understanding the transmission of infectious diseases in complex social and ecological systems.
Ningchuan Xiao, Shanshan Cai, Mark Moritz, Rebecca Garabed, Laura W Pomeroy   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transhumance Farming in Swiss Mountains: Adaptation to a Changing Environment

Mountain Research and Development, 2015
Families living on transhumance farms (Stufenbetriebe) in the Swiss Alps may move with their cattle up to 12 times a year between as many as 4 altitudinal levels.
Christine Jurt, Isabel Häberli, Ruth Rossier   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Farmers’ Risk Perception on Climate Change: Transhumance vs. Semi-Intensive Sheep Production Systems in Türkiye

Animals, 2022
Simple Summary Adaptation strategies developed by sheep breeders against climate change are essential for sustainable production. This study was designed to determine the effects of climate change on perception, the risks of sheep farmers and the actions
Sezen Ocak Yetişgin, Hasan Önder, U. Şen, D. Piwczyński, M. Kolenda, B. Sitkowska, Ceyhun Yucel   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Digital wiki map of pastoral geographies in eastern Senegal

Pastoralism, 2017
The persistence of transhumance systems requires continued access to key pastoral resources that together allow the seasonal movement of livestock herds over long distances.
Matthew Turner, Erin Kitchell, John McPeak, Jérémy Bourgoin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shieling activity in the Norse Eastern Settlement : palaeoenvironment of the 'Mountain Farm', Vatnahverfi, Greenland [PDF]

, 2013
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Edwards, Kevin J, Ledger, Paul M, Schofield, J Edward   +2 more
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The value of transhumance for biodiversity conservation: Vulture foraging in relation to livestock movements

Ambio, 2021
In recent decades, intensive techniques of livestock raising have flourished, which has largely replaced traditional farming practices such as transhumance.
Natividad Aguilera-Alcalá, E. Arrondo, R. Pascual‐Rico, Z. Morales‐Reyes, J. M. Gil-Sánchez, J. Donázar, M. Moléon, J. A. Sánchez‐Zapata   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effects of Ski-Resort Activities and Transhumance Livestock Grazing on Rangeland Ecosystems of Mountain Zireia, Southern Greece

Land, 2022
The objective of the present study was to assess the impacts in time of the ski-resort infrastructure and transhumance livestock grazing on floristic composition, diversity, and rangeland health indices related to ecosystem stability and function.
A. Kyriazopoulos, M. Karatassiou, Z. Parissi, E. Abraham, P. Sklavou   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Big dairy data to unravel effects of environmental, physiological and morphological factors on milk production of mountain-pastured Braunvieh cows [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2020
The transhumance system, which consists in moving animals to high mountain pastures during summer, plays a considerable role in preserving both local biodiversity and traditions, as well as protecting against natural hazard.
Solange Duruz, Elia Vajana, Alexander Burren, Christine Flury, Stéphane Joost   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Away but connected: from the mountains of Babia to the plains of Cáceres. A study of Spanish transhumance at the turn of the nineteenth to the twentieth centuries

Rural History, 2022
One of the most important systems of sheep transhumance since the Middle Ages in Spain occurred between the mountains of northern Leon and the Extremadura Meadow lands – a 500-kilometre journey on foot. We analyse here an interesting collection of thirty
P. Vidal-González
semanticscholar   +1 more source