Fire versus herbivory for oak woodland restoration: burning achieves short-term structural and compositional objectives whereas browsing alone fails to reduce stem densities and promote ground flora DOI Creative Commons

Gina R. Beebe,

Lauren S. Pile, Michael C. Stambaugh

и другие.

Fire Ecology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 20(1)

Опубликована: Ноя. 20, 2024

Abstract Background Declines in ecologically beneficial fire, coincident with alterations to native herbivory and intensive land use, have led dynamic changes woodland structure composition, leading midstory densification reductions ground flora abundance diversity. Frequent, low intensity fire is key achieving restoration objectives prescribed burns are often used meet management goals. For a variety of reasons, the use limited. Further, growing season burning suggested greater impact on woody stems than dormant applications, but its implementation difficult. Targeted may emulate many aspects holding potential diversify strategies for restoration. We designed replicated, experimental study evaluate targeted browsing objectives, specifically, two layered oak diverse abundant flora. The six treatments included: (1) spring browsing, (2) fall (3) dormant-season (4) (5) plus (6) an untreated control. Results suggest that had overriding effect reduction was not comparable treatments. Burning reduced leaf litter, increased bare soil exposure forb coverage. Browsing reduce accumulation when compared control, this statistically meaningful. Differences seasonality frequent were also important trends influence meeting objectives. exert compositional woodlands because forage preferences by goats. Conclusions To achieve short-term, necessary quickly densities, increase light availability, consume thereby promote diversity which be achieved alone. interaction structural outcomes associated pyric regimes require further investigation.

Язык: Английский

The potential of silvopasture in the mid-atlantic USA: insights from land managers on motivations, challenges, and production features DOI Creative Commons
Sanjok Poudel,

Kristine Ely,

John H. Fike

и другие.

Agroforestry Systems, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 99(3)

Опубликована: Фев. 19, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Gestión Integrada en Ganadería Automatizada: Sostenibilidad y Rentabilidad (Revisión) DOI Creative Commons

Wendy Leonela Muñoz-Guerrero,

Eugenia Macías

Estudios y Perspectivas Revista Científica y Académica, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 5(1), С. 1212 - 1231

Опубликована: Фев. 18, 2025

La ganadería automatizada está transformando la productividad y sostenibilidad del sector, enfrentando desafíos tanto ambientales como económicos. Este estudio se centró en analizar cómo los sistemas de gestión integrados impactan rentabilidad ganadería. Se realizó una revisión exhaustiva literatura reciente sobre tecnologías el IoT inteligencia artificial aplicadas a este ámbito. Los hallazgos mostraron que automatización permite un uso más eficiente recursos, disminuye huella carbono promueve bienestar animal, aunque altos costos iniciales escasez personal capacitado son obstáculos para su implementación. identificaron modelos exitosos combinan sostenibilidad, logrando mayor eficiencia rentabilidad. En conclusión, adopción es esencial lograr competitiva sostenible. Es crucial desarrollar estrategias financiamiento capacitación faciliten esta adopción, asegurando beneficios económicos ambientales.

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Agroforestry Practices and Systems in the Temperate and Boreal Regions DOI
Nyong Princely Awazi

Advances in environmental engineering and green technologies book series, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 109 - 142

Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2025

Agroforestry, which integrates trees and shrubs into agricultural systems, presents significant environmental economic advantages. This chapter explores its current state future in temperate boreal regions, each with unique climates challenges. In areas, practices like alley cropping, silvopasture, windbreaks enhance soil health, reduce erosion, boost biodiversity, while also providing ecological services such as carbon sequestration wildlife habitats. Boreal agroforestry adapts to harsh shelterbelts reforestation, focusing on cold-resistant species improve fertility manage snow cover. Challenges include high initial investment maintenance costs limited options due extreme cold areas. Ongoing research technological advancements promise address these challenges, innovations selection policy support expected the sustainability productivity of benefiting both conservation agriculture.

Язык: Английский

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Traditional Agroforestry Practices DOI
Nyong Princely Awazi

Advances in environmental engineering and green technologies book series, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 29 - 72

Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2025

Traditional agroforestry practices integrate trees and shrubs into agricultural landscapes are deeply informed by indigenous knowledge systems. These practices, shaped millennia of observation, offer insights sustainable land management. Indigenous enhances understanding local ecosystems, soil types, climatic conditions, resulting in techniques that balance production with ecological conservation. Examples include the “milpa” system Mesoamerica, which combines maize, beans, squash diverse trees, “taungya” Southeast Asia, merges crops young tree plantations. foster biodiversity, promote various plant species for economic benefits, reflect a keen awareness seasonal cycles, maximizing yields while minimizing environmental impact. Despite facing modern challenges like tenure issues, integrating scientific approaches can enhance sustainability resilience systems, crucial addressing challenges.

Язык: Английский

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Biodiversity Boost DOI

Asanka Tennakoon,

Malitha P. W. Tharindi,

Nipuni Madhushani

и другие.

Advances in environmental engineering and green technologies book series, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 259 - 298

Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2025

This chapter discusses the ecological benefits of agroforestry systems (AFS), a sustainable land-use system integrating trees and shrubs with crops livestock. AFS offers multifaceted solution to biodiversity loss, climate change, environmental degradation. Further, this section interprets how promotes by enhancing genetic, species, ecosystem diversity compares its impact monoculture systems. By improving habitat complexity supporting diverse contribute balance, food security, resilience. also highlights successful practices from different regions outlines socio-economic policy challenges broader implementation, providing insights into future research land management strategies.

Язык: Английский

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Dairy Goat Production Systems: A Comprehensive Analysis to Reframe Their Global Diversity DOI Creative Commons
César A. Meza‐Herrera, Cayetano Navarrete-Molina, Ulises Macías‐Cruz

и другие.

Animals, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(24), С. 3717 - 3717

Опубликована: Дек. 23, 2024

This review aims to emphasize the important role that goats and dairy play for many small-scale rural families worldwide, as well introduce a proposal categorizing main goat production systems (DGPSs), using multifactorial approach but emphasizing rainfall nutritional supplementation level, focal categorization factors. The DGPSs were divided into two metasystems based on available resources, each consisting of three subsystems. In first metasystem, subsystems have limited water, biotic, economic whose rationality is reducing risk rather than maximizing outputs. contrast, second metasystem usually increased economic, water emphasis involves product yield risk. with very or null supplementation: (a) subsistence, (b) extensive, (c) agro-silvopastoral. includes those different levels (d) semi-extensive, (e) semi-intensive, (f) intensive. There are numerous significant global initiatives focused scientific collaboration sharing information regarding nutrition, reproductive, genetic technologies related safety nutraceutical quality milk products while contextualized in DGPSs. Hence, such scenarios should create additional opportunities researchers, producers, policymakers, development workers come together align interests needs exchange knowledge effective farmer support strategies, environmental management, consumer education. Undoubtedly, it essential reevaluate world since millions producers their families—most them poor marginalized—need this species, society products, most worldwide arid semi-arid lands need recovery, all us encourage fulfillment sustainable goals.

Язык: Английский

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Agroforestry and animal husbandry DOI
J. Goracci, Francesca Camilli

IntechOpen eBooks, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Сен. 12, 2024

Agroforestry (AF) entails deliberate agricultural practices where farmers integrate a combination of trees, grasses, shrubs, crops, and livestock within their farming systems to create more resilient sustainable landscapes. This strategic enhances soil fertility, conserves water, mitigates climate change by sequestering carbon. Additionally, it fosters diverse habitats for wildlife promotes biodiversity. Animal husbandry AF optimises land use efficiency, providing animals with access forage, shade, shelter. holistic approach resilience against environmental challenges, ensuring diversified consistent production over time, ultimately boosting farm productivity profitability. chapter underscores the multifaceted benefits integrating animal husbandry, offering valuable insights into viable achieving food sovereignty ecosystem services.

Язык: Английский

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Fire versus herbivory for oak woodland restoration: burning achieves short-term structural and compositional objectives whereas browsing alone fails to reduce stem densities and promote ground flora DOI Creative Commons

Gina R. Beebe,

Lauren S. Pile, Michael C. Stambaugh

и другие.

Fire Ecology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 20(1)

Опубликована: Ноя. 20, 2024

Abstract Background Declines in ecologically beneficial fire, coincident with alterations to native herbivory and intensive land use, have led dynamic changes woodland structure composition, leading midstory densification reductions ground flora abundance diversity. Frequent, low intensity fire is key achieving restoration objectives prescribed burns are often used meet management goals. For a variety of reasons, the use limited. Further, growing season burning suggested greater impact on woody stems than dormant applications, but its implementation difficult. Targeted may emulate many aspects holding potential diversify strategies for restoration. We designed replicated, experimental study evaluate targeted browsing objectives, specifically, two layered oak diverse abundant flora. The six treatments included: (1) spring browsing, (2) fall (3) dormant-season (4) (5) plus (6) an untreated control. Results suggest that had overriding effect reduction was not comparable treatments. Burning reduced leaf litter, increased bare soil exposure forb coverage. Browsing reduce accumulation when compared control, this statistically meaningful. Differences seasonality frequent were also important trends influence meeting objectives. exert compositional woodlands because forage preferences by goats. Conclusions To achieve short-term, necessary quickly densities, increase light availability, consume thereby promote diversity which be achieved alone. interaction structural outcomes associated pyric regimes require further investigation.

Язык: Английский

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