Precision nutrition of ruminants: approaches, challenges and potential gains

LA González, I Kyriazakis, LO Tedeschi - Animal, 2018 - cambridge.org
A plethora of sensors and information technologies with applications to the precision
nutrition of herbivores have been developed and continue to be developed. The nutritional …

Montado mediterranean ecosystem (Soil–Pasture–Tree and animals): a review of monitoring technologies and grazing systems

E Carreira, J Serrano, J Lopes de Castro, S Shahidian… - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Montado is an agro-silvo-pastoral ecosystem characteristic of the south
of Portugal, which is called Dehesa in Spain. Due to the interactions between its …

Monitoring seasonal pasture quality degradation in the Mediterranean montado ecosystem: Proximal versus remote sensing

J Serrano, S Shahidian, J Marques da Silva - Water, 2018 - mdpi.com
Montado is an agro-forestry system occupying a large surface in countries of the
Mediterranean region. In this system, the natural dryland pasture is the principal source for …

[HTML][HTML] Pasture quality assessment through NDVI obtained by Remote Sensing: A validation study in the Mediterranean silvo-pastoral ecosystem

J Serrano, S Shahidian, L Paixão, J Marques da Silva… - Agriculture, 2024 - mdpi.com
Monitoring the evolution of pasture availability and quality throughout the growing season is
the basis of grazing management in extensive Mediterranean livestock systems. Remote …

Tree influence on soil and pasture: contribution of proximal sensing to pasture productivity and quality estimation in montado ecosystems

J Serrano, S Shahidian… - … Journal of Remote …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Montado is a silvo-pastoral ecosystem of the Mediterranean region, a mixed system of trees
and pasture, subject to animal grazing. Farmers need information on pasture production and …

Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and optical sensors for estimating protein and fiber in dryland Mediterranean Pastures

J Serrano, S Shahidian, Â Carapau, AE Rato - AgriEngineering, 2021 - mdpi.com
Dryland pastures provide the basis for animal sustenance in extensive production systems
in Iberian Peninsula. These systems have temporal and spatial variability of pasture quality …

Opportunities for precision livestock management in the face of climate change: a focus on extensive systems

T Williams, C Wilson, P Wynn, D Costa - Animal Frontiers, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Opportunities for precision livestock management in the face of climate change: a focus on
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Evaluation of near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and remote sensing (RS) for estimating pasture quality in Mediterranean Montado ecosystem

J Serrano, S Shahidian, J Marques da Silva, L Paixão… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Featured Application The inter-annual variability of rainfall distribution in the Mediterranean
region has an important impact on the vegetative cycle of dryland pastures and …

Machine Learning Vegetation Filtering of Coastal Cliff and Bluff Point Clouds

PA Wernette - Remote Sensing, 2024 - mdpi.com
Coastal cliffs erode in response to short-and long-term environmental changes, but
predicting these changes continues to be a challenge. In addition to a chronic lack of data …

[HTML][HTML] A Holistic Approach to the Evaluation of the Montado Ecosystem Using Proximal Sensors

J Serrano, S Shahidian, J Marques da Silva… - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
The Montado is a silvo-pastoral system characterized by open canopy woodlands with
natural or cultivated grassland in the undercover and grazing animals. The aims of this study …