Local knowledge and relational values of Midwestern woody perennial polyculture farmers can inform tree‐crop policies

M Kreitzman, M Chapman, KO Keeley… - People and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural producers, academics and policy‐makers are increasingly interested in
multifunctional tree crop systems as a solution for maintaining ecosystem services and …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis of livestock effects on tree regeneration in oak agroforestry systems

AI Wadud, MN Bugalho, PG Vaz - Journal of Environmental Management, 2024 - Elsevier
Livestock grazing occupies over a quarter of terrestrial land and is prevalent to agroforestry
ecosystems, potentially affecting the survival, growth, and density of trees' early …

Traditional free-ranging livestock farming as a management strategy for biological and cultural landscape diversity: A case from the southern apennines

C Troiano, M Buglione, S Petrelli, S Belardinelli… - Land, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mediterranean mountain landscapes are undergoing a widespread phenomenon of
abandonment. This brings, as a consequence, the loss of traditional land use practices, such …

Designing grazing susceptibility to land degradation index (GSLDI) in hilly areas

G Minea, N Ciobotaru, G Ioana-Toroimac… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Evaluation of grazing impacts on land degradation processes is a difficult task due
to the heterogeneity and complex interacting factors involved. In this paper, we designed a …

The effect of grazing on central Anatolian steppe vegetation: a modeling approach using functional traits

A Bahar, Ç Tavşanoğlu - Ecology and Evolution, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Grazing is a major ecological driver that influences vegetation dynamics globally. We
investigated the long‐term effects of different grazing regimes on the vegetation structure of …

Legacies of historical management practices in the large-scale distribution pattern of oak-hornbeam woodlands in Czechia

J Vojta, M Brabec, H Skokanová, K Kuča - Forest Ecology and Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Historical woodland management practices like coppicing and grazing have formed the
diversity and structure of oak-hornbeam woodlands. We analysed large-scale, high …

A Century of Practice and Experiences of the Restoration of Land-Use Types and Ecosystems

S Zerbe - … Cultural Landscapes: Merging Tradition and Innovation …, 2022 - Springer
Referring to the manifold studies and the long-term experiences of the restoration of near-
natural ecosystems and traditional land-use types, respectively, examples from all over the …

Transient shifts in composition of degraded temperate native grassland following grazing exclusion

B Farmilo, D Duncan, C Moxham… - Applied Vegetation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Questions Globally, grassy ecosystems are threatened and are still declining in extent in
many areas. Improving the management of degraded native temperate grasslands that are …

Bringing back cattle grazing to abandoned farmlands. A lesson from silvopastoral ecological intensification in the landscape of the Carpathian foothills, SE Poland

A Bobiec, L Kuberski, R Tobiasz-Salach, G Zagula… - sylwan, 2024 - agro.icm.edu.pl
Modern forestry, as developed by Saxon school in the 1700s, was based on the rule of
'sustainable yield'(von Carlowitz, 1713). Focused on efficiency of timber growth, it implies …

A survey of farmer approach to grazing: A case study of the Curvature Subcarpathians, Romania

G Neculau, G Minea, N Ciobotaru… - Journal of Water and …, 2021 - yadda.icm.edu.pl
This study aims to investigate how grazing is perceived across the Curvature
Subcarpathians (Romania) by farmers. We investigate farmers' attitudes toward and …