Silvopastoralism and sustainable land management : proceedings of an International Congress on Silvopastoralism and Sustainable Management held in Lugo, Spain, in April 2004 / / Edited by M.R. Mosquera-Losada, A. Rigueiro-Rodriguez and J. McAdam

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910446334103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Wallingford, UK, : CABI Pub., 2006
• ISBN: 1-280-73581-3; 9786610735815; 1-84593-147-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (431 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): Mosquera-LosadaM. R; Rigueiro RodriguezAntonio; McAdamJ (Jim)
• Disciplina: 634.9/9
• Soggetti: Agroforestry; Environmentalism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Acknowledgements and Congress information""; ""Session 1. Silvopastoral systems. Main types and designs""; ""Main invited Key note""; ""Traditional and improved silvopastoral systems and their importance in sustainability of livestock farms""; ""Invited Key notes""; ""Silvopastoral systems in North-West Europe""; ""Silvopastoral systems in the Neotropics""; ""European types of silvopastoral systems in the Mediterranean area: dehesa""; ""Mediterranean European silvopastoral systems""; ""Offered papers""; ""Agroforestry for improving farm smallholdings""; ""Improved fallows with forage trees for a slash and burn maize system in the Yucatán Peninsula""""The influence of climate and soil type on the ""montado"" production system""; ""Silvopastoralism with native tree species in Uruguay""; ""Classification principles and use of grazed forest stands in the Ukraine""; ""Traditional silvoarable systems and their evolution in Greece""; ""Biodiversity and sustainable development in the silvopastoral systems of the Cantabrian mountains""; ""Goat ; production system in mountain zones: the case of Peneda's mountain""; ""Nutritive value of trees and shrubs for ruminants""""Quality of vegetation in silvopastoral systems""; ""The herbaceous component intemperate silvopastoral systems""; ""Offered papers""; ""The effect of pruning intensity on acorn production in a holm-oak ""dehesa""""; ""The effect of tree density on pasture yield""; ""An alternative to improve goat production in the mountain areas of north-west Tunisia""; ""Seasonal fodder biomass production of palo dulce and tepozan""; ""Pruning influence on acorn yield in cork-oak open woodland""; ""Effects of grazing on fuel biomass in mountain pastures of the south-eastern Pyrenees""""Seed production and influence of heat on the germination of Genista scorpius (L.) DC""; ""Lithium chloride and ipecacuanha syrup to induce sheep aversion to the intake of coffee plants""; ""Dispersed trees in pasturelands of cattle farms in a dry ecosystem of Costa Rica""; ""Micropropagation of three clones of Morus alba L. selected for fodder use""; ""Estimating diet selection of goats and sheep grazing on gorse-heathland vegetation with areas of improved pasture""; ""Validation of the alkane technique to estimate complex diets in sheep and goats fed on heathland vegetation""
• Sommario/riassunto: Agroforestry and silvopastoralism are ancient ways of managing forestland that should be encouraged as they increase productivity in the short, medium and long terms (in comparison with forestland), biodiversity (in comparison with farmland) and the sustainability of land (multiproduct system). This book addresses important problems that need to be solved by indicating adequate means of managing forestry and grasslands. These problems are related to issues such as the multiple benefits of forests, fire and erosion risk reduction and countryside conservation. This book is based on papers presen