A systematic review of the effects of silvopastoral system on thermal environment and dairy cows' behavioral and physiological responses

M Deniz, KT De-Sousa, FMC Vieira, MM Vale… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Does the silvopastoral system (SPS) promote a satisfactory thermal environment for dairy
cows to perform their natural behaviors and perform a suitable thermoregulatory function …

Understanding animal-plant-parasite interactions to improve the management of gastrointestinal nematodes in grazing ruminants

PA Bricarello, C Longo, RA da Rocha, MJ Hötzel - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Grazing systems have great potential to promote animal welfare by allowing animals to
express natural behaviours, but they also present risks to the animals. Diseases caused by …

[HTML][HTML] Grazing livestock move by Lévy walks: Implications for soil health and environment

A Romero-Ruiz, MJ Rivero, A Milne, S Morgan… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Grazing livestock plays an important role in the context of food security, agricultural
sustainability and climate change. Understanding how livestock move and interact with their …

Will the cows and chickens come home? Perspectives of Australian and Brazilian beef and poultry farmers towards diversification

D Bogueva, M Marques, CFM Molento, D Marinova… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Farmers across the world face criticism on environmental and animal welfare concerns, as
well as are increasingly being affected by climate change. We explored the willingness of …

Grazing cattle, sheep, and goats are important parts of a sustainable agricultural future

T Grandin - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Increasing attacks on animal agriculture have forced many people to
question the use of animals for food. Grazing livestock are part of a sustainable agricultural …

Applied nucleation under high biodiversity silvopastoral system as an adaptive strategy against microclimate extremes in pasture areas

AL Schmitt Filho, SG Kretzer, J Farley… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
This study aimed to assess the influence of the high biodiversity silvopastoral system
(SPSnu) on the microclimate, pasture production, and pasture chemical composition …

[HTML][HTML] Soil amelioration induced by nurse shrubs in coal mines reclaimed to pastures and their synergistic effects with grazing

E Muñoz-Cerro, J García-Duro, C Martínez-Ruiz… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Native shrubs facilitate the establishment of oak seedlings in the opencast coal mines
rehabilitated to pastures in Northern Spain, under a Mediterranean sub-humid climate. We …

A geospatial modelling approach to assess the capability of high-country stations in delivering ecosystem services

FC Pereira, S Charters, CMS Smith, TMR Maxwell… - Land, 2023 - mdpi.com
The creation of more sustainable land use strategies is paramount to designing
multifunctional agricultural landscapes that allow grasslands to continually deliver multiple …

Chilean public attitudes towards beef production systems

V Mansky de la Fuente, D Enriquez-Hidalgo… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Much is discussed about the characteristics, efficiency, and externalities of indoor housing
and pasture-based beef production systems, but little is known about how these features …

Qualitative soil quality assessment is efficient in a grazing system with or without trees

JJ Comin, CA Bourscheid, LD Giumbelli… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Soil quality (SQ) assessment is affected by methods that convert data sets
into indices, and such analyses are expensive and time‐consuming. Qualitative SQ …