Impact of Transhumant Livestock Grazing Abandonment on Pseudo-Alpine Grasslands in Greece in the Context of Climatic Change

A Sidiropoulou, D Chouvardas, K Mantzanas… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pseudo-alpine grassland ecosystems have started to decline during the past few decades.
According to many studies, climate change and abandonment of traditional anthropogenic …

Scenarios of optimal organization of sheep and goat transhumance

A Ragkos, S Koutsou, M Karatassiou… - Regional Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Sheep and goat transhumance is still practiced in all parts of Greece, as it is suitable for the
particular conditions of the country's mountainous areas. The purpose of this study was to …

Alternative approaches of summer milk sales from transhumant sheep and goat farms: A case study from Northern Greece

A Ragkos, A Theodoridis, G Arsenos - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Sheep and goat transhumance provides a wide range of ecosystem services (ES).
Transhumance-specific dairy products could function as a nexus between the system and …

Accès à la terre et transhumance en Grèce: bien commun et conflits sociaux

S Koutsou, A Ragkos… - … durable et territoires …, 2019 - journals.openedition.org
La gouvernance des terres communes, considérées comme un bien commun, a toujours été
une question d'importance majeure pour l'économie et la cohésion sociale en zones rurales …

[HTML][HTML] Transhumant sheep and goat farming sector in Greece

A Siasiou, K Galanopoulos, I Mitsopoulos… - Iranian Journal of …, 2018 - journals.iau.ir
Transhumance is an extensive farming system developed by livestock farmers, that moved
their herds between lowlands and uplands, in order to cope with the seasonality of the …

Collective and individual approaches to pastoral land governance in Greek silvopastoral systems: The case of sheep and goat transhumance

A Ragkos, S Koutsou - Governance for Mediterranean …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
This chapter examines the diverse rangeland governance schemes that have been
developed across the country and affect silvopastoral production. The basic question …

[PDF][PDF] Effects on fatty acids profile of milk from transhumant small ruminants related to the floristic composition of mountainous rangelands

M Ioannidou, M Karatassiou, A Ragkos… - Options …, 2019 - om.ciheam.org
The available knowledge regarding the effects of grazed species composition on sheep and
goat milk quality in Greece is limited. This study contributes to fill in this gap by presenting …

15 Collective and individual approaches to pastoral land governance in Greek silvopastoral systems

A Ragkos, S Koutsou - … : Lessons from the Iberian Dehesas and …, 2021 - books.google.com
The modernization of agriculture has caused significant changes in the quantity and
diversity of farm outputs as well as in agricultural production systems and the institutions …