Diversified farming systems are proposed as a major mechanism to address the many
sustainability issues of today's agriculture. Multi-species livestock farming, ie keeping two or …

An understanding of traditional ecological knowledge systems is increasingly acknowledged
as a means of helping to develop global, regional and national, but locally relevant policies …

Dehesas and montados are Mediterranean agroforestry systems characterized by scattered
oak trees with an understory grazed extensively by livestock and, in some cases …

An understanding of factors influencing smallholder farmers' livestock ownership at the
household level is vital in formulating pro-poor livestock production policies and …

Mediterranean wooded grasslands that emerge from silvopastoral activities are
multifunctional systems that result in high biodiversity and offer ecosystem services such as …

Landscapes in tropical regions have been greatly altered by human activities, as a product
of growing demands for mineral and agricultural production, as well as those related to the …

Dehesas or montados are man-made systems whose conservation interest as a
Mediterranean landscape or agroforestry system has been highlighted in the scientific …

Anthropogenic activities are increasing nutrient availability and altering precipitation
regimes. This may lead to critical changes in grasslands functioning. This is particularly …

The 3-D Radiative Transfer Model (RTM) FLIGHT can represent scattering in open forest or
savannas featuring underlying bare soils. However, FLIGHT might not be suitable for …

Despite the long history of the study of the biodiversity-ecosystem function relationship,
uncertainty remains about the relationship of natural grassland ecosystems under stressful …