Native trees and shrubs for the productive rehabilitation of tropical cattle ranching lands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1654-1663

  Murgueitio, Enrique ^a   Calle, Zoraida ^a   Uribe, Fernando ^a   Calle, Alicia ^b   Solorio, Baldomero ^c  

^a CIPAV Centroparala Investigacionen Sistemas Sosteniblesde Producción Agropecuaria   (Colombia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fundación Produce Michoacán   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agroforestry for animal production; Connectivity; Conservation corridors; Focal species; Intensive silvopastoral systems (ISS); Leucaena leucocephala; Payment for environmental services (PES); Silvopastoral systems (SPS); Sustainable cattle ranching

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PRODUCTION; CATTLE RANCHING; CONNECTIVITY; FOCAL SPECIES; INTENSIVE SILVOPASTORAL SYSTEMS (ISS); LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; PAYMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (PES); SILVOPASTORAL SYSTEMS (SPS);

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CATTLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FERTILITY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MEAT; NATIVE SPECIES; PASTORALISM; PRODUCTION COST; RANCHING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SHRUB; SILVICULTURE; SUSTAINABILITY;

COLOMBIA; LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ANIMALIA; BOS; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 79954621839     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.09.027     Document Type: Article

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