TY - JOUR
KW - dehesa
KW - oak trees
KW - mediterranean region
KW - Sierra Morena
KW - effect of trees on soils
KW - agrosilvopasture
KW - ethnobotany
AU - Richard Joffre
AU - Jean Vacher
AU - Carlos de los Llanos
AU - Gilbert Long
AB - A multidisciplinary team undertook a six-year investigation on the agro-ecological and socio-economic aspects of the dehesa system in the Sierra Norte area, a part of the Sierra Morena of the Sevilla Province, Western Andalusia, Spain. This paper summarizes its findings on the various agro-ecological features of the system and evaluates the system's functional aspects vis-a-vis the trends and developments in land use in the region over the past few centuries. The synergistic effects of tree cover on understorey grassland vegetation is discussed in terms of soil fertility build-up and favourable micro-climatic and hydrological features, and the potential use of this information in future research and development programmes to improve the dehesa system in the Mediterranean region is outlined. (author)
AN - 91-01661
BT - Agroforestry Systems
C1 - Agroforest Syst
C6 - 0167-4366; 1572-9680
DA - 02/1988
DB - link.springer.com.ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
DO - 10.1007/BF02344747
IS - 1-3
LA - English
N2 - A multidisciplinary team undertook a six-year investigation on the agro-ecological and socio-economic aspects of the dehesa system in the Sierra Norte area, a part of the Sierra Morena of the Sevilla Province, Western Andalusia, Spain. This paper summarizes its findings on the various agro-ecological features of the system and evaluates the system's functional aspects vis-a-vis the trends and developments in land use in the region over the past few centuries. The synergistic effects of tree cover on understorey grassland vegetation is discussed in terms of soil fertility build-up and favourable micro-climatic and hydrological features, and the potential use of this information in future research and development programmes to improve the dehesa system in the Mediterranean region is outlined. (author)
PY - 1988
SP - 71
EP - 96
ST - The dehesa
T2 - Agroforestry Systems
TI - The dehesa: An agrosilvopastoral system of the Mediterranean region with special reference to the Sierra Morena area of Spain
UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02344747
VL - 6
ER -