Agroforestry has come of age during the past three decades. The age-old practice of
growing trees and crops and sometimes animals in interacting combinations–that has been …

Edible films from chitosan (CH) containing various amount of acorn starch (AS) and eugenol
(Eu) were developed by casting and solvent-evaporation method, and their physico …

We present a review on the state-of-the-art of fruit prodution in Western Iberia woodlands
(«dehesas»), and particularly in Q. ilex (holm oak)«dehesas». This threatened ecosystem is …

In the last decades, the process of land-use intensification linked to human activity has
changed considerably causing important modifications in the traditional dichotomized urban …

Dehesas are the most widespread agroforestry systems in Europe, where they cover 3.1
million hectares. They are multipurpose open woodlands, mostly created by clearing the …

The Portuguese montado is an agro-silvo pastoral system quite similar to the dehesa in
Spain, and covering in Portugal most of the Southern region of the country, Alentejo. The …

Agroforestry systems are traditional land use systems that were and are used in Europe.
They can be defined as those land use systems which involve two main components …

Agroforestry is a land use type which embodies agricultural and forestry elements in systems
which fall between the current European definitions of exclusively forestry and agriculture. If …

Aim To describe the population trend for European turtle doves in Spain. To identify
favourable and unfavourable areas for the species and to test whether favourability or land …

The interactions of extensively farmed livestock with wild ungulates contribute to the
transmission and maintenance of, among other diseases, tuberculosis (TB) at the interface …