Due to their complex structure and traditional low-intensity management, Portuguese oak woodland rangelands known as montados are often considered high nature value (HNV) farming systems, and as such, they may be deemed eligible for subsidies and incentives by governmental and nongovernmental agencies. Too little is known about how the HNV concept might be applied to conserve complex silvopastoral systems. Thes...
Com o objectivo de estimar, em porcos Alentejanos, a ingestão e a digestibilidade de erva e bolota, foi realizado um ensaio utilizando n-alcanos de cadeia longa como marcadores fecais. Oito animais, alojados em caixas metabólicas, distribuídos aleatoriamente em 2 grupos de 4 animais cada, foram sujeitos a dois tratamentos. Cada animal do grupo 1 recebeu um bolinho por dia, contendo 100 mg de C32 e 150 mg de C36...
Mediterranean oak woodlands, Montados in Portugal and Dehesas in Spain have long been acknowledged as potential land use systems of high nature and social value providing relevant ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation. Nevertheless, these systems are now under severe threat, both due to abandonment in certain areas and overuse in others, extremes that may be limited by appropriate management practice...