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Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation in Agroforestry Systems
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Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation in Agroforestry Systems

A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Agroecology Innovation: Achieving System Resilience".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2024) | Viewed by 825

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Luís Catarino

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Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculty of Sciences (FCUL), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: ethnobotany; vegetation ecology; management of natural resources
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Dr. Filipa Monteiro

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1. Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF), Associated Laboratory TERRA, School of Agriculture (ISA), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
2. Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), CHANGE - Global Change and Sustainability Institute, Faculty of Sciences (FCUL), University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Interests: tropical agriculture; sustainable production; agrobiodiversity
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Agroforestry means both traditional and modern land use systems and practices where trees and other woody perennials are managed together with crops and/or livestock production systems in agricultural landscapes. Agroforestry systems can be considered a 'win-win' multifunctional land-use approach, combining commodity production and livelihood generation with non-commodity outputs such as environmental protection, and cultural and landscape amenities. Moreover, agroforestry systems are particularly suited to restoring the production potential of degraded areas and to improving environments with natural constraints thus being an important tool to address climate change.

This Special Issue aims to report the state of the art and disseminate recent advances in research on agroforestry systems worldwide, covering a wide diversity of systems and typologies in different environmental and socio-cultural conditions.

We welcome manuscripts on different areas of research on agroforestry systems, covering aspects of structure, composition, and function, as well as vegetation ecology and biodiversity conservation, and socio-economic relevance.

We invite research articles as well as reviews, mini-reviews, short communications, opinion and perspective papers dealing with, but not limited to, vegetation ecology, genetic diversity, land-use management, ecosystems services, sustainable production, plant–soil interactions, policy management, agrobiodiversity, non-timber forest products (NTFP), food and tree products, traditional and/or modern agriculture practices and economic value of agroforestry.

Dr. Luís Catarino
Dr. Filipa Monteiro
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Agronomy is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • agroecology
  • agrobiodiversity
  • agricultural practices
  • land-use management
  • non-timber forest products
  • intercropping
  • sustainable agriculture

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Are Hungarian Grey Cattle or Hungarian Racka Sheep the Best Choice for the Conservation of Wood-Pasture Habitats in the Pannonian Region?
by Károly Penksza, Dénes Saláta, Attila Fűrész, Péter Penksza, Márta Fuchs, Ferenc Pajor, László Sipos, Eszter Saláta-Falusi, Zsombor Wagenhoffer and Szilárd Szentes
Agronomy 2024, 14(4), 846; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14040846 - 18 Apr 2024
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Wood pastures have been characteristic farming types in the Pannonian biogeographical region over the centuries. In the present work, we studied wood-pastures of typical geographical locations in the North Hungarian Mountain Range of Hungary characterized by similar environmental conditions but grazed by different [...] Read more.
Wood pastures have been characteristic farming types in the Pannonian biogeographical region over the centuries. In the present work, we studied wood-pastures of typical geographical locations in the North Hungarian Mountain Range of Hungary characterized by similar environmental conditions but grazed by different livestock. The sample area of Cserépfalu was grazed by Hungarian Grey Cattle, while the Erdőbénye was grazed by Hungarian Racka Sheep. Coenological records of the sites were collected from 2012 to 2021 in the main vegetation period according to the Braun-Blanquet method with the application of 2 × 2 m sampling quadrats, where the coverage estimated by percentage for each present species was also recorded. To evaluate the state of vegetation, ’ecological ordering’ distribution, diversity, and grassland management values were used. Between the two areas, the grazing pressure of the two studied livestock produced different results. Based on the diversity values, woody–shrubby–grassland mosaic diversity values were high (Shannon diversity: 2.21–2.87). Cattle grazing resulted in a variable and mosaic-like shrubby area with high cover values. Based on our results, grazing by cattle provides an adequate solution for forming and conserving wood-pasture habitats in the studied areas of Hungary. However, if the purpose is to also form valuable grassland with high grassland management values, partly sheep grazing should be suggested. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vegetation Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation in Agroforestry Systems)
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