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Effects of boom and bust grazing management on vegetation and health of beef cattle used for wildfire prevention in a Mediterranean forest

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dc.contributor.author Teruel-Coll M. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Pareja J. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Bartolomé J. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Serrano E. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Mentaberre G. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Cuenca R. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Espunyes J. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Pauné F. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Calleja J.A. es_PE
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.description This project and manuscript were partially supported by Universidad Autonóma de Barcelona (UAB), Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad (MINECO) through a Ramon y Cajal agreement (RYC-2016-21120), Cienciactiva-CONCYTEC (concession contract number 236-2015-FONDECYT), and the Life project “LIFE13 BIO/ES/000094”. Our thanks also to Andreu Colom, María Puig, Santiago Lavín, and “El Brunet” farm for their collaboration in laboratory and field works.
dc.description.abstract Humans and wildfires have historically driven landscape structure in the Mediterranean basin. The Iberian Peninsula is not an exception to that rule, and therefore, farmers, researchers, and governments seek alternative tools to minimize the loss of biodiversity and wildfire risks. Extensive livestock including beef cattle is currently promoted as a suitable management tool by European agro-environmental policies yet pieces of evidence exist regarding the reciprocal effects between cows and Mediterranean woody vegetation. In this work, we performed a field manipulation to evaluate whether free-ranging beef cattle without supplementary feeding, at high density (2 livestock units (LU)/ha) for a short period of time i.e. "boom and bust grazing" management, are able to adapt their grazing preferences to the Mediterranean woody vegetation without health impairment, and prevent from bush encroachment and wildfires. For our purposes, a native herd of 14 adult cows was kept captive without supplementary feeding in a 14 ha enclosure covered by Mediterranean vegetation for two months (April-June 2016). Plant and cattle fecal and blood samples were collected to assess diet composition (plant cuticle microhistological analysis), fecal nitrogen and protein contents of consumed plants, and the nutritional status (non-esterified fatty acids) of cattle. Our results showed that cattle adapted their feeding habits toward a more woody diet including potentially flammable taxa but with some detrimental effects on health status. Hence, cattle cannot control woody vegetation for long periods of time without supplementary feeding. Further research should be oriented to explore other alternative approaches to minimize the health impairment of cattle used for control flammable vegetation in Mediterranean regions.
dc.description.sponsorship Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica - Concytec
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.037
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85061357995
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12390/586
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Elsevier B.V.
dc.relation.ispartof Science of the Total Environment
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject Wildfires
dc.subject Agriculture es_PE
dc.subject Beef es_PE
dc.subject Biodiversity es_PE
dc.subject Environmental protection es_PE
dc.subject Fatty acids es_PE
dc.subject Feeding es_PE
dc.subject Fires es_PE
dc.subject Nutrition es_PE
dc.subject Encroachment es_PE
dc.subject Environmental policy es_PE
dc.subject Landscape structures es_PE
dc.subject Mediterranean forest es_PE
dc.subject Mediterranean region es_PE
dc.subject Mediterranean vegetation es_PE
dc.subject Microhistology es_PE
dc.subject Silvopastoral es_PE
dc.subject Vegetation es_PE
dc.subject nitrogen es_PE
dc.subject agri-environmental policy es_PE
dc.subject cattle es_PE
dc.subject diet es_PE
dc.subject fire management es_PE
dc.subject grazing management es_PE
dc.subject histology es_PE
dc.subject landscape structure es_PE
dc.subject pastoralism es_PE
dc.subject vegetation es_PE
dc.subject wildfire es_PE
dc.subject adult es_PE
dc.subject animal health es_PE
dc.subject Article es_PE
dc.subject beef cattle es_PE
dc.subject biodiversity es_PE
dc.subject blood sampling es_PE
dc.subject controlled study es_PE
dc.subject feces analysis es_PE
dc.subject feeding es_PE
dc.subject forest es_PE
dc.subject grazing management es_PE
dc.subject health status es_PE
dc.subject herd es_PE
dc.subject histology es_PE
dc.subject nonhuman es_PE
dc.subject nutritional assessment es_PE
dc.subject nutritional status es_PE
dc.subject priority journal es_PE
dc.subject protein content es_PE
dc.subject Southern European es_PE
dc.subject vegetation es_PE
dc.subject wildfire es_PE
dc.subject animal husbandry es_PE
dc.subject forest es_PE
dc.subject forestry es_PE
dc.subject herbivory es_PE
dc.subject prevention and control es_PE
dc.subject procedures es_PE
dc.subject Southern Europe es_PE
dc.subject statistics and numerical data es_PE
dc.subject wildfire es_PE
dc.subject Iberian Peninsula es_PE
dc.subject Mediterranean Sea es_PE
dc.subject Bos es_PE
dc.subject Animal Husbandry es_PE
dc.subject Forestry es_PE
dc.subject Forests es_PE
dc.subject Herbivory es_PE
dc.subject Mediterranean Region es_PE
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.01.02
dc.title Effects of boom and bust grazing management on vegetation and health of beef cattle used for wildfire prevention in a Mediterranean forest
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