Agroforestry in Europe

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Introduction

   1. Definitions and Components of Agroforestry Practices in Europe

      • M. R. Mosquera-Losada, J. H. McAdam, R. Romero-Franco, J. J. Santiago-Freijanes, A. Rigueiro-Rodróguez

      Pages 3-19

   2. Classifications and Functions of Agroforestry Systems in Europe

      • J. H. McAdam, P. J. Burgess, A. R. Graves, A. Rigueiro-Rodríguez, M. R. Mosquera-Losada

      Pages 21-41

   3. Agroforestry Systems in Europe: Productive, Ecological and Social Perspectives

      • A. Rigueiro-Rodríguez, E. Fernández-Núñez, P. González-Hernández, J. H. McAdam, M. R. Mosquera-Losada

      Pages 43-65

   4. Farmer Perceptions of Silvoarable Systems in Seven European Countries

      • A. R. Graves, P. J. Burgess, F. Liagre, A. Pisanelli, P. Paris, G. Moreno et al.

      Pages 67-86

3. European Mediterranean Agroforestry Systems

   1. Traditional Agroforestry Systems and Their Evolution in Greece

      • V. P. Papanastasis, K. Mantzanas, O. Dini-Papanastasi, I. Ispikoudis

      Pages 89-109

   2. Silvopastoral Systems in Portugal: Current Status and Future Prospects

      • M. Castro

      Pages 111-126

   3. The Functioning, Management and Persistence of Dehesas

      • G. Moreno, F. J. Pulido

      Pages 127-160

   4. Silvopastoral Systems in the Northeastern Iberian Peninsula: A Multifunctional Perspective

      • P. Casals, T. Baiges, G. Bota, C. Chocarro, F. de Bello, R. Fanlo et al.

      Pages 161-181

   5. Agroforestry Systems in Southeastern Spain

      • E. Correal, M. Erena, S. Ríos, A. Robledo, M. Vicente

      Pages 183-210

   6. Role of Livestock Grazing in Sustainable Use, Naturalness Promotion in Naturalization of Marginal Ecosystems of Southeastern Spain (Andalusia)

      • A. B. Robles, J. Ruiz-Mirazo, M. E. Ramos, J. L. González-;Rebollar

      Pages 211-231

   7. Role of Various Woody Species in Spanish Mediterranean Forest and Scrubland as Food Resources for Spanish Ibex (Capra pyrenaica Schinz) and Red Deer (Cervus elaphus L.)

      • T. Martínez

      Pages 233-253

   8. Agroforestry Systems in Italy: Traditions Towards Modern Management

      • A. Pardini

      Pages 255-267

   9. Economics of Multiple Use Cork Oak Woodlands: Two Case Studies of Agroforestry Systems

      • P. Campos, H. Daly-Hassen, P. Ovando, A. Chebil, J. L. Oviedo

      Pages 269-294

   10. European Black Truffle: Its Potential Role in Agroforestry Development in the Marginal Lands of Mediterranean Calcareous Mountains

       • S. Reyna-Domenech, S. García-Barreda

       Pages 295-317

4. European Atlantic Agroforestry Systems

   1. Assessment of the Extent of Agroforestry Systems in Europe and Their Role Within Transhumance Systems

      • R. G. H. Bunce, M. Pérez-Soba, M. Smith

      Pages 321-329

   2. Agroforestry in the Netherlands

      • A. Oosterbaan, A. T. Kuiters

      Pages 331-341

   3. The Potential for Silvopastoralism to Enhance Biodiversity on Grassland Farms in Ireland

      • J. H. McAdam, P. M. McEvoy

      Pages 343-356

5. European Continental Pannonian and Alpine Agroforestry Systems

   1. Wood Pastures in Germany

      • R. Luick

      Pages 359-376

   2. The Swiss Mountain Wooded Pastures: Patterns and Processes

      • A. Buttler, F. Kohler, F. Gillet

      Pages 377-396

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 ignored in the single-commodity-oriented agricultural and forestry development paradigms – has been brought into the realm of modern land-use. Today agroforestry is well on its way to becoming a specialized science at a level similar to those of crop science and forestry science. To most land-use experts, however, agroforestry has a tropical connotation. They consider agroforestry as something that can and can only be identified with the tropics. That is a wrong perception. While it is true that the tropics, compared to the temperate regions, have a wider array of agroforestry systems and hold greater promise for potential agroforestry interventions, it is also true that agroforestry has several opportunities in the temperate regions too. Indeed, the role of agroforestry is now recognized in Europe as exemplified by this book, North America, and elsewhere in the temperate zone. Current interest in ecosystem management in industrialized countries strongly suggests that there is a need to embrace and apply agroforestry principles to help mitigate the environmental problems caused or exacerbated by commercial agricultural and forestry production enterprises.

• Agroecology
• Forestry
• Land management
• Silvopastoralism
• biodiversity
• ecology
• forest
• woody species

• Crop Production Department, High Politechnic School, University of Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, Spain

  Antonio Rigueiro-Rodróguez, Maróa Rosa Mosquera-Losada

• Department of Applied Plant Science, Queens University, Belfast, UK

  Jim McAdam

• Applied Plant Science and Biometrics Division, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Belfast, UK

  Jim McAdam

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