Changes on the Climatic Edge: Adaptation of and Challenges to Pastoralism in Montesinho (Northern Portugal)

Mountain areas are sensitive to changes in precipitation and temperature, which significantly impact traditional pastoralist communities, their economy, and their lifestyle. Alarming climate change scenarios justify the investigation of the ecological and socioeconomic vulnerabilities that character...

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Autores principales:	José Castro, Marina Castro, Antonio Gómez-Sal
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Publicado:	International Mountain Society 2021
Materias:	ivlev's selectivity index landscape change mediterranean mountains pastoral routes sheep and goats Environmental sciences GE1-350
Acceso en línea:	https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-21-00010.1 https://doaj.org/article/7ea12d8059af4d4fb12eccaaaed4d0bc
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:7ea12d8059af4d4fb12eccaaaed4d0bc2021-11-08T20:27:25ZChanges on the Climatic Edge: Adaptation of and Challenges to Pastoralism in Montesinho (Northern Portugal)https://doi.org/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-21-00010.10276-47411994-7151https://doaj.org/article/7ea12d8059af4d4fb12eccaaaed4d0bc2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://bioone.org/doi/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-21-00010.1https://doaj.org/toc/0276-4741https://doaj.org/toc/1994-7151Mountain areas are sensitive to changes in precipitation and temperature, which significantly impact traditional pastoralist communities, their economy, and their lifestyle. Alarming climate change scenarios justify the investigation of the ecological and socioeconomic vulnerabilities that characterize Portugal's mountain regions. This work explores how the traditional production systems of small ruminants—sheep and goats—could adapt in the Montesinho mountain range as it changes over the next 2 decades. Land use–land cover maps from 1995 and 2018 show how the pastoral landscape has changed and indicate trends for a future scenario. Documented landscape grazing patterns are used to determine sheep and goat landscape preferences under different climatic conditions. Finally, we identify the near-future constraints on traditional sheep and goat systems, contrasting landscape changes with sheep and goat preferences. Over coming decades, the balance between rangelands and cultivated lands will persist in the Montesinho mountain landscape, despite some trade-offs between both. Woodlands could emerge from scrublands colonizing rangelands, and permanent crops could significantly replace arable lands in agricultural areas. Therefore, it is likely that the agricultural areas preferred for sheep, and rangelands preferred for goats, may not be affected by the forecast landscape changes, but rather be favored by the expansion of permanent crops. However, pasture areas must expand, as they are key to pastoral landscape function in a warming climate scenario. Landscape decision makers and managers should implement a landscape-monitoring system to inform policies and strategies aimed at protecting and safeguarding mountain pastoralism and its vital ecosystem services.José CastroMarina CastroAntonio Gómez-SalInternational Mountain Societyarticleivlev's selectivity indexlandscape changemediterranean mountainspastoral routessheep and goatsEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350ENMountain Research and Development, Vol 41, Iss 4, Pp R29-R37 (2021)
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spellingShingle	ivlev's selectivity index landscape change mediterranean mountains pastoral routes sheep and goats Environmental sciences GE1-350 José Castro Marina Castro Antonio Gómez-Sal Changes on the Climatic Edge: Adaptation of and Challenges to Pastoralism in Montesinho (Northern Portugal)
description	Mountain areas are sensitive to changes in precipitation and temperature, which significantly impact traditional pastoralist communities, their economy, and their lifestyle. Alarming climate change scenarios justify the investigation of the ecological and socioeconomic vulnerabilities that characterize Portugal's mountain regions. This work explores how the traditional production systems of small ruminants—sheep and goats—could adapt in the Montesinho mountain range as it changes over the next 2 decades. Land use–land cover maps from 1995 and 2018 show how the pastoral landscape has changed and indicate trends for a future scenario. Documented landscape grazing patterns are used to determine sheep and goat landscape preferences under different climatic conditions. Finally, we identify the near-future constraints on traditional sheep and goat systems, contrasting landscape changes with sheep and goat preferences. Over coming decades, the balance between rangelands and cultivated lands will persist in the Montesinho mountain landscape, despite some trade-offs between both. Woodlands could emerge from scrublands colonizing rangelands, and permanent crops could significantly replace arable lands in agricultural areas. Therefore, it is likely that the agricultural areas preferred for sheep, and rangelands preferred for goats, may not be affected by the forecast landscape changes, but rather be favored by the expansion of permanent crops. However, pasture areas must expand, as they are key to pastoral landscape function in a warming climate scenario. Landscape decision makers and managers should implement a landscape-monitoring system to inform policies and strategies aimed at protecting and safeguarding mountain pastoralism and its vital ecosystem services.
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title	Changes on the Climatic Edge: Adaptation of and Challenges to Pastoralism in Montesinho (Northern Portugal)
title_short	Changes on the Climatic Edge: Adaptation of and Challenges to Pastoralism in Montesinho (Northern Portugal)
title_full	Changes on the Climatic Edge: Adaptation of and Challenges to Pastoralism in Montesinho (Northern Portugal)
title_fullStr	Changes on the Climatic Edge: Adaptation of and Challenges to Pastoralism in Montesinho (Northern Portugal)
title_full_unstemmed	Changes on the Climatic Edge: Adaptation of and Challenges to Pastoralism in Montesinho (Northern Portugal)
title_sort	changes on the climatic edge: adaptation of and challenges to pastoralism in montesinho (northern portugal)
publisher	International Mountain Society
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Changes on the Climatic Edge: Adaptation of and Challenges to Pastoralism in Montesinho (Northern Portugal)

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