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Agroforestry in Europe

Current Status and Future Prospects

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Editors:
  1. Antonio Rigueiro-Rodróguez

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

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  2. Jim McAdam

    1. Department of Applied Plant Science, Queens University, Belfast, UK
      Applied Plant Science and Biometrics Division, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Belfast, UK

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  3. Maróa Rosa Mosquera-Losada

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

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  • The most up-to-date and complete overview of agroforestry in Europe
  • Major addition to description of agroforestry systems world-wide
  • Fills the current gap of absence of European agroforestry system books
  • Contributes to promoting the use of the systems in the European Union, and other regions with comparable social, economic, and ecologic conditions

Part of the book series: Advances in Agroforestry (ADAG, volume 6)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  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
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • 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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Agroforestry in Europe

  • Book Subtitle: Current Status and Future Prospects

  • Editors: Antonio Rigueiro-Rodróguez, Jim McAdam, Maróa Rosa Mosquera-Losada

  • Series Title: Advances in Agroforestry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8272-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature B.V. 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8271-9Published: 24 October 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7827-8Published: 20 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8272-6Published: 09 November 2008

  • Series ISSN: 1875-1199

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-1202

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 450

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Forestry, Forestry Management, Agriculture, Landscape Ecology, Ecosystems

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