El Colegio de La Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur S/N, Maria Auxiliadora, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
El Colegio de La Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Carretera Panamericana y Periférico Sur S/N, Maria Auxiliadora, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
J Environ Manage. 2019 Apr 15;236:163-181. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.01.071. Epub 2019 Feb 4.
Browsing of forest frontiers by cattle in sub-tropical landscapes is detrimental to ecosystem health, but essential to smallholder livelihoods. We described a silvopastoral landscape, searching for browsed plants to assess how much of the forest is actually used for this end, and also searching for potential new useful species for silvopastoral purposes. The first objective was accomplished through a floristic description, making observations of individuals with browsing marks. Information from interviews, bromatological analyses and vegetative propagation tests further complemented this information to achieve the second objective. We classified the results using Fuzzy Inference Systems (FISs). A great variety of nutritious browsed plants was found, distributed across various types of vegetation, growth habits and taxonomic groups: forest frontiers already are like silvopastoral systems. Various plants like Acalypha leptopoda, Montanoa tomentosa and Verbesina perymenioides are interesting prospects for further intensification of silvopastoral systems.
牛群在亚热带景观中啃食森林边缘会对生态系统健康造成危害，但这对小农户的生计至关重要。我们描述了一种农林复合景观，寻找被啃食的植物，以评估有多少森林实际上被用于这一目的，同时也寻找潜在的新的农林复合用途的有用物种。第一个目标是通过植物区系描述来实现，对有啃食痕迹的个体进行观察。来自访谈、营养分析和营养繁殖测试的信息进一步补充了这些信息，以实现第二个目标。我们使用模糊推理系统（FIS）对结果进行分类。结果发现了各种各样的营养丰富的被啃食植物，分布在各种类型的植被、生长习性和分类群中：森林边缘已经像农林复合系统一样。一些植物如 Acalypha leptopoda、Montanoa tomentosa 和 Verbesina perymenioides 是进一步加强农林复合系统的有前景的选择。
