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Changes on the climatic edge: adaptation of and challenges to pastoralism in montesinho (Northern Portugal)

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dc.contributor.authorCastro, José
dc.contributor.authorCastro, Marina
dc.contributor.authorGómez-Sal, António
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-11T16:44:02Z
dc.date.available2022-02-11T16:44:02Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractMountain 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.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors would like to thank Am^andio Carloto for his help with data collection, as well as 2 anonymous reviewers for their helpful and constructive comments and suggestions on the manuscript. This research was partially funded from Portuguese national funds, through the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), under the projects MTS/CAC/0028/2020: PASTOPRAXIS and UIDB/00690/2020 (FCT/MCTES to CIMO).pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationCastro, José; Castro, Marina; Gómez-Sal, Antonio (2021). Changes on the climatic edge: adaptation of and challenges to pastoralism in montesinho (Northern Portugal). Mountain Research and Development. ISSN 0276-4741. 41:4, p. R29–R37pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-21-00010.1pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn0276-4741
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/25048
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.relationMountain Research Center
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectLandscape changept_PT
dc.subjectMediterranean mountainspt_PT
dc.subjectPastoral routespt_PT
dc.subjectIvlev’s selectivity indexpt_PT
dc.subjectSheeppt_PT
dc.subjectGoatspt_PT
dc.titleChanges on the climatic edge: adaptation of and challenges to pastoralism in montesinho (Northern Portugal)pt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardNumberMTS/CAC/0028/2020
oaire.awardNumberUIDB/00690/2020
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oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/3599-PPCDT/MTS%2FCAC%2F0028%2F2020/PT
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F00690%2F2020/PT
oaire.citation.endPage37pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue4pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage29pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleMountain Research and Developmentpt_PT
oaire.citation.volume41pt_PT
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oaire.fundingStream6817 - DCRRNI ID
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project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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