Tree cover on cattle farms in the southeast region of Guatemala
Often livestock activity is related to deforestation and loss of natural resources such as soil and water quality and quantity. The strategies that come from this perception seek the minimization of livestock effect of greenhouse gas emissions into the environment. Silvopastoral systems is been us...
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RepoCATIE90822023-11-16T16:26:38Z Tree cover on cattle farms in the southeast region of Guatemala Solís, Jennifer Villanueva, Cristóbal Detlefsen, Guillermo Christian, Brenes Vilchez, Sergio GANADERÍA DEFORESTACIÓN RECURSOS NATURALES SUELO AGUA MEDIO AMBIENTE PASTOREO CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO AGRICULTURA TECNOLOGÍA SECTOR FORESTAL ESPECIES PLANTACIÓN GRANJAS LECHERAS GUATEMALA Often livestock activity is related to deforestation and loss of natural resources such as soil and water quality and quantity. The strategies that come from this perception seek the minimization of livestock effect of greenhouse gas emissions into the environment. Silvopastoral systems is been used as an alternative to increase tree cover on livestock farms, mitigate the effects of climate change, and make farmers more resilient to these. Tree cover plays an important role inside of this system, they can help with the optimization of the land use on the farm and it provides socioeconomical and environmental benefits to the farmers. Therefore, the objective of this study was to characterize livestock farms and the floristic composition of tree cover in the southeast region of Guatemala. This region belongs to the dry corridor of Central America and present high vulnerability to drought. Thirty farms were selected using seven criteria, on each farms a socioeconomical survey was applied to recollect biophysical, socioeconomical and productive information. Two groups of farms were identified: 1) farms with high level technological innovation (HLTI) and 2) farms with low level of technological innovation (LLTI). Tree data were obtained from individuals with diameter above breast height (DBH) of >5 cm. Composition, richness and abundance of tree species were evaluated using Q-Hill Diversity Index. Seven land uses were identified: scattered trees in paddocks, natural forest, agrisilvicultural systems, fodder banks, forest plantations, riparian forest and living fences. Study area were 790 ha in which there were 143 plots distributed randomly, living fences were present in 1.691 km (169.1 ha) with 44 transects. A total of 4,678 trees, from 37 families and 83 species, were found in the area. The most abundant families were Fabaceae and Pinaceae. The most common tree species for timber were Pinus spp and Quercus spp and for non-timber were Gliricidia sepium and Acacia pennatula. It was found that 77.27% of the total inventory is dominated by ten species. We conclude that farmers consider tree cover of importance, this is reflected in the 29% of tree cover found inside of natural forests, 26.2% in scattered trees in paddocks and 7.9% in forest plantations. There were marked differences of richness by individuals, density of species accumulated by land use and diametrical class 2019-05-15T14:21:38Z 2019-05-15T14:21:38Z 2019 Artículo 2330-8583 (Print) 2330-8591 (Online) https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/9082 en American Journal of Agriculture and Forestry info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess application/pdf Science Publishing Group, New York (Estados Unidos) |
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GANADERÍA DEFORESTACIÓN RECURSOS NATURALES SUELO AGUA MEDIO AMBIENTE PASTOREO CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO AGRICULTURA TECNOLOGÍA SECTOR FORESTAL ESPECIES PLANTACIÓN GRANJAS LECHERAS GUATEMALA |
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GANADERÍA DEFORESTACIÓN RECURSOS NATURALES SUELO AGUA MEDIO AMBIENTE PASTOREO CAMBIO CLIMÁTICO AGRICULTURA TECNOLOGÍA SECTOR FORESTAL ESPECIES PLANTACIÓN GRANJAS LECHERAS GUATEMALA Solís, Jennifer Villanueva, Cristóbal Detlefsen, Guillermo Christian, Brenes Vilchez, Sergio Tree cover on cattle farms in the southeast region of Guatemala |
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Often livestock activity is related to deforestation and loss of natural resources such as soil and water quality and
quantity. The strategies that come from this perception seek the minimization of livestock effect of greenhouse gas emissions
into the environment. Silvopastoral systems is been used as an alternative to increase tree cover on livestock farms, mitigate
the effects of climate change, and make farmers more resilient to these. Tree cover plays an important role inside of this
system, they can help with the optimization of the land use on the farm and it provides socioeconomical and environmental
benefits to the farmers. Therefore, the objective of this study was to characterize livestock farms and the floristic composition
of tree cover in the southeast region of Guatemala. This region belongs to the dry corridor of Central America and present high
vulnerability to drought. Thirty farms were selected using seven criteria, on each farms a socioeconomical survey was applied
to recollect biophysical, socioeconomical and productive information. Two groups of farms were identified: 1) farms with high
level technological innovation (HLTI) and 2) farms with low level of technological innovation (LLTI). Tree data were obtained
from individuals with diameter above breast height (DBH) of >5 cm. Composition, richness and abundance of tree species
were evaluated using Q-Hill Diversity Index. Seven land uses were identified: scattered trees in paddocks, natural forest,
agrisilvicultural systems, fodder banks, forest plantations, riparian forest and living fences. Study area were 790 ha in which
there were 143 plots distributed randomly, living fences were present in 1.691 km (169.1 ha) with 44 transects. A total of 4,678
trees, from 37 families and 83 species, were found in the area. The most abundant families were Fabaceae and Pinaceae. The
most common tree species for timber were Pinus spp and Quercus spp and for non-timber were Gliricidia sepium and Acacia
pennatula. It was found that 77.27% of the total inventory is dominated by ten species. We conclude that farmers consider tree
cover of importance, this is reflected in the 29% of tree cover found inside of natural forests, 26.2% in scattered trees in
paddocks and 7.9% in forest plantations. There were marked differences of richness by individuals, density of species
accumulated by land use and diametrical class |
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Artículo |
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Solís, Jennifer Villanueva, Cristóbal Detlefsen, Guillermo Christian, Brenes Vilchez, Sergio |
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Solís, Jennifer Villanueva, Cristóbal Detlefsen, Guillermo Christian, Brenes Vilchez, Sergio |
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Solís, Jennifer |
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Tree cover on cattle farms in the southeast region of Guatemala |
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Tree cover on cattle farms in the southeast region of Guatemala |
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Tree cover on cattle farms in the southeast region of Guatemala |
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Tree cover on cattle farms in the southeast region of Guatemala |
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Tree cover on cattle farms in the southeast region of Guatemala |
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tree cover on cattle farms in the southeast region of guatemala |
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Science Publishing Group, New York (Estados Unidos) |
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2019 |
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https://repositorio.catie.ac.cr/handle/11554/9082 |
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