Can cattle grazing substitute fire for maintaining appreciated pine savannas at the frontier of a montane forest biosphere-reserve? - Braasch, Marco; García-Barrios, Luis; Ramírez-Marcial, Neptalí; Huber-Sannwald, Elisabeth; Cortina-Villar, Sergio (Agriculture, ecosystems & environment, 2017)
Keywords: aboveground biomass; adults; adverse effects; Agricultural management; Biomass; biomass production; Biosphere; Browsing; Burning; canopy; Cattle; Conservation areas; Exotic grasses; Farmers; field experimentation; fire resistance; Fire resistant materials; fire suppression; Flammability; Forage; forage production; Grasses; Grasslands; Grazing; Human influences; humans; indigenous species; Induced pine savanna; Introduced species; Landscape trap; livelihood; Livestock; Livestock grazing; Livestock production; Logging; Mexico; Montane environments; montane forests; Mountain forests; Pine; Pinus oocarpa; Planting density; Rangelands; Recruitment; Residential density; Resin extraction; risk; saplings; Savannahs; savannas; Seedlings; Shifting cultivation; Slash and burn; Small farms; Small-holder farmers; species recruitment; subtropics; Survival; Trampling; trampling damage; Tropical forests; Understory; Vegetation; Vegetation cover; Wildfires; Wood; Wood products; Mexico; Landscape trap; Livestock grazing; Resin extraction; Exotic grasses; Induced pine savanna; Small-holder farmers