Characterization and typification of small ruminant farms providing fuelbreak grazing services for wildfire prevention in Andalusia (Spain)

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 544; pp. 211 - 219
• Main Authors: Mena, Y., Ruiz-Mirazo, J., Ruiz, F.A., Castel, J.M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.02.2016
• Subjects: Fuelbreak grazing; Goat; Multivariate analysis; Ruminantia; Sheep; Silvopastoral system; Spain, Andalusia; ANE, Spain; Sheep; Silvopastoral system; Goat; Multivariate analysis; Fuelbreak grazing

Several wildfire prevention programs in Spain are using grazing livestock to maintain fuelbreaks with low levels of biomass. Even though shepherds are remunerated for these services, many of their farms are hardly viable in the current socio-economic context. By analyzing 54 small ruminant farms par...