Silvopastoral system with Eucalyptus as a strategy for mitigating the effects of climate change on Brazilian pasturelands



Título del documento: Silvopastoral system with Eucalyptus as a strategy for mitigating the effects of climate change on Brazilian pasturelands
Revista: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000436177
ISSN: 0001-3765
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Piracicaba, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Pecuaria Sudeste, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo. Brasil
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Volumen: 92
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of Eucalyptus trees in a silvopastoral system on the microclimate and the capacity of that to mitigate the effects of climate change on pasturelands. This study included an open pasture of Piatã palisadegrass and an adjacent pasture that contained both palisadegrass and East-to-West rows of Eucalyptus trees, with 15 m between rows, 2 m between trees within rows. The micrometeorological measurements were collected at several distances from the tree rows and in the open pasture. The silvopastoral system was associated with greater between-row shading when solar declination was high and greater near-tree shading when solar declination was around -22°. Both soil heat flux and temperature were influenced by solar radiation, wind speed, and the ability of tree canopies to reduce radiation losses. Wind speed was consistently lower in the silvopastoral system, owing to the windbreak effect of the Eucalyptus trees. The present study demonstrated that silvopastoral systems can be used to attenuate the effects of climate change, as trees can protect pastureland from intense solar radiation and wind, thereby reducing evapotranspiration and, consequently, improving soil water availability for the understory crop
Disciplinas: Agrociencias
Palabras clave: Silvicultura,
Sistemas agroforestales,
Cambio climático,
Microclima,
Radiación neta,
Sombreado,
Flujo de calor del suelo,
Cortinas rompevientos,
Eucalipto
Keyword: Silviculture,
Agroforestry systems,
Climate change,
Eucalyptus,
Microclimate,
Net radiation,
Shading,
Soil heat flux,
Windbreaks
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