Table Of ContentAnimal production and
natural resources
utilisation in the
Mediterranean
mountain areas
EAAP publication No. 115, 2005
Ioannina, Greece
Animal production and natural resources
utilisation in the Mediterranean mountain areas
The EAAP series is published under the direction of Dr. P. Rafai
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Animal production and
natural resources
utilisation in the
Mediterranean mountain
areas
EAAP publication No. 115
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Table of contents
Preface ........................................................................................................................................ 1
Session 1: Human geography of Mediterranean mountain areas
Theatre presentations
Epire et Epirotes: Un trajet dans l’espace et le temps, dans les sociétés montagnardes ................... 5
I. Hatziminaoglou
The evolution of cattle and sheep breeding systems in Central Italy over the past two centuries .... 15
R. Santilocchi & P. D’Ottavio
Contraintes et potentialites dans la montagne mediterraneenne de rive sud ................................... 19
D. Fassi
The Socioeconomic structure of mountain farms in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey .............. 24
I. Dellal
Posters
Mountainous community development in relation to natural resources: The case
study of Lidoriki municipality in Central Greece ...................................................................... 33
D.G. Theoharopoulos
Mutations agro-pastorales et recompositions socio-territoriales
sur un transect montagne / plaine en Tunisie aride ................................................................... 39
H. Guillaume, D. Genin & H. Nouri
Session 2: Sustainable Utilization of Forest Areas Livestock Land Use and Landscape
Sub-session 2.1: Sustainable utilisation of forest areas
Theatre presentations
Grazing damage assessment as sustainability indicator in Mediterranean forests ............................ 47
G. Pulina, M. d’Angelo, C. Zucca & S. Nolis
L’enjeu technique du sylvopastoralisme:des échelles d’espace et de temps
communes à l’élevage et à la sylviculture ............................................................................... 59
G. Guerin & O. Picard
The role of rangeland resources and pastoralism in the development
of mountainous regions of Epirus, Greece .............................................................................. 67
T.G. Papachristou & P.D. Platis
Grazing cows in a forest restoration area in Sardinia: 25 years of experimental data ..................... 73
R. Scotti, P.A. Ruiu & M. Sitzia
Utilization of Mediterranean forest pastures by suckler cows: animal performance
and impact on vegetation dynamics ........................................................................................ 82
I. Casasús, A. Bernués, A. Sanz, J.L. Riedel & R. Revilla
Land policy measures affecting livestock production and forestry in mountainous
areas and worth-living integrated development ....................................................................... 89
E. Michailidou & D. Rokos
Poster presentations
Integration of certain promising woody fodder species
in the grazing systems of sub-humid Mediterranean areas ....................................................... 99
O. Dini-Papanastasi, P. Platis & Th. Papachristou
Comportement sélectif des ovins en relation avec les caractéristiques
chimiques sur un parcours herbacé du sem-aride supérieur de la Tunisie ............................... 104
N. Raggad, A. Majdoub & A. Bouazizi
Microbial activity in goats sustained on Mediterranean woody vegetation ................................... 112
A. Boubaker, C. Kayouli, A. Buldgen & A. Boukary
Using the forest in the grazing system: Evaluation of the damage to trees and weeds .................... 116
T. Moreno, L. Monserrat, J. Carballo, A. Varela, B. Oliete & C. Portela
Effects of goat grazing on maquis-type shrublands ..................................................................... 120
M.S. Vrahnakis, R. Fanlo & V.P. Papanastasis
Comparison of seasonally available biomass in several woody
species of mountainous Mediterranean rangelands ................................................................ 124
A. Kebaili & V.P. Papanastasis
Improvement of grassland productivity in the semi-arid zone of Greece
by introducing woody and herbaceous species ..................................................................... 129
P.S. Sklavou, A.B. Ainalis & C.N. Tsiouvaras
Estimation of forage production for two fodder species by using morphological traits ................. 133
Z. M. Parissi1 & A.S. Nastis
The effect of polyethylene glycol addition on the in vitro ruminal
fermentation characteristics of holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) leaf ............................................. 136
O.C. Moreira, Mª T.P. Dentinho, E. Pereira, J.R. Ribeiro & J.M. Potes
Flora of the wetland region of the Agras lake, Northern Greece ................................................ 140
M. Papademetriou, V. Karagiannakidou & K. Iatropoulos
The effect of FR light and photoperiod on the growth and flowering
of a fodder bean (Phaseolous vulgaris L.) ......................................................................... 145
M.A. Parisi, E.C. Touliopoulou, D.M. Nitas, A.E. Giannakoula & I.F. Ilias
Session 2: Sustainable utilization of forest areas livestock land use and landscape
Session 2.2: Livestock, land use and landscape
Theatre presentations
Livestock, land use and landscape ............................................................................................ 151
I. Ispikoudis & D. Chouvardas
Land use, livestock farming and the creation of landscapes ........................................................ 158
I. Hadjigeorgiou & A. Karalazos
Traditional itinerary sheep farming in Trás-os-Montes: a useful tool for land management ............ 163
J.C. Barbosa & J. Portela
Place et fonction de la prairie naturelle dans les systèmes agricoles
des zones semi arides d’altitude d’Algérie ............................................................................ 168
K. Abbas, M. Abdelguerfi-Laouar & T. Madani
Efficiency of land and feed resources utilization by small ruminants
in the mountainous area of Ioannina ..................................................................................... 179
G. Zervas & M. Samouchos
Reclaimed water management in mountain areas of semiarid regions
for safe animal production (to feed animals and to irrigate forage crops) ................................ 183
M.P. Palacios, V. Mendoza-Grimon, J.R. Fernadez, E. Del-Nero,
M. Tejedor, P. Lupiola, E. Rodriguez, L. Pita & F. Rodriguez
Effects of reclaimed in situ filtered and disinfected water
on animal production: preliminary results .............................................................................. 190
J.A. Corbera, E. Cabrera-Pedrero, C. Gutierrez, C. Juste, J.A. Montoya,
V. Mendoza-Grimon, J.R. Fernandez-Vera, F. Rodriguez & M.P. Palacios
Posters
The impact of livestock on the ecosystems ................................................................................ 199
L.A. Bermejo, J. Mata, P. Mata, L. Bethencourt & A. Camacho
Agroforestry landscapes in Greece ........................................................................................... 204
M. Sioliou-Kaloudopoulou & I. Ispikoudis
Plant biodiversity in the Greek subalpine-alpine rangelands ........................................................ 208
K. Papanikolaou, Chr. Roukos, V. Pappa-Michailidou & I. Nikolakakis
Grazing capacity and herbage mass quality for organic grazing sheep
in a mountain pasture of Northern Greece ............................................................................ 212
B. Skapetas, D. Nitas, A. Karalazos & J. Hatziminaoglou
Sheep and goat behaviour grazing on stubble in northern Greece ............................................... 216
M.D. Yiakoulaki, Ch.I. Pantazopoulos & V.P. Papanastasis
Impacts of livestock husbandry on the landscape ...................................................................... 220
P. Kourakly, A. Sidiropoulou, P. Kostopoulou & I. Ispikoudis
Land-use impact on plant diversity in mountain grasslands
of Fragen, Spanish Pyrenees ............................................................................................... 224
R. Fanlo
