Description: Das Projekt "Effects of pasturing with cattle in mountain forest" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Institut für Nutztierwissenschaften, Professur Tierernährung durchgeführt. Pasturing forest sites is mostly considered as detrimental for tree growth and, associated with that, crucial for the protective function of the forests against avalanches. New laws as well as the use of subsidies for the separation of forest and pastures shall accelerate the cessation of forest pasturing. It is however unclear whether pasturing is detrimental in any case or whether the application of an appropriate livestock system might even support tree development. The general aim of the project is to determine the effects of pasturing on mountain forest structure and dynamics under different stocking rates and pasturing period lenghts. This is a joint project headed by the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF). The part of the project which focusses on animal nutrition particularly deals with the measurement of intake and composition of the selected herbage on these pastures. Data on food intake and food quality should allow to determine the threshold levels, when food scarceness will enhance damage of trees by their use as fodder alternatives, or by tread damages. The project is carried out in the frame of the WSL Research Programme Forest-Wildlife-Landscape. The project is also in part forming a component project within the ETH polyproject 'Sustainable Primary Production in the Alpine Region' (PRIMALP).
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Origin: /Bund/UBA/UFORDAT
Tags: Wiederkäuer ? Süßgräser ? Pflanzennährstoff ? Vegetationsschaden ? Waldbaum ? Waldschaden ? Baum ? Pflanzenhabitat ? Schweiz ? Futtermittel ? Lawinenschutz ? Nutztier ? Bergwald ? Beweidung ? Daten ? Populationsdichte ? Subvention ? Tierernährung ? Vergleichsanalyse ? Viehwirtschaft ? Wirkungsanalyse ? Lawine ? Alpen ? Schutzwald ? Forschungsprogramm ? Grenzwert ? Lebensmittelqualität ? Schwellenwert ? Wald ? Gebirge ? Wachstum [biologisch] ? Äsung ?
License: cc-by-nc-nd/4.0
Language: Englisch/English
Time ranges: 2000-01-06 - 2025-03-31
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