Ecosystem Services Provided by Pastoral Husbandry: A Bibliometric Analysis
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions and Future Prospects
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Study of Critical Environmental Problems [1] | Constanza et al. [3] | De Groot et al. [5] |
---|---|---|
Refuge | Refuge function | |
Breeding function | ||
Atmosphere composition | Gas regulation | Gas regulation |
Climate regulation | Climate regulation | Climate regulation |
Flood control | Disturbance regulation | Disturbance prevention |
Water regulation | Water regulation | |
Water provision | Water provision | |
Waste treatment | Waste treatment | |
Soil retention | Erosion control and | Soil retention |
sediment retention | ||
Pest regulation | Biological control | Biological control |
Insect pollination | Pollination | Pollination |
Soil formation | Soil formation | Soil formation |
Matter cyding | Nutrient cycling | Nutrient regulation |
Fisheries | Food production | Food |
Raw materials | Raw materials | |
Genetic resources | Genetic resources | |
Medicinal resources | ||
Ornamental resources | ||
Aesthetic information | ||
Culture | Cultural and artistic information | |
Leisure | Leisure | |
Spiritual and historical | ||
information | ||
Science and education |
Cluster 1 | Cluster 2 | Cluster 3 | Cluster 4 |
---|---|---|---|
Agriculture | Abundance | Agricultural production | Adaptation |
Carbon | Anthropogenic effect | Animal husbandry | Climate change |
Carbon sequestration | Biodiversity | Animals | Decision making |
Ecology | Conservation of natural resources | Bovine | Forage |
Ecosystems | Ecosystem function | Cattle | Grazing pressure |
Environmental protection | Ecosystem service | Controlled study | Land management |
Forestry | Fires | Crop production | Livestock grazing |
Forests | Grassland | Food supply | Pastoralism |
Land use | Grazing | Milk production | Pasture |
Nitrogen | Herbivory | Physiology | Rangelands |
Nutrient cycling | Invasive species | Procedures | Semiarid region |
Remote sensing | Landscape | Reproduction | Sustainability |
Restoration ecology | Plant community | Seasons | |
Soil conservation | Species diversity | Sheep | |
Soil fertility | Species richness | ||
Soils | Vegetation structure | ||
Water quality | |||
Water supply | |||
Wetlands |
Functions | Examples of Goods and Services |
---|---|
Refuge and breeding site | Fire prevention Maintenance of the biodiversity of domesticated wild species, seed dispersal |
Atmospheric and climate regulation | Carbon sink |
Nutrient regulation | Maintenance of soil health and of productive ecosystems, improvement of soil fertility |
Raw materials | Energy and natural fertilizers |
Recreation | Ecotourism |
Medicinal resources | Medicinal plants |
Ornamental elements | Materials used in craftwork: leather and fur |
Aesthetic information | Landscape enjoyment |
Artistic, cultural and historical information | Depictions of nature in books, films, cultural heritage, etc. |
Science and education | Environmental education, scientific purposes |
Housing | A place to live, maintenance of rural populations |
Agriculture | Food and raw materials, functional food |
Tourism infrastructures | Reduction of combustible biomass through the development of tourism activities: hiking |
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Mancilla-Leytón, J.M.; Gribis, D.; Pozo-Campos, C.; Morales-Jerrett, E.; Mena, Y.; Cambrollé, J.; Vicente, Á.M. Ecosystem Services Provided by Pastoral Husbandry: A Bibliometric Analysis. Land 2022, 11, 2083. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11112083
Mancilla-Leytón JM, Gribis D, Pozo-Campos C, Morales-Jerrett E, Mena Y, Cambrollé J, Vicente ÁM. Ecosystem Services Provided by Pastoral Husbandry: A Bibliometric Analysis. Land. 2022; 11(11):2083. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11112083
Chicago/Turabian StyleMancilla-Leytón, Juan Manuel, Djamila Gribis, Claudio Pozo-Campos, Eduardo Morales-Jerrett, Yolanda Mena, Jesús Cambrollé, and Ángel Martín Vicente. 2022. "Ecosystem Services Provided by Pastoral Husbandry: A Bibliometric Analysis" Land 11, no. 11: 2083. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11112083