Assessing the sensitivity of a Mediterranean commercial rangeland to droughts under climate change scenarios by means of a multidisciplinary integrated model

J. Martínez-Valderrama, J. Ibáñez, M.A. Ibáñez, F.J. Alcalá, M.E. Sanjuán, A. Ruiz and G. del Barrio

Agricultural Systems, 2021, vol. 187, issue C

Abstract: Rangeland productivity is strongly conditioned by the amount and temporal distribution of precipitation. Thus, the worsening of droughts with climate change could be a serious threat to their existence. This paper presents a modelling study aimed at evaluating the sensitivity of a valuable type of commercial rangelands, namely Spanish dehesas, to increases in the frequency and intensity of droughts driven by climate change.

Keywords: Rangeland; Drought-enduring strategies; System dynamics; Climate change; Vulnerability; Supplementary feed; Conservative farmers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2020.103021

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