63527 20260219141446.0 sideral 102856 ART-2016-102856 eng Barrantes, O. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-4877-5249 Transhumant GPS tracked sheep flocks from lowlands to highlands in Spain: grazing resources use and difficulties of walking/herding 2016 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The need for preserving walking/herding transhumance drove roads on the Iberian Peninsula hasbeen widely recognized, as they provide a wide range of ecosystem services. In spite of the decline of walkingtranshumance in Spain, some drove roads are being reactivated due mainly to the high price of lorrytransport and feeds for livestock. The objectives of this work were: (i) develop a method to track the transhumantflocks in order to know the route followed and detail the type of pastures that the sheep use during thetrip; (ii) know the main difficulties of the activity, either technical, economic or social. Collars with GPS wereinstalled around the neck of some animals of five transhumant flocks. The data provided by GPS were analyzedby a GIS and overlapped with pastures/vegetation maps. For each flock, interviews with the farmersprovided data in terms of difficulties for the activity to be continued. The method provided highly accurate dataof the routes. The main types of vegetation used by sheep and main difficulties perceived by the farmers tocontinue the activity are summarized. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/289328/EU/Crops and ANimals TOGETHER/CANTOGETHER info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Reiné, R. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9990-571X Blasco, I. Betrán, R. Olaizola, A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-3817-1679 Mora, J.L. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-8146-0364 Ramo, M. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-6282-5038 Ferrer, C. Universidad de Zaragoza 5011 235 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. CC.Agrar.y Medio Natural Área Econom.Sociol.Polit.Agra. 5011 705 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. CC.Agrar.y Medio Natural Área Producción Vegetal 1009 617 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Patología Animal Área Medicina y Cirugía Animal 5011 240 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. CC.Agrar.y Medio Natural Área Edafología y Quím.Agríco. 116 (2016), 347-350 Options méditerr., Sér. A: sémin. méditerr. Options méditerranéennes. Série A: séminaires méditerranéens 1016-121X 85088 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/63527/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 81262 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/63527/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:63527 articulos driver 2026-02-19-14:14:03 ARTICLE