Transhumance Farming in Swiss Mountains: Adaptation to a Changing Environment
Families living on transhumance farms (Stufenbetriebe) in the Swiss Alps may move with their cattle up to 12 times a year between as many as 4 altitudinal levels. Transhumance farms have come under increasing political pressure to improve their economic performance, which has been hampered by a numb...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Mountain Research and Development. - International Mountain Society. - 35(2015), 1, Seite 57-65 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
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2015
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Mountain Research and Development |
| Schlagworte: | Transhumance farming family farm risk perception risk network adaptation mountain Switzerland Social sciences Biological sciences Economics mehr... |
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