La ganadería extensiva y sus depredadores naturales en el Campo de Calatrava: las Reales Dehesas de Alcudia y Zacatena (fines s. XV - inicios s. XIX)
This essay focuses on the traditional struggle held between man and wolf and its impact over the spread of extensive cattle ranching in Campo de Calatrava. The natural ecosystem of the area, still in process of colonization during the XV and XVI Centuries, began to decline as a result of combined pr...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universidad de Navarra |
| Repositorio: | Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/65414 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/10171/65414 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Bosques Campo de Calatrava Dehesas Ecosistemas Lobos Paisajes naturales |
| Resumo: | This essay focuses on the traditional struggle held between man and wolf and its impact over the spread of extensive cattle ranching in Campo de Calatrava. The natural ecosystem of the area, still in process of colonization during the XV and XVI Centuries, began to decline as a result of combined pressure from domestic livestock and farmers. That led to a gradual extermination of natural predators of livestock and hunting such as bears, wolves, foxen, wildcats and other wild animals considered dangerous and harmful. This type of fauna was known by the pejorative terms of «salvajinas» or vermin, and was still abundant in the early xix Century. However, with few exceptions, this fauna disappeared from the area during the next Century. |
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