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Portugal · Nature & Wildlife · Hard
The 'Montado' landscape of southern Portugal is what type of agroforestry system, specifically combining which trees and which animals?
Answer: Open oak woodlands (cork and holm oaks) with grazing livestock, particularly pigs and cattle — The Montado is a traditional high-biodiversity agroforestry system where cork and holm oaks are spaced widely to allow grazing — most famously of the black Iberian pig for presunto.
- A Olive groves intercropped with sheep
- B Chestnut forests with free-range chickens
- C Open oak woodlands (cork and holm oaks) with grazing livestock, particularly pigs and cattle ✓
- D Pine plantations with beehives and goats
The Montado is a traditional high-biodiversity agroforestry system where cork and holm oaks are spaced widely to allow grazing — most famously of the black Iberian pig for presunto.