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  1. Explaining the decline of Mediterranean meat sheep farming through system dynamics modelling

    Article • Agricultural Systems, August 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  2. Assessing resilience of small ruminant farms in Spain: A longitudinal analysis based on FADN

    Article • Small Ruminant Research, February 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  3. A practical approach to assess the resilience attributes of livestock farms

    Article • animal, July 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  4. The importance of the messenger in climate change communication to farmers

    Article • Italian Journal of Animal Science, June 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  5. Fighting the pollinators decline in practice – Farmers’ willingness to accept an eco-scheme for their conservation in Aragon, Spain

    Article • Resources Environment and Sustainability, June 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  6. How do farm and farmer attributes explain perceived resilience?

    Article • Agricultural Systems, August 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  7. Can traditional management practices help mountain livestock farms in the Spanish Pyrenees cope with climate change?

    Article • Regional Environmental Change, January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  8. Dependence on the socio-economic system impairs the sustainability of pasture-based animal agriculture

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  9. An increased dependence on agricultural policies led European grazing agroecosystems to an unsustainability trap

    Article • Communications Earth & Environment, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  10. Evolution of pastoral livestock farming on arid rangelands in the last 15 years

    Article • animal, April 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  11. Do animal source foods always ensure healthy, sustainable, and ethical diets?

    Article • animal, October 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  12. Targeting best agricultural practices to enhance ecosystem services in European mountains

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, August 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  13. Unravelling opportunities, synergies, and barriers for enhancing silvopastoralism in the Mediterranean

    Article • Land Use Policy, July 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  14. People’s attitudes towards the agrifood system influence the value of ecosystem services of mountain agroecosystems

    Article • PLOS One, May 2022, PLOS

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  15. Disentangling the Multidimensional Relationship between Livestock Breeds and Ecosystem Services

    Article • Animals, August 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  16. Drivers of change in mountain agriculture: A thirty-year analysis of trajectories of evolution of cattle farming systems in the Spanish Pyrenees

    Article • Agricultural Systems, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  17. Topics and trends in Mountain Livestock Farming research: a text mining approach

    Article • animal, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  18. Exploring social preferences for ecosystem services of multifunctional agriculture across policy scenarios

    Article • Ecosystem Services, October 2019, Elsevier

    Professor Frode Alfnes, Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  19. Editorial: multicriteria assessment of livestock systems using a graphical tool

    Article • animal, July 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  20. Multi-objective simulation and optimisation of dairy sheep farms: Exploring trade-offs between economic and environmental outcomes

    Article • Agricultural Systems, July 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  21. Opinion paper: livestock agroecosystems provide ecosystem services but not their components – the case of species and breeds

    Article • animal, May 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  22. Socio-economic valuation of abandonment and intensification of Alpine agroecosystems and associated ecosystem services

    Article • Land Use Policy, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  23. A novel management-based system of payments for ecosystem services for targeted agri-environmental policy

    Article • Ecosystem Services, December 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  24. Does intensification result in higher efficiency and sustainability? An emergy analysis of Mediterranean sheep-crop farming systems

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, February 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  25. Agricultural practices, ecosystem services and sustainability in High Nature Value farmland: Unraveling the perceptions of farmers and nonfarmers

    Article • Land Use Policy, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  26. Novel approaches to evaluate sustainability of pasture-based livestock systems

    Article • Advances in Animal Biosciences, October 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  27. Psychographic profile affects willingness to pay for ecosystem services provided by Mediterranean high nature value farmland

    Article • Ecological Economics, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal, Professor Frode Alfnes

  28. Seeing Northern European Fjord and Mountain Agriculture Through Farmers' Eyes

    Article • Mountain Research and Development, August 2016, International Mountain Society (IMS) and United Nations University

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  29. Quantifying the multifunctionality of fjord and mountain agriculture by means of sociocultural and economic valuation of ecosystem services

    Article • Land Use Policy, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal, Professor Frode Alfnes

  30. Reducing GHG Emissions from Traditional Livestock Systems to Mitigate Changing Climate and Biodiversity

    Article • September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  31. Socio-Cultural and Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services Provided by Mediterranean Mountain Agroecosystems

    Article • PLOS One, July 2014, PLOS

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal, Dr Raimon Ripoll Bosch, Professor Frode Alfnes

  32. Role of self-sufficiency, productivity and diversification on the economic sustainability of farming systems with autochthonous sheep breeds in less favoured areas in Southern Europe

    Article • animal, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal, Dr Raimon Ripoll Bosch

  33. Editorial: Agroecology for producing goods and services in sustainable animal farming systems

    Article • animal, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal, Bertrand Dumont

  34. Applying the ecosystem services framework to pasture-based livestock farming systems in Europe

    Article • animal, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal, Dr Raimon Ripoll Bosch

  35. Exploring future changes in smallholder farming systems by linking socio-economic scenarios with regional and household models

    Article • Global Environmental Change, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  36. Livestock Grazing Impacts on Herbage and Shrub Dynamics in a Mediterranean Natural Park

    Article • Rangeland Ecology & Management, March 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  37. Accounting for multi-functionality of sheep farming in the carbon footprint of lamb: A comparison of three contrasting Mediterranean systems

    Article • Agricultural Systems, March 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal, Dr Raimon Ripoll Bosch

  38. Consumer segmentation based on convenience orientation and attitudes towards quality attributes of lamb meat

    Article • Food Quality and Preference, December 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  39. Lamb growth simulation through Pampa Corte model adapted to sheep

    Article • Ciência Rural, November 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  40. Producción de carne bovina de calidad diferenciada en el marco de un programa de conservación de la raza Serrana de Teruel

    Article • Animal Genetic Resources/Ressources génétiques animales/Recursos genéticos animales, October 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  41. Extensive livestock production systems and the environment

    Article • January 2012, Wageningen Academic Publishers

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  42. Temporal and spatial simulation of vegetation dynamics in a Mediterranean protected mountain area under different farming management scenarios

    Article • January 2012, Wageningen Academic Publishers

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  43. Indicators of sustainability in pasture-based livestock systems2

    Article • January 2012, Wageningen Academic Publishers

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal, Dr Raimon Ripoll Bosch

  44. Use of stochastic models to simulate long-term dynamics of mountain cattle herds under low-labour availability scenarios

    Article • January 2012, Wageningen Academic Publishers

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  45. An integrated sustainability assessment of mediterranean sheep farms with different degrees of intensification

    Article • Agricultural Systems, January 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal, Dr Raimon Ripoll Bosch

  46. Sustainability of pasture-based livestock farming systems in the European Mediterranean context: Synergies and trade-offs

    Article • Livestock Science, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  47. Simulation of mountain cattle farming system changes under diverse agricultural policies and off-farm labour scenarios

    Article • Livestock Science, May 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  48. Evaluation of "Pampa-Corte" simulation model in different beef cattle fattening systems in Spain

    Article • Ciência Rural, March 2011, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  49. Long-term stochastic simulation of mountain beef cattle herds under diverse management strategies

    Article • Agricultural Systems, May 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  50. Trajectories of evolution and drivers of change in European mountain cattle farming systems

    Article • animal, January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  51. Farm intensification and drivers of technology adoption in mixed dairy-crop systems in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

    Article • Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, June 2008, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  52. Vegetation dynamics in Mediterranean forest pastures as affected by beef cattle grazing

    Article • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, August 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  53. Sheep farming intensification and utilization of natural resources in a Mediterranean pastoral agro-ecosystem

    Article • Livestock Science, August 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  54. Stochastic simulation of mountain beef cattle systems

    Article • Agricultural Systems, September 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  55. An integrated approach to studying the role of grazing livestock systems in the conservation of rangelands in a protected natural park (Sierra de Guara, Spain)

    Article • Livestock Production Science, September 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  56. Classification variables of cattle farms in the mountains of León, Spain

    Article • Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, December 2004, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  57. The identification of homogeneous groups of cattle farms in the mountains of León, Spain

    Article • Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, December 2004, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  58. Influence of management and nutrition on postpartum interval in Brown Swiss and Pirenaica cows

    Article • Livestock Production Science, March 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  59. Labelling information demanded by European consumers and relationships with purchasing motives, quality and safety of meat

    Article • Meat Science, November 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  60. Extrinsic attributes of red meat as indicators of quality in Europe: an application for market segmentation

    Article • Food Quality and Preference, June 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  61. Management factors associated to the duration of postpartum anoestrus interval in Brown Swiss and Pirenaica beef cows

    Article • Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, March 2003, Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA)

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  62. Relationships between management intensity and structural and social variables in dairy and dual-purpose systems in Santa Cruz, Bolivia

    Article • Agricultural Systems, September 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  63. Modelling the growth and utilisation of kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) under grazing. 1. Model definition and parameterisation

    Article • Agricultural Systems, August 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  64. Economic evaluation of bovine brucellosis and tuberculosis eradication programmes in a mountain area of Spain

    Article • Preventive Veterinary Medicine, May 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal

  65. Extensive livestock systems as tools for environmental management: impact of grazing on the vegetation of a protected mountain area.

    Article • CABI Publishing

    Dr Alberto Bernués Jal