This page contains resources that can assist you with the use of Ekidna Tree Guards and Silvopasture (paddock trees) in general.

Ekinda Tree Guard Resources

The Ekidna Tree Guard General Product Brochure

Videos

Sheep thrive on Silvopasture! Greg Judy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzi7_hksiAs

The potential of Silvopasture: Part 1. Steve Gabriel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVxOcFM7uIY

The potential of Silvopasture: Part 2. Steve Gabriel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRUSyyrA7Ug

Silvopasture: Intro to tree fodder. Steve Gabriel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeR7JyG65zk&t=25s

Books

Restoration Agriculture. Mark Shephard.

Silvopasture, A guide to managing pasture animals, forage crops and tree in a temperate farm ecosystem. Steve Gabriel.

Peer reviewed scientific papers

The impact of heat load on cattle (2019). https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/9/6/322/pdf

Silvopasture in the USA: A systematic review of natural resource professional and producer-reported benefits, challenges, and management activities (2022). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167880921005223

Ecological considerations in sustainable silvopasture design and management. (2019) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1b0S85EWQAqsSy21kWq26L3RKMEconkJD/view

Case Studies of the Financial Performance of Silvopastoral Systems in Southern Queensland, Australia (2022) https://era.daf.qld.gov.au/id/eprint/8623/1/forests-13-00186.pdf

Silvopasture: a sustainable livestock production system (2019) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10457-019-00366-8

Websites

USDA Silvopasture resources – https://www.fs.usda.gov/nac/practices/silvopasture.php

Project Drawdown – Silvopasture page – https://drawdown.org/solutions/silvopasture