Original ResearchPublished 24 August 2026Characterization of mixed livestock systems applied by small-scale breeders in the high Andean region of Ayacucho, PeruWalter Palomino-Guerrera · Hamilton Guzman · Mijaíl Contreras · Fritz TrilloPastoralism: Research, Policy and Practicedoi 10.3389/past.2026.16335