In our pedoclimatic context (the French mid-mountain), our first results show that agroforestry systems can play a positive role in climate change adaptation by providing a more favorable microclimate for animals and grass. Sheep can modulate their behavior by seeking shade, by shifting or reducing the duration of their intake, allowing them to better regulate their internal temperature and thus improve their welfare under stressful conditions.

For grassland, the presence of trees can impact biomass production when the density is high (more than 100 trees/hectare) but compensate by a better capacity to valorize grass with a slowed phenological development, a more stable quality resulting in a better flexibility of use of the grasslands.