A pastoral life-style, in which shepherds carry out a regular seasonal migration with their animals, wintering in the valleys and moving up into the mountains in the summer. (Fine, John V.A. Jr. The Late Medieval Balkans, 626)
The practice of moving in order to make use of seasonal resources, such as summer hill pastures, and then moving back to the lowlands in the winter.
Situation in which farmers with a permanent place of residence send their herds, tended by herdsmen, for long periods of time to distant grazing areas.
The seasonal movement of people and animals in search of pasture. Commonly, winters are spent in snow-free lowlands and summers in the cooler uplands.
seasonal movement of livestock between upland and lowland pastures.
Farmers have a fixed residence but send herds and flocks (with attendant) to pastures
The moving of animals to and from seasonal range or pasture. For example, the driving of cattle from winter desert range to high mountain summer range.
The (mainly) seasonal movement of flocks from pasture to pasture.
seasonal movement of human groups with their livestock, such as sheep, between mountain and lowland pastures
