Effects of range improvement practices on vegetation (Case study: Naftkhane Qasreshirin Plain of Kermanshah province, Iran)

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Ghitury M.; HESHMATI M.; PARVIZI Y.

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Journal: IRANIAN JOURNAL OF RANGE AND DESERT RESEARCH Year:2019 | Volume:26 | Issue:3 (76) Page(s): 772-785

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Effects of range improvement practices on vegetation (Case study: Naftkhane Qasreshirin Plain of Kermanshah province, Iran)

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Ghitury M. | HESHMATI M. | PARVIZI Y. | Issue Writer Certificate

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Managing grazing systemQ1

pitting and furrowQ2

vegetation coverQ1

winter rangelandsQ1

Abstract

Inappropriate exploitation methods, particularly changes in rangeland use, excessive grazing, and fire have led to sever degradation of rangelands with even worse consequences observed in winter rangelands. The present study, conducted in the poor rangelands of Naftkhane Qasreshirin Plain, aimed to study the effects of practices carried out to improve the conditions of rangelands on vegetation cover and carbon sequestration. The study included four types of treatment including a) furrow and brush-planting, b) pitting and brush-planting, c) Managing grazing system, and d) a control treatment with usual exploitation conditions. Details of vegetation cover of the rangelands including condition, trend, biomass, forage production, and rate of carbon sequestration in the four treatments were assessed using transects and quadrates. The highest production rate for biomass and forage, and carbon sequestration in rangelands was 573, 551, and 266 kgha-1, respectively, which belonged to the pitting treatment, and the lowest rates 298, 196, and 137 kgha-1 were for the control treatment. In addition, rangeland condition and trend in studied rangelands were assessed to be positive under pitting and furrow treatments whereas in the control treatment a poor condition and a negative trend were observed. Results of the study indicated that pitting, furrow, and management of the grazing system were respectively the most effective treatments in improving biomass, vegetation cover, forage production, carbon sequestration, and erosion control.

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Ghitury, M., HESHMATI, M., & PARVIZI, Y.. (2019). Effects of range improvement practices on vegetation (Case study: Naftkhane Qasreshirin Plain of Kermanshah province, Iran). IRANIAN JOURNAL OF RANGE AND DESERT RESEARCH, 26(3 (76) ), 772-785. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/375889/en

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Ghitury M., HESHMATI M., PARVIZI Y.. Effects of range improvement practices on vegetation (Case study: Naftkhane Qasreshirin Plain of Kermanshah province, Iran). IRANIAN JOURNAL OF RANGE AND DESERT RESEARCH[Internet]. 2019;26(3 (76) ):772-785. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/375889/en

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M. Ghitury, M. HESHMATI, and Y. PARVIZI, “Effects of range improvement practices on vegetation (Case study: Naftkhane Qasreshirin Plain of Kermanshah province, Iran),” IRANIAN JOURNAL OF RANGE AND DESERT RESEARCH, vol. 26, no. 3 (76) , pp. 772–785, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/375889/en

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