Determining Timely Entry and Exit of Livestock in Rangelands Using Bromus tomentellus Phenological Stages (Case Study: Goorab Rangeland of Isfahan)

Journal of Rangeland Science

مقاله 10، دوره 9، شماره 1 - شماره پیاپی 4، فروردین 2019، صفحه 97-103   

نوع مقاله: Research and Full Length Article

نویسندگان

Maryam Gholami^{* 1}؛ Mostafa Saeedfar²

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²Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands

چکیده

In the rangelands of Iran, the lack of appropriate grazing management is one of the major problems ultimately leading to untimely and excessive grazing intensity of forage. Accordingly, most of the rangelands show a retrogression trend and poor conditions. In forage species, phenological stage is one of the most important criteria for range management. Bromus tomentellus species is an important range species for forage production controlling soil erosion. In order todetermine the timely entry and exit of livestock in rangelands based on phenological stages of B. tomentellus, this study was conducted in Goorab rangeland, Fereydoun Shahr, Iran during four years (2007-2010). In this research, ten plant bases of B. tomentellus were selected and their phonological stages were recorded in a 7-day interval period. At the same time, meteorological data were collected from meteorological station adjacent to the study site. According to the occurrence of biological phenomena in the different years of study (wet conditions in 2007, severe droughts in 2008 and normal years in 2009 and 2010) and also based on plant growth stage in the 4 year study, it was concluded that 30^th April and 31^th May were suggested as the best time for livestock to enter and exit from the rangeland, respectively.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Semi-steppe rangelands؛ Environmental factors؛ Grazing management؛ Fereydoun Shahr

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