This study was conducted to compare forage quality of two native halophyte species Camphorosma monspeliaca and Limonium iranicum collected from Meighan saline rangelands near Arak city in center of Iran. Edible biomass of both species was sampled on three phonological stages (vegetative growth, full flowering and seed ripening). Forage quality indices such as Crude Protein […]
Annually, 200 ha of Agh Ghala rangelands in Golestan, Iran are under Alkaligrass Puccinella distans”s cultivation but the failure in the identification of appropriate sites for seed sowing may result in high costs of cultivation. The current study aims to reduce such costs through the examination of apt sites to grow P. distans in northern […]
Rangelands rehabilitation have a high priority for improving the environment and mitigating climate changes in comparison to natural rangelands. This study was conducted to compare carbon sequestration in soil and phytomass between land uses of rangeland and irrigated agricultural farms in Mahallat, Markazi province, Iran. The soil was sampled by setting profiles (17 Land uses) […]
This study was aimed to investigate the changes in surface and vegetation cover of the Sirjan Salt Playa (SSP) located in Kerman, Iran using Remote Sensing (RS) data. The ASTER data from 2002, 2008, and 2013 were used as the main tool. Also, using the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) on satellite data, the vegetation […]
Assessment of Range Management Plans (RMP) enables policy makers and governmental planners to understand their impact from different environmental, social, human, and economic aspects in order to improve future planning. The purpose of the present study was to explore the effective variables on RMP in Middle Zagros Mountain in Lorestan, Ilam, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah provinces, […]