Information on different rangeland plants’ nutritive values during various phonological stages is of importance for the rangelands management. This information helps rangeland managers to choose proper grazing times to achieve higher animal performance with no detrimental effects on the rangeland vegetations. Effects of various plant parts’ phenological stages and vegetation types on reserve carbohydrates and […]
Determination of forage quality of plant species in natural habitats such as rangelands and deserts is one of the most important factors for grazing management of these ecosystems. For this purpose, the nutritional values of Calligonum comosum in three phenological stages (vegetative growth, flowering, and seedling) were determined in desert habitats located in the northeast […]
Since the halophytes species have an important role in such ecosystem balance and they have been grazed by livestock as supplementary forage, the awareness of livestock’s desire to grazing and their preference values of these species is of high priority. Regardless of the importance of halophyte species in the livestock feeding in Iran, there is […]
Camel’s grazing in dry areas is of great importance so that in accordance with the nutritional value of the available forage for the livestock, damage to rangelands could be prevented. The objective of this study was to identify and to determine the quality of the most preferred forage species using camels in Aran and Bidgol […]
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of environmental factors on the plant composition and diversity in QezelOzan – Kosar rangelands of Ardabil province, Iran in 2016. Eight sites with elevation ranging from 900 to 2100 meters above sea level were selected, and three 100-m transects with 10 plots of 1 m2 […]
