This study aims to assess the effect of grazing intensity on vegetation structure, soil nutrient concentrations and soil physical properties. The study was carried out in steppe rangelands of Saveh, Markazi province, Iran. Four sites with four grazing intensities including very high, high, moderate and non-grazed with the same ecological conditions were selected. To study […]
Plant biomass is an important factor for determining arid and semi-arid rangelands capacity. Due to the lack of proper and annual sampling of rangelands, there are no suitable data to determine biomass, range condition and proper range management operations. Plant biomass is one of the measurable attributes that can be assessed in rangeland studies. Since […]
In arid and semi-arid rangelands, grazing as one of the natural or human induced processes has direct and indirect effects on structure and dynamics of plant community and ecosystems. A study was done to analyze the effects of grazing on plant species diversity and Plant Functional Types‘ (PFTs) diversity of arid and semi-arid rangelands. We […]