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GRASS PRODUCTIVITY AND CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE CHOLISTAN DESERT RANGELANDS
Rafay, Muhammad1; Abdullah, Muhammad1; Hussain, Tanveer1; Ruby, Tahira2; Qureshi, Rahmatullah3
通讯作者Qureshi, Rahmatullah
来源期刊PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
ISSN0556-3321
EISSN2070-3368
出版年2016
卷号48期号:6页码:2385-2390
英文摘要

Cholistan desert is hot and an arid rangeland located in the southern Punjab, Pakistan. The wet season lasts from June to September, whereas dry season falls from October to January with seasonal and annual variation in rainfall and temperature. The monthly sampling over 2 year’s period was carried to determine the grass productivity from 20 sites during 2010-12. The average dry biomass production of grasses was 263.22 Kg/ha during the dry season, whereas the same was 370.22 kg/ha in wet season. The maximum carrying capacity (17.25 ha/AU/year) was observed in the wet season, while the same was the lowest (24.2 ha/AU/year) during the dry season. Based on the results, it is concluded that the Cholistan rangeland is degraded due to overgrazing resulting into reduction in biomass production especially during the dry season coupled with the removal of palatable species from the whole rangeland. There is need to manage proper stocking rate during the growing season along with the introduction of high yielding livestock breeds that may help to reduce grazing pressure and improve productivity.


英文关键词Grass productivity Carrying capacity Biomass production palatable species Cholistan desert Livestock breed
类型Article
语种英语
国家Pakistan
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000394176900024
WOS关键词NARA DESERT ; PAKISTAN ; VEGETATION
WOS类目Plant Sciences
WOS研究方向Plant Sciences
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/195296
作者单位1.Islamia Univ Bahawalpur, Dept Forestry Range & Wildlife Management, Bahawalpur, Pakistan;
2.Islamia Univ Bahawalpur, Dept Life Sci, Bahawalpur, Pakistan;
3.Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agr Univ, Dept Bot, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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Rafay, Muhammad,Abdullah, Muhammad,Hussain, Tanveer,et al. GRASS PRODUCTIVITY AND CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE CHOLISTAN DESERT RANGELANDS[J],2016,48(6):2385-2390.
APA Rafay, Muhammad,Abdullah, Muhammad,Hussain, Tanveer,Ruby, Tahira,&Qureshi, Rahmatullah.(2016).GRASS PRODUCTIVITY AND CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE CHOLISTAN DESERT RANGELANDS.PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY,48(6),2385-2390.
MLA Rafay, Muhammad,et al."GRASS PRODUCTIVITY AND CARRYING CAPACITY OF THE CHOLISTAN DESERT RANGELANDS".PAKISTAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY 48.6(2016):2385-2390.
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