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DOI	10.2989/10220119.2018.1545698
	Communal farmers' ecological knowledge and perceptions of grasses in the central Eastern Cape province, South Africa: similarities with field studies and scientific knowledge and their implications
	Tefera, Solomon; Kwaza, Ayanda
通讯作者	Tefera, Solomon
来源期刊	AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE
ISSN	1022-0119
EISSN	1727-9380
出版年	2019
卷号	36 期号:2 页码:85-94
英文摘要	The local ecological knowledge (LEK) and perceptions of grasses were investigated in six semi-arid communal areas in the central Eastern Cape province, South Africa, and compared with field studies and scientific knowledge. Of the total of 21 grasses identified in the field survey, communal farmers had vernacular names only for 11 species. Respondents rated Digitaria eriantha and Pennisetum clandestinum to have the highest (p < 0.05) grazing value. Respondents' ratings of Eragrostis obtusa and Sporobolus africanus as having similar (moderate) grazing values to Themeda triandra is against the established knowledge. Respondents' ratings of T. triandra and S. africanus as having higher (p = 0.01) ecological value than the other grasses concur with the scientific knowledge, whereas their nomination of E. obtusa and D. eriantha as providing less ecological benefits than Aristida conjesta disagrees with some ecologists. The study hinted at the complementarity and discrepancies between LEK and scientific knowledge that need ratification. The respondents' lack of detailed knowledge is suggestive of a gradual eroding of LEK among the local communities that will adversely impact the local people's ability to implement sustainable rangeland utilisation practice. The current study also recognised farmers' familiarity as well as training needs that would expound their knowledge and management of grasses.
英文关键词	communal grazing ecological value forage production grazing value semi-arid
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	South Africa
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000473623700002
WOS关键词	SOIL CHARACTERISTICS ; LAND-USE ; MANAGEMENT ; RANGELAND ; VARIABILITY ; DEGRADATION ; DYNAMICS ; TRENDS
WOS类目	Ecology ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/213925
作者单位	Univ Ft Hare, Dept Livestock & Pasture Sci, Alice, South Africa
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Tefera, Solomon,Kwaza, Ayanda. Communal farmers' ecological knowledge and perceptions of grasses in the central Eastern Cape province, South Africa: similarities with field studies and scientific knowledge and their implications[J],2019,36(2):85-94.
APA	Tefera, Solomon,&Kwaza, Ayanda.(2019).Communal farmers' ecological knowledge and perceptions of grasses in the central Eastern Cape province, South Africa: similarities with field studies and scientific knowledge and their implications.AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE,36(2),85-94.
MLA	Tefera, Solomon,et al."Communal farmers' ecological knowledge and perceptions of grasses in the central Eastern Cape province, South Africa: similarities with field studies and scientific knowledge and their implications".AFRICAN JOURNAL OF RANGE & FORAGE SCIENCE 36.2(2019):85-94.