rangelands are known as one of the main income resources for their exploiters.in the recent century, management of iran rangeland has undergone vast transformationsbecause of vulnerable socio-economic conditions of pastoralists. a study was done toprovide a clear picture of the status and utilization of aq qala rangelands via assessinginternal and external environmental factors affecting the ut...

Modifying human activities is key to achieving land degradation neutrality in rangelands. Rangeland stakeholders encompass different ownership regimes; however, little known about whether models benefit or degrade social conditions and ecosystem services the Middle East. The aim of this research was determine effects Collective Council on ecological indicators wintery rangeland Iran. study incl...

Rangelands cover 70% of the world's land surface, and provide critical ecosystem services primary production, soil carbon storage, nutrient cycling. These are governed by very fine-scale spatial patterning carbon, nutrients, plant species at centimeter-to-meter scales, a phenomenon known as “islands fertility”. Such dynamics challenging to detect with most satellite manned airborne platforms. R...

Abstract Climate change and its variability adversely impact pastoral livelihoods, understanding climate is important to deduce policy implications for communities. Accordingly, the aim of this study was investigate temporal conditions spatial patterns drought across rangelands in areas West Guji Borana Zones, Southern Ethiopia. Temporal were performed at rangeland level, (distributions) estima...

in recent years, rangelands have been regarded as potential carbon sinks. one of the most widely suggested options to sequester more c in rangelands is the restoration of the degraded rangelands through grazing the exclusion. in present study, the effects of exclusion on the carbon sequestration of gomishan rangelands were investigated. three transects were established in a key area inside and ...