the purpose of this study was identifying rangeland development andrestoration operations targets. this study was conducted in hossein abad bazoft basinwith 7162 ha area, located in south east of farsan county, chaharmahal and bakhtiariprovince, iran. the basin has various land uses including rangeland, forest, irrigated farmand garden, dry farm, residential area and rock mass. in this study, d...

The overgrazing and excessive utilization of rangelands has caused vegetationand soil degradation in many rangelands. In the rangeland management, the soil andvegetation elements, environmental factors and livestock should be considered as decisionmaking agents. Various methods are applicable for the rangeland restoration as contourfurrows and mortar stone dam. In order to evaluate the effects ...

Globally, new combinations of introduced and native plant and animal species have changed rangelands into novel ecosystems. Whereas many rangeland stakeholders (people who use or have an interest in rangelands) view intentional species introductions to improve forage and control erosion as beneficial, others focus on unintended costs, such as increased fire risk, loss of rangeland biodiversity,...

Post-disturbance rangeland restoration efforts are often thwarted due to soil moisture deficits. Superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) absorb hundreds of times their weight in water, increasing when the SAP is mixed with soil. The objective this study was evaluate banded SAPs under surface increase plant available water and thus seedling establishment for perennial species during efforts. Five glassho...

Small−holder farming in semi−arid areas is being forced to change to compensate for the needs of more people living under conditions of increasingly variable rainfall. As more land is used for agriculture, rangeland areas are reduced, so limiting the availability of animal fodder. The length of fallow periods where soil fertility may be restored is also reduced. This has forced herders and farm...

This article examines the history of rangeland management on the El Rito District of the Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico. The area became part of the U.S. Forest Service system in the late nineteenth century, when Mexican land grants in the area were not confirmed by U.S. courts. In the 1940s, the Forest Service implemented a series of grazing restrictions in the district. The art...

The encroachment of agricultural practices into traditional rangeland areas of north-eastern Morocco is considered by some to have negative impacts in both the agro-pastoral communities that utilise these ranges and the surrounding physical environment. Indicating the extent and location of such land use changes provides resource managers with valuable information on which more sustainable deve...