Impact of rangeland enclosure and seasonal grazing on protected and unprotected rangelands in Chakwal region, Pakistan

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areasen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationPakistan Agricultural Research Councilen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationMcGill Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationBahauddin Zakariya Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Balochistanen_US
cg.contributor.donorInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areasen_US
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR System Organizationen_US
cg.contributor.initiativeLivestock and Climateen_US
cg.coverage.countryPakistanen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2PKen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asiaen_US
cg.creator.identifierIslam, Muhammad: 0000-0001-9889-8960en_US
cg.creator.identifierHassan, Sawsan: 0000-0002-5057-8957en_US
cg.creator.identifierRischkowsky, Barbara: 0000-0002-0035-471Xen_US
cg.creator.identifierLouhaichi, Mounir: 0000-0002-4543-7631en_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11629-021-6761-zen_US
cg.isijournalISI Journalen_US
cg.issn1672-6316en_US
cg.issn1993-0321en_US
cg.journalJournal of Mountain Scienceen_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigationen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen_US
cg.volume19en_US
dc.contributor.authorIslam, Muhammaden_US
dc.contributor.authorRazzaq, Abdulen_US
dc.contributor.authorZubair, Muhammaden_US
dc.contributor.authorHassan, Sawsanen_US
dc.contributor.authorAhmad, Sarfrazen_US
dc.contributor.authorGul, Shamimen_US
dc.contributor.authorRischkowsky, Barbaraen_US
dc.contributor.authorLouhaichi, Mouniren_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-21T13:49:06Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-10-21T13:49:06Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/125143en_US
dc.titleImpact of rangeland enclosure and seasonal grazing on protected and unprotected rangelands in Chakwal region, Pakistanen_US
dcterms.abstractScrub rangelands support livestock grazing and provide ecosystem services to their inhabitants. The present study was conducted in Chakwal, an important tract of the Pothwar Plateau, which sustains herds of small domestic and nomadic ruminants. Urbanization and uncontrolled grazing practices have reduced rangeland productivity and increased soil erosion and resulted in poor land conditions. This study assessed the influence of two years of rangeland protection on aboveground vegetation biomass and the chemical composition of plants and aimed to determine the influence of seasonal grazing on the live-weight gain of small ewes. Using the line intercept method, vegetation data from protected and unprotected plots in 2015 and 2016 were collected at two sites, Dhulli and Begal. Vegetation cover was assessed from images using VegMeasure. Results showed that protected study sites displayed higher vegetation biomass (834 and 690 kg ha-1) compared to the unprotected study site (477 and 326 kg ha-1) during April and August of both years. In the seasonal grazing trial, the experimental ewes that grazed on protected rangelands showed higher live-weight gain (33–63 g day-1) compared to live weight of ewes (17–21 g day-1) that grazed on unprotected rangelands during the experimental period of 127 days at both sites. The results suggest that the Chakwal rangeland has tremendous potential to improve vegetation productivity but modern livestock management and seasonal grazing practices are needed to improve carrying capacity and livestock productivity.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2022-04-13en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMuhammad Islam, Abdul Razzaq, Muhammad Zubair, Sawsan Hassan, Sarfraz Ahmad, Shamim Gul, Barbara Rischkowsky, Mounir Louhaichi. (13/4/2022). Impact of rangeland enclosure and seasonal grazing on protected and unprotected rangelands in Chakwal region, Pakistan. Journal of Mountain Science, 19, pp. 46-57.en_US
dcterms.extent46-57en_US
dcterms.formatPDFen_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherSpringeren_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.subjectproductivityen_US
dcterms.subjectrangelandsen_US
dcterms.subjectgoal 13 climate actionen_US
dcterms.subjectseasonal grazingen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate adaptation and mitigationen_US
dcterms.subjectprotected areaen_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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