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dc.contributorAtes, Serkanen_US
dc.contributorKaabneh, A.en_US
dc.contributorLouhaichi, Mouniren_US
dc.creatorHassan, Sawsanen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-12T05:31:17Z
dc.date.available2017-03-12T05:31:17Z
dc.identifierhttp://om.ciheam.org/article.php?IDPDF=00007551en_US
dc.identifierhttps://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/download/hash/ljutcMunen_US
dc.identifier.citationSawsan Hassan, Serkan Ates, A. Kaabneh, Mounir Louhaichi. (15/4/2016). The effect of grazing exclusion on vegetation characteristics and plant community structure in arid lowland pastures. Orestiada, Greece.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/6393
dc.description.abstractRangelands are the mainstay of pastoral livelihoods worldwide. Within rangelands, there are landscape depressions or lowlands characterized by high production potentials with their unique edaphic and hydrologic properties. The purpose of this ongoing research is to evaluate the effect of grazing exclusion on the vegetation characteristics and plant community structure in the arid lowland pastoral ecosystems. Plots were randomly identified within two distinct lowlands in Majidya and Sabha, in the Jordanian Badia. Preliminary results indicate that the total biomass and plant density widely differed between the open grazed and protected areas (P<0.001) in both sites. Total annual dry matter production was 954 kg ha-1 for protected and 151 kg ha-1 for open grazed areas in Majidya and 1749 kg ha-1 for protected and 20 kg ha-1 for open grazed areas in Sabha. The average plant densities in open grazed areas were 29 and 16 plants/m2, compared to 83 and 612 plants/m2 in protected areas in Majidya and Sabha, respectively. These results indicate that plant community structure is greatly affected by livestock grazing and that a site’s ability to recover from disturbance over time may be limited. Therefore, carefully planned grazing management is needed to achieve greater rangeland productivity and diversity.en_US
dc.formatPDFen_US
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherCentre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennesen_US
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-4.0en_US
dc.subjectpasture productionen_US
dc.subjectplant diversity.en_US
dc.subjectpastureen_US
dc.subjectbadiaen_US
dc.titleThe effect of grazing exclusion on vegetation characteristics and plant community structure in arid lowland pasturesen_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US
dcterms.available2016-04-15en_US
dcterms.issued2016-04-15en_US
cg.creator.idHassan, Sawsan: 0000-0002-5057-8957en_US
cg.creator.idAtes, Serkan: 0000-0001-6825-3248en_US
cg.creator.idLouhaichi, Mounir: 0000-0002-4543-7631en_US
cg.subject.agrovocland managementen_US
cg.subject.agrovoclivestocken_US
cg.subject.agrovocrangelandsen_US
cg.subject.agrovocgrazing managementen_US
cg.contributor.centerInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.contributor.centerNational Agricultural Research Center Jordan - NARC Jordanen_US
cg.contributor.crpCGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems - DSen_US
cg.contributor.funderBill & Melinda Gates Foundation - BMGFen_US
cg.contributor.funderArab Fund for Economic and Social Development - AFESDen_US
cg.contributor.funderKuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development - KFAEDen_US
cg.contributor.funderOPEC Fund for International Development - OFIDen_US
cg.contributor.projectAFESD/KF/BMGF/OFID Support for Enhancement of Food Security in the Arab Region, Phase IIen_US
cg.contributor.project-lead-instituteInternational Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas - ICARDAen_US
cg.coverage.regionWestern Asiaen_US
cg.coverage.countryJOen_US
cg.contacts.hassan@cgiar.orgen_US
dc.identifier.statusOpen accessen_US
mel.project.openhttps://mel.cgiar.org/projects/14en_US


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