Effects of livestock grazing on soil moisture and rangeland vegetation cover in upland grasslands of Iran
Soil moisture holding capacity plays an important role on vegetation establishment and growth in rangelands.Rangeland plants are grazed by livestock and in the mean time soil surface gets compacted which adversely affect soil infiltration.In the most of cases the present range condition is the result of the previous management applied (Ferrero,1991).Thurow et al.(1986) indicated that the biomass of the available vegetation plays an important role in soil infiltration rate of rangeland.The short and long term grazing period impacts on infiltration rate of the soil in rangelands was investigated by Weitz and Wood (1986).
Fazel Amiri M.Farahpour Sh.Fadai
Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University Busheher Branch,Iran A ssist.Prof.of Range and Forest Institute,Tehran,Iran Former Grad.Student,College of Natural Resources,Tehran.University,Iran.
国际会议
呼和浩特
英文
2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）