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Title Details:
Quantitavive assessment of functioning of rangelands
Authors: Vrachnakis, Michail
Reviewer: Papanastasis, Vasileios
Subject: NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > NATURAL RESOURCES, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > NATURAL RESOURCES > LAND RESOURCES > LAND > RANGELAND
MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > LIFE SCIENCES > FUCTIONAL AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY > ECOLOGY > RANGE COLOGY
NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > NATURAL RESOURCES, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT > LAND MANAGEMENT > RANGE MANAGEMENT
Keywords:
Rangeland Ecology
Rangeland Management
Rangeland Improvement
Rangeland Plants
Livestock Husbandry
Pastures
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Abstract:
The integrated consideration of a rangeland ecosystem includes, besides the qualitative assessment of the functioning of the ecosystem (link with the previous Unit), the quantification of the parameters that express its functioning. Thus, it is necessary to outline the methodologies, metrics and statistics used for the measurement of land cover, species composition, density, frequency, production and floristic diversity of rangeland plant communities. The quantitative assessment of the grassland functioning provides basic information to the administrator to efficiently design the spatial and temporal organization of grazing on the basis of balanced stocking rate / grazing capacity (link to the next Unit). In combination with the qualitative assessment, it defines directions for improvement to be taken into account in rangeland management.
Table of Contents:
Unit 8. Quantitative assessment of functioning of rangelands
8.1. Biotic forms and species estimates
8.2 Method selection – sources of variation
8.3 Sampling
8.4 Vegetation cover
8.5 Species composition
8.6 Vegetation density
8.7 Species frequency
8.8 Plant weight (production)
8.9 Biodiversity
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Evaluation criteria
A. Activities
B. Self assessment
Annex
Technical Editors: Rapti, Elli
Type: Chapter
Creation Date: 2015
Item Details:
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr
Handle http://hdl.handle.net/11419/1194
Bibliographic Reference: Vrachnakis, M. (2015). Quantitavive assessment of functioning of rangelands [Chapter]. In Vrachnakis, M. 2015. RANGELAND SCIENCE [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/1194
Language: Greek
Is Part of: RANGELAND SCIENCE
Number of pages 25
Publication Origin: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions