Gholam Ali Heshmati
Agriculture science and Natural Resources University of Gorgan
[ 1 ] - Identifying Carbon Sequestration Hotspots in Semiarid Rangelands (Case study: Baghbazm region of Bardsir city, Kerman province)
Carbon sequestration in rangeland ecosystems has been identified as a suitable strategy to offset greenhouse gas emissions that information of carbon sequestration hotspots is a good tool to improve rangeland management. Objectives for this study were to assessment potential carbon sequestration in various rangeland types, to identify carbon sequestration hotspots and to study the effective fact...
[ 2 ] - Assessment of Range Health Changes in Zagros Semi-Arid Rangelands, Iran (Case Study: Chalghafa- Semirom-Isfahan)
Rangeland health assessment provides qualitative information on ecosystemattributes. We examined changes in rangeland health in the Zagros semi-arid rangelands ofIran at fixed sites between 2001 and 2011, over the 10-year period. The rangelandfragments significantly declines in the quality of the vegetation, and changes in plantspecies were driven largely by seasonality, and to a lesser extent,...
[ 3 ] - Development of State-and-Transition Models (STM): Integrating Ecosystem Function, Structure and Energy to STM
The main objective of an ecosystem sustainable management is to preserve itscapacity to respond and adapt to current disturbances and/or future changes, and maintain theprovision of environmental goods and services. Two very important properties linked to thisobjective are the ecosystem resilience and resistance to disturbance factors. The objective ofthis paper is to recommend conceptual modif...
[ 4 ] - Diet Selection by Sheep and Goats on Upland Rangelands (North Alborz) Case Study: Javaherdeh Rangeland of Ramsar
To reach the desirable ecosystem management, determining the animal dietselection, which is one of the components of rangeland ecosystem, is important. Therefore, inorder to determine the grazing behavior and diet selection of sheep and goat, the uplandrangeland of northern part of Alborz was selected. In this study, the first weeks of July andAugust of 2009 were chosen for the grazing period o...
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