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,...

based on the importance and role of species diversity and richness as ameasurement of the health of an ecosystem; studying of their components can lead toevaluate the health condition of rangeland. this research was carried out in a part ofhighland mountainous rangeland of mount alborz range in iran. diversity and richnesswere assessed as an ecosystem health indicator. the study area was locate...

Based on the importance and role of species diversity and richness as ameasurement of the health of an ecosystem; studying of their components can lead toevaluate the health condition of rangeland. This research was carried out in a part ofhighland mountainous rangeland of Mount Alborz Range in Iran. Diversity and richnesswere assessed as an ecosystem health indicator. The study area was locate...

First posted May 31, 2022 For additional information, contact: Director, Earth Resources Observation and Science Center U.S. Geological Survey Sioux Falls, SD 57198Contact Pubs Warehouse The Rangeland Condition Monitoring Assessment Projection (RCMAP) project has partnered with the Bureau of Land Management to provide annual maps rangeland vegetation condition across Western United States from ...

We examine relationships between landscape scale measurements of rangeland complexity and cattle stocking rates in Kansas. Rangeland complexity was characterized using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite imagery and the USGS National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD). Satellite Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) values were summed over the 2002 growing-season and then ...

Rangeland plant communities respond to environmental changes depending on management practices, climate, topography, and time. The objective of the study was determine in abundancy functional groups, range condition score, class, health with different topographical characteristics between 1993 2013. Trends investigated changed aspect topography. While decreaser increaser plants decreased, invad...

This study describes the components of available forage in Vahregan watershed, Central Iran and highlight issues relating to forage endowment and environmental dynamics. In this study, proper use factor and palatability models and their components use to develop the model of available forage and measure it. The components climatic, topography, land systems, vegetation, land use and grass and sh...

the diversity and richness of species are of important components to evaluate the health of ecologic system of rangelands. this research was conducted to investigate the biodiversity in riparian and neighboring areas via comparison of indices in javaherdeh rangeland of ramsar. plot-transects was randomly used to estimate diversity, richness, dominance, and evenness indices in two regions. multi...