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Determining Rangeland Species Palatability: Application of Principal Component Analysis
Author
Raufirad, Valiollah
Azadi, Hossein
Ebrahimi, Ataollah
Bagheri, Setareh
Publisher
Society for Range Management
Publication Year
2016-12-01
Body

On the Ground • Since plant palatability affects many aspects of sustainable rangeland management, including grazing capacity and grazing behavior, introducing indicators for determining rangeland species palatability can help rangeland managers determine rangeland species palatability accurately and precisely. • The Karsanak rangelands in the Chaharmahal-V-Bakhtiari province in Iran are dominated by a mixture of patchily distributed grasses, forbs, and shrubs, with a high biodiversity of plants, which severely affects rangeland species palatability. • The use of forage quality, secondary compounds, and external plant attributes are expected to help rangeland managers with plant palatability classification and in determining grazing capacity to achieve sustainable rangeland management. The Rangelands archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from OJS platform March 2020

Language
en
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Journal Issue/Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1016/j.rala.2016.01.001
Additional Information
Raufirad, V., Azadi, H., Ebrahimi, A., & Bagheri, S. (2016). Determining Rangeland Species Palatability: Application of Principal Component Analysis. Rangelands, 38(3), 105-112.
IISN
0190-0528
OAI Identifier
oai:repository.arizona.edu:10150/640145
Journal Volume
38
Journal Number
3
Journal Pages
105-112
Collection
Journal Name
Rangelands
Keywords
plant palatability
forage quality
secondary compounds
external plant attributes
principal component analysis
Karsanak rangelands
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