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Suitability Determination for Sheep in Rangeland of Ferydounshahr, Isfahan

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    • Ebrahim Gavili 1
    • Mohamad Reza Vahabi 2
    • Fazel Amiri 3
    • Hossain Arzani 4

    1 Former M.Sc. Student, College of Natural Resource, Isfahan University of Technology

    2 Assistant Professor, College of Natural. Resource, Isfahan University of Technology

    3 Associate Professor, Group of Natural Resources, Department of Engineering, Islamic Azad University Bushehr Branch

    4 Professor, College of Natural Resource, University Tehran, Iran

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Document Type : Research Paper

10.22059/jrwm.2014.50033
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Abstract

This research was conducted to recognize Sibak-Sardab watershed rangeland potentials, evaluate and determine of suitability classes for sheep grazing. In this research, we used the proposed method of FAO (1992) and for information layers crossing used in Geographical Information System (GIS). In this research, sensitivity to erosion, water resources and forage production are three basic components of this study. We used the MPSIAC model for the sensitivity to erosion. The model of water resource suitability consists of three parameters, quantity, quality and water resource's accessibility. In the forage production model, we estimated the ratio of available forage to the whole produced forage in each vegetation type. According to the result 96% of the rangeland was in low suitability class (S3) and only 4% were in medium suitability class (S2). The most important factors causing the decrease in suitability were lower rates of available forage for the livestock, low forage production of classes, I, II and low palatability percentage. According to Actual use (22170 animal units in season grazing); and grazing capacity (15989 animal units) and also according to the high destruction because of heavy grazing; using a management method that can help to improve the rangeland condition is suggestion.

Keywords

  • Rangeland suitability
  • Water resource
  • MPSIAC
  • GIS
  • sheep
  • Feridonshahr
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Journal of Range and Watershed Managment
Volume 66, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
March 2014
Pages 595-607
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  • Receive Date: 22 December 2010
  • Revise Date: 15 April 2014
  • Accept Date: 23 October 2011
  • First Publish Date: 20 February 2014
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Gavili, E., Vahabi, M. R., Amiri, F., & Arzani, H. (2014). Suitability Determination for Sheep in Rangeland of Ferydounshahr, Isfahan. Journal of Range and Watershed Managment, 66(4), 595-607. doi: 10.22059/jrwm.2014.50033

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Ebrahim Gavili; Mohamad Reza Vahabi; Fazel Amiri; Hossain Arzani. "Suitability Determination for Sheep in Rangeland of Ferydounshahr, Isfahan". Journal of Range and Watershed Managment, 66, 4, 2014, 595-607. doi: 10.22059/jrwm.2014.50033

HARVARD

Gavili, E., Vahabi, M. R., Amiri, F., Arzani, H. (2014). 'Suitability Determination for Sheep in Rangeland of Ferydounshahr, Isfahan', Journal of Range and Watershed Managment, 66(4), pp. 595-607. doi: 10.22059/jrwm.2014.50033

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Gavili, E., Vahabi, M. R., Amiri, F., Arzani, H. Suitability Determination for Sheep in Rangeland of Ferydounshahr, Isfahan. Journal of Range and Watershed Managment, 2014; 66(4): 595-607. doi: 10.22059/jrwm.2014.50033

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