Rainwater harvesting for increasing livestock forage on arid rangelands of Pakistan

This study determined forage production and cover of several plant species resulting from the use of water harvesting catchments with catchment: cultivated area ratios of 1:1 and 1.25:1 and contributing aprons with 7, 10, and 15% slope gradients. Plots with 1.25:1 ratios produced more forage and had...

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Published inJournal of range management Vol. 48; no. 6
Main Authors Suleman, S. (New Mexico State University, Las Cruces.), Wood, M.K, Shah, B.H, Murray, L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.11.1995
Subjects
ALIMENT POUR ANIMAUX
BASSIN VERSANT
BIOMASA
BIOMASSE
CAPTACION DE AGUAS
CAPTAGE D'EAU
CUENCAS HIDROGRAFICAS
CUISSON A L'EAU
EBULLICION
HIDROLOGIA
HYDROLOGIE
LLUVIA
PAKISTAN
PIENSOS
PLUIE
TECHNOLOGIE SUCRIERE
TECNOLOGIA DEL AZUCAR
TEMPERATURA AMBIENTAL
TEMPERATURE AMBIANTE
TIPOS GENETICOS DE SUELOS
TOPOGRAFIA
TOPOGRAPHIE
TYPE DE SOL GENETIQUE
ZONA ARIDA
ZONE ARIDE
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Summary:This study determined forage production and cover of several plant species resulting from the use of water harvesting catchments with catchment: cultivated area ratios of 1:1 and 1.25:1 and contributing aprons with 7, 10, and 15% slope gradients. Plots with 1.25:1 ratios produced more forage and had more cover than plots with 1:1 and 0:1 ratios. Plots with 7, 10, and 15% slope gradients had similar forage production and cover. Tuft planted plots produced more forage and cover than seeded plots. Ghorka (Elionurus hirsutus (Vahl) Munro), blue panicum (Panicum antidotale Retz.), and buffer (Cenchrus ciliaris L.) grasses produced similar forage and cover, which was higher than khev grass (Sporobolus helvolus (Trin.) Th. Dur. and Schinz) production and cover
Bibliography:9567664
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P10
ISSN:0022-409X
2162-2728
DOI:10.2307/4003064