Determining Rangeland Species Palatability: Application of Principal Component Analysis
Issue Date
2016-12-01Keywords
plant palatabilityforage quality
secondary compounds
external plant attributes
principal component analysis
Karsanak rangelands
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Raufirad, V., Azadi, H., Ebrahimi, A., & Bagheri, S. (2016). Determining Rangeland Species Palatability: Application of Principal Component Analysis. Rangelands, 38(3), 105-112.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
RangelandsAdditional Links
https://rangelands.orgAbstract
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.Type
textArticle
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0190-0528ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.rala.2016.01.001