Grazing Profiles in Aegean Turkey
Issue Date
1968-05-01Keywords
ecological classificationcultivation
returns
shrub cover
land control
Hand Grubbing
Grazing Potential
Research Program
Hordeum bulbosum
Aegean TurkeyPoterium spinosumanimal unit monthUnited Nations Special Fund Project 142TerracingWatershed ImprovementAnnual VegetationrehabilitationoverusecostmeasurementsAUMforage productionFood and Agriculture OrganizationFAOimprovementprotectioneducationcarrying capacity
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Pringle, W. L., & Cornelius, D. R. (1968). Grazing profiles in Aegean Turkey. Journal of Range Management, 21(3), 151-154.Publisher
Society for Range ManagementJournal
Journal of Range ManagementDOI
10.2307/3896135Additional Links
https://rangelands.org/Abstract
Ranges of Aegean Turkey are dominated largely by annual vegetation which is replaced by shrub cover through overuse. Removal of the shrub Poterium spinosum by hand grubbing costs $40/acre and the returns from such improvement will pay for this cost in just over 3 years. Grazing on a range after 2 years protection which was dominated by Hordeum bulbosum was leased at $2.50/A.U.M. This land carried 1.6 A.U.M./acre. There is a great need for a concerted range program; some practical suggestions are made as to how this should be carried out.Type
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