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Bagheri A, Ghorbani R, Bannayan Aval M, Shafner O. Study of Plant Species Richness in Habitats with Different Grazing Intensities at Golestan National Park and Surrounding Area . Iranian Journal of Applied Ecology 2016; 5 (17) :51-64
URL: http://ijae.iut.ac.ir/article-1-789-en.html
Razi Univ., Kermanshah, Iran.
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Considering the importance of plant diversity and to evaluate the effect of grazing pressure on species richness and structure of plant communities, this experiment was conducted at Golestan National Park and its surrounding areas in the north east of Iran. Sampling was conducted in intact and abandoned habitats and habitats under seasonal and heavy grazing, using Modified Whitaker Plot in 1, 10,100 and 1000 m2 spatial scales. Results showed that the composition of plant species from different habitats was different. In addition the increasing intensity of grazing increased the importance of therophytes and decreased the role of hemicryptophytes and phanerophytes and also decreasd the amount of species richness. Mean species richness of studied habitat showed a significant difference in all four sampling spatial scales. The results showed that plant species richness decreased in the areas affected by heavy grazing and conservation against grazing plays an important role in maintaining species richness.

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