Different Approaches for Vegetation Assessment of Rangelands in The Semiarid Conditions of Turkiye

Authors : Sabahaddin Ünal, Berna Efe

Pages : 19-24

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Publication Date : 2020-12-31

Article Type : Conference Paper

Abstract :Rangeland vegetation gives valuable information for the status and dynamics of rangeland. Present knowledge’s are finely assessed and based on future action program. Moreover, rangeland rehabilitation and management are formed with past and current rangeland trend. The existing plant species and rangeland uses provide to produce ecological interpretations. Therefore, enough information is possessed for current rangeland vegetation and tendency. The descriptive information was assessed with multivariate analysis to make ecological interpretations for one village rangeland of Akçakavak/Kırıkkale province in Turkiye. A modified wheel point method was applied for field work in 20 sites of Akçakavak in 2008. Principle component analysis (PCA) with four axis explained 59.02% of the variance of species data and species-environment relationship in Akçakavak. In Akçakavak, yield and altitude had a close relationship, but there becomes adverse relationship between yield and other some environmental variables such as bare ground, slope and distance. As a result, there obviously appears adverse relation between yield and bare ground, but the relation among other factors may be variable owing to various environmental factors.
Keywords : Mera vejetasyonu, ekolojik yorumlar, temel bileşen analizi

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