Rangeland Health, Condition and Biodiversity in Kırşehir Province

Year 2019, Volume: 6 Issue: 4, 737 - 744, 16.10.2019

Ziya Mutlu , Sabahaddin Ünal Ali Mermer Öztekin Urla Bilal Şahin Serdar Aslan

https://doi.org/10.30910/turkjans.633574

Abstract

Rangeland improvement and management have recently become more important that many new projects have been also initiated and conducted throughout Turkey. There is a great responsible for the provinces in the Central Anatolia Region on those implementation projects. In this framework, this study was designed that could contain vegetation surveys in representative sites for rangelands of Kırşehir province in 2008 year, at the same time their assessment, and conclusion were also performed too. The 36 rangeland sites were surveyed with the modified-loop method. The results of vegetation surveys were analyzed and determined rangeland condition and health classes for each sites. The vegetation cover was measured as 65.35%. The rates of decreasers and increasers cover were 11.54% and 35.26%, respectively. The studied sites numbers were one, 30 and 5 for good, fair, and poor conditions, respectively. The 35 sites of total sites were identified as fair and poor in condition based on the rangeland condition classes. On the other hand, 8 sites were found at healthy, 20 sites at risky and 8 sites at unhealthy in rangeland health categories. Total site numbers of the last two classes were 28. Rangeland biodiversity were calculated as 0.229 by Simpson’s index. Survey results showed that rangelands have been overgrazed and seemed degradation. Firstly this trend should be stopped and secondly urgent measures should be implemented for restoration.

Keywords

Rangeland, rangeland condition

Thanks

This field vegetation survey was fulfilled in the framework of National Rangeland Management and Use Project. It was supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK- (KAMAG Project No: 106G017), General Directories of Plant Production and Food and Control of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock.

Kırşehir İlinde Mera Sağlığı, Durumu ve Biyoçeşitlilik

Abstract

Son yıllarda mera ıslah ve yönetimi çalışmaları oldukça önem kazanmış olup ülkemizde bu alanda birçok yeni proje yürütülmektedir. Bölgemizde yer alan iller bu konuda çok sayıda projeye öncülük etmektedir. Bu çalışma Kırşehir ilinde 2008 yılında yapılan mera vejetasyon sörveylerini içermektedir. Çalışmada toplam 36 mera durağına gidilmiş ve modifiye edilmiş tekerlekli lup yöntemine göre mera vejetasyonu ölçülmüştür. Yapılan vejetasyon etüdlerine dayanarak mera durum ve sağlık sınıfları belirlenmiştir. Bitki ile kaplı alan oranı %65.35 olarak hesaplanmış, azalıcı ve çoğalıcı türlerin oranı sırasıyla %11.54 ve %35.26 olarak bulunmuştur. Çalışılan duraklardan 1 tanesi iyi, 30 tanesi orta ve 5 tanesi zayıf mera durum sınıfında yer almıştır. Mera durum sınıfları temel alındığında toplam durakların 35 âdeti orta ve zayıf sınıfa girmiştir. Öte yandan mera sağlık sınıfına baktığımızda; duraklardan 8 tanesi sağlıklı, 20 tanesi riskli ve 8 tanesi sağlıksız sınıfa girmiştir. Toplam durakların 28 âdeti son iki sınıfta yer almıştır. Mera vejetasyonunun biyolojik çeşitliliğini değerlendirmek için hesaplanan Simpson indeks değeri 0,229 olarak belirlenmiştir. Çalışma sonuçları meraların aşırı otlatıldığını ve mera vejetasyonunda bozulma olduğunu göstermiştir. İlk olarak il meralarındaki bu aşırı otlatma ve bozulma durdurulmalı, daha sonra meraların rehabilitasyonu için acil önlemler devreye sokulmalıdır.

Keywords

Mera, mera durum sınıfı

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