Farzad Ahmadi; Ghodratollah Heydari; Ronak Ahmadi
Volume 26, Issue 2 , July 2019, , Pages 412-422
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the beneficiaries' economic recession in the BolbanAbad Rangelands. The statistical population of this study was 400 beneficiaries in the BolbanAbad Rangelands. The sample size of this study was determined to be 196 ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the factors affecting the beneficiaries' economic recession in the BolbanAbad Rangelands. The statistical population of this study was 400 beneficiaries in the BolbanAbad Rangelands. The sample size of this study was determined to be 196 rangeland beneficiaries by using Krejcie and Morgan table. A random sampling method was used to select the samples. The tool used to collect data and information was a questionnaire. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by rangeland experts and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 22. The results of Spearman correlation test showed that economic factors had the highest correlation with the beneficiaries' economic recession. In addition, the results of factor analysis showed that among the economic factors, the lack of job diversification with a coefficient of 0.912; among the management factors, the limitation of credit transfer to low-income beneficiaries to reduce the income dependency with a coefficient of 0.885; among the environmental factors, the traditional livestock vulnerability due to drought and forage deficiency with a coefficient of 0.893; and among the social factors, the distrust between the beneficiaries in collaborative activities with a coefficient of 0.910 had the most impact on the beneficiaries' economic recession. Also, the results of the path analysis showed that the most direct and total effects were related to economic factors and the most indirect effect was related to management factors.
Esmaiel Sheydaye Karkaj; Seyedeh Zohreh Mirdeilami; Mousa Akbarlou
Volume 22, Issue 1 , June 2015, , Pages 31-46
Abstract
In this study, in order to take appropriate measures in accordance with the principles of ecological management, the relationship between distribution of ecological species groups of Chahar Bagh summer rangelands with soil factors and various grazing management practices was investigated. Five dominant ...
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In this study, in order to take appropriate measures in accordance with the principles of ecological management, the relationship between distribution of ecological species groups of Chahar Bagh summer rangelands with soil factors and various grazing management practices was investigated. Five dominant vegetation units including reference area (exclosure), key and critical areas (pen, vicinity of village and watering point) were identified in the region, upon the range management and utilization types. Vegetation parameters including density and canopy cover percentage as well as soil properties of two depths were investigated by a random-systematic method. Clustering analysis and principle component analysis were applied to determine the ecological groups of the region as well as the effects of soil physicochemical properties on the distribution of ecological species groups using PC-ORD5 and Canoco 4.0 software. The results led to the separation of five ecological species groups from each other. In this region, the distribution of ecological species groups was affected by soil physicochemical properties (90.48%), management parameters (0.008%), and the interaction effects of these factors (10%). Among the soil physicochemical properties, clay percentage in the first depth (0.999), P content in the second depth (0.991), bulk density (-0.989), porosity (0.985), saturation percentage in the first depth (0.982), and K content in the second depth (0.996) had the highest impact on the distribution of ecological species groups, respectively.