The high-mountain pastures of the Eastern Pamirs (Tajikistan) : an evaluation of the ecological basis and the pasture potential

Abstract......Page 5
List of Figures......Page 17
List of Tables......Page 21
Aims and hypotheses......Page 23
Structure of the study......Page 24
Climate......Page 25
Geology......Page 29
Soils......Page 30
Historical Background......Page 32
Research Status on vegetation ecology and remote sensing in the Eastern Pamirs......Page 33
Plot positioning......Page 36
Plot size......Page 37
Plot levels......Page 38
Data ascertainment......Page 41
Cation exchange capacity (according to Trüby and Aldinger)......Page 43
Electric conductivity......Page 44
Nitrogen......Page 45
Classification......Page 46
Ordination......Page 48
Miscellaneous statistical tools......Page 53
Classification......Page 54
Ordination......Page 59
Critical consideration......Page 80
Preconsiderations......Page 85
Environmental predictor variables......Page 86
Methods......Page 89
Results and discussion......Page 92
Performance of the predictor variables......Page 93
Model 1......Page 109
Model 2......Page 110
Model 3......Page 114
Critical consideration......Page 115
Preconsiderations......Page 119
Methods concerning forage quantity......Page 120
agachanianc1966......Page 121
jusufbekov1968......Page 123
litvinova1969......Page 125
ladygina1971a......Page 126
ladygina1965......Page 127
ladygina1974......Page 128
stanjukovich1949......Page 129
walter1986......Page 130
Sveshnikova (1962)......Page 131
Performance of the ten-point-frame-model......Page 133
Field data......Page 137
Comparison of literature and field data......Page 145
Forage amount......Page 146
Critical consideration......Page 147
Feed consumption......Page 149
Energetic efficiency......Page 150
Animal species......Page 151
Animal observations......Page 152
Nutrition value analysis......Page 153
Equations......Page 155
Most important fodder plants according to available literature......Page 156
Most important fodder plants, according to animal observations......Page 162
Poisonous plants......Page 165
Results of the nutritive value analysis......Page 166
Descriptions of the dominant fodder plants......Page 176
Critical consideration......Page 192
Comparison of potential and actual pasture area......Page 195
Day range of yaks......Page 196
Spring turfs......Page 198
Dwarf shrub deserts......Page 201
Dwarf shrub cushion steppes (wormwood-type)......Page 202
Yaks......Page 203
Sheep and goats......Page 204
Total pasture potential based on the requirements for yaks......Page 205
Total pasture potential based on the requirements for goats......Page 207
Livestock numbers and distribution of the pasture camps......Page 208
Example 1: Gumbez Kol Pshart......Page 210
Example 3: Kara Tash Madian......Page 211
Critical consideration......Page 213
Conclusive remarks......Page 214
Bibliography......Page 217
Appendix......Page 227