Impact of Grazing Intensity on Soil Properties in Teltele Rangeland, Ethiopia
Grazing intensity (GI) is a major determining factor that controls the functioning of rangelands and the overall nutrient cycle. The Teltele rangeland is used for communal grazing area by the local pastorals; however, to date, there is no documented study data about the impact of GI. The objective o...
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doaj-c5ecd69699444a16b5e805098e0a38422021-05-04T05:11:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Environmental Science2296-665X2021-05-01910.3389/fenvs.2021.664104664104Impact of Grazing Intensity on Soil Properties in Teltele Rangeland, EthiopiaYeneayehu Fenetahun0Yeneayehu Fenetahun1Yeneayehu Fenetahun2You Yuan3You Yuan4Xu Xinwen5Xu Xinwen6Tihunie Fentahun7Vincent Nzabarinda8Vincent Nzabarinda9Vincent Nzabarinda10Wang Yong-dong11Wang Yong-dong12State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institution of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, ChinaNational Engineering Technology Research Center for Desert-Oasis Ecological Construction, Xinjiang Institution of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, ChinaUniversity of China Academy of Science, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institution of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, ChinaNational Engineering Technology Research Center for Desert-Oasis Ecological Construction, Xinjiang Institution of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institution of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, ChinaNational Engineering Technology Research Center for Desert-Oasis Ecological Construction, Xinjiang Institution of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, ChinaMekdela Amba University, College of Natural and Computational Science, Department of Chemsitry, TuluAwliya, EthiopiaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institution of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, ChinaNational Engineering Technology Research Center for Desert-Oasis Ecological Construction, Xinjiang Institution of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, ChinaUniversity of China Academy of Science, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institution of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, ChinaNational Engineering Technology Research Center for Desert-Oasis Ecological Construction, Xinjiang Institution of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Science, Urumqi, ChinaGrazing intensity (GI) is a major determining factor that controls the functioning of rangelands and the overall nutrient cycle. The Teltele rangeland is used for communal grazing area by the local pastorals; however, to date, there is no documented study data about the impact of GI. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impacts of grazing intensity on selected soil properties in the Teltele rangeland, Ethiopia. Soil samples were collected from different GI sites using different elevation gradient and soil depth from both open grazing and bush-encroached grazing land sand-assessed soil properties. Grazing intensity, elevation, and soil depth significantly (p < 0.05) affected both soils’ physical and chemical properties but rangeland types had no significant effect. The correlation analysis of soil characteristics with the principal component analysis axes showed significant variation. The highly weighted and correlated properties under principal component 1 (PC1) were electrical conductivity, organic carbon, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, and potassium, and under principal component 2, sand and bulk density with equal loaded value (r = −0.998), clay and silt, with silt (0.962) a more loaded one. Soil pH (0.743) demonstrated a significant (p < 0.05) positive correlation with sodium (−0.960) at PC1 (r = 0.610). Based on our results, we recommend further model-based studies on spatial–temporal change of soil properties due to impact of grazing intensity, combined with GIS and remote sensing data to be developed for sustainable rangeland management.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2021.664104/fullstocking ratesoil depthelevationsoil indicatorsmanagement practice 2 |
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Yeneayehu Fenetahun Yeneayehu Fenetahun Yeneayehu Fenetahun You Yuan You Yuan Xu Xinwen Xu Xinwen Tihunie Fentahun Vincent Nzabarinda Vincent Nzabarinda Vincent Nzabarinda Wang Yong-dong Wang Yong-dong |
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Impact of Grazing Intensity on Soil Properties in Teltele Rangeland, Ethiopia |
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Impact of Grazing Intensity on Soil Properties in Teltele Rangeland, Ethiopia |
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Impact of Grazing Intensity on Soil Properties in Teltele Rangeland, Ethiopia |
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Impact of Grazing Intensity on Soil Properties in Teltele Rangeland, Ethiopia |
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Impact of Grazing Intensity on Soil Properties in Teltele Rangeland, Ethiopia |
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impact of grazing intensity on soil properties in teltele rangeland, ethiopia |
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Grazing intensity (GI) is a major determining factor that controls the functioning of rangelands and the overall nutrient cycle. The Teltele rangeland is used for communal grazing area by the local pastorals; however, to date, there is no documented study data about the impact of GI. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impacts of grazing intensity on selected soil properties in the Teltele rangeland, Ethiopia. Soil samples were collected from different GI sites using different elevation gradient and soil depth from both open grazing and bush-encroached grazing land sand-assessed soil properties. Grazing intensity, elevation, and soil depth significantly (p < 0.05) affected both soils’ physical and chemical properties but rangeland types had no significant effect. The correlation analysis of soil characteristics with the principal component analysis axes showed significant variation. The highly weighted and correlated properties under principal component 1 (PC1) were electrical conductivity, organic carbon, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, and potassium, and under principal component 2, sand and bulk density with equal loaded value (r = −0.998), clay and silt, with silt (0.962) a more loaded one. Soil pH (0.743) demonstrated a significant (p < 0.05) positive correlation with sodium (−0.960) at PC1 (r = 0.610). Based on our results, we recommend further model-based studies on spatial–temporal change of soil properties due to impact of grazing intensity, combined with GIS and remote sensing data to be developed for sustainable rangeland management. |
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