Ecological assessment and energy budget of fodder consumption in Govind Wildlife Sanctuary, India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19500348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vikram S Negi (0000-0002-3380-7930, a G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development , Garhwal Unit , Srinagar, Garhwal , Uttarakhand , India, corresponding author), R K Maikhuri (0000-0002-1422-000X, a G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development , Garhwal Unit , Srinagar, Garhwal , Uttarakhand , India), L S Rawat (0000-0003-4135-7033, a G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development , Garhwal Unit , Srinagar, Garhwal , Uttarakhand , India) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 75-82 |
| Publication date | 2013-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-4509 • E-ISSN: 1745-2627 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13504509.2012.747993 |
| OpenAlex | W1980030559 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 20 |
This study was aimed at understanding the fodder utilization pattern, energy budget, and problems related to fodder biomass harvesting in six villages located along an altitudinal gradient (1200–3000 m.a.s.l.) in Govind Wildlife Sanctuary (GWS). Forests provided 68% of total fodder used compared to 32% from agriculture. The highest average fodder consumption was observed in the village Osla (38.8 ± 3.7 kg/household/day) in subalpine region and the lowest in Gainchwangaon (31.3 ± 2.3 kg/household/day) in subtropical region. As the altitude increased from subtropical to subalpine, the amounts of leaf fodder collected increased and a similar trend was also observed for fodder consumption pattern by the livestock in the study area. The labor energy spent in fodder collection was recorded as a maximum (620.06 MJ/household/year) for the village of Naitwar in the subtropical region and a minimum (364.84 MJ/household/year) for the village of Osla in the subalpine region. The period of intensity of grazing and lopping at present is decided in arbitrary fashion by the authorities of the GWS in the absence of quantitative information on spatial variability in the availability and collection of fodder. The detailed quantitative information on the amount of fodder collection and consumption in different vegetation zones and associated labor costs presented in this study would be quite helpful in developing GWS management plans which favor grazing regimes not detrimental to the biodiversity and ecosystem services of currently healthy forests and alpine meadows and which reduce deforestation and the drudgery of village women folk through developing agroforestry on village common/private degraded lands in the Garhwal Himalayan region
Agroforestry · Biodiversity · Biology · Fodder · Geography · Grazing · Livestock · Subtropics · Wildlife · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact · Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems · Environmental Science · Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology · Ecology · Forestry
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