Application and Verification of Techniques for Visually Assessing Pasture Conditions in Mountainous Terrain: A Test of Three Field Assessment Methods in the Kyrgyz Republic

The objective of this study was to determine a reliable and effective way to visually assess pastures under the site conditions that prevail in the Kyrgyz Republic, in particular the mountainous terrain. Such a method should make a visual evaluation of pasture conditions in the field possible and he...

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Main Authors: Peter Kirch, Thomas Heinicke, Graham Shepherd, Jutta Zeitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Mountain Society 2016-08-01
Series:Mountain Research and Development
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Online Access:http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-15-00049.1