Çankırı Yöresi Kurak-Yarı Kurak Meralarında Islah ve Erozyon Önleyici Bitki Türleri

Abstract

Grasslands and rangelands have many ecological and economic benefits such as soil conservation animal health, animal nutrition,
biological diversity, wild life, recreation besides providing feed for animals. The correct managing of this natural resources and
rehabilitation of this degraded areas are necessary for both animal production and the country’s economy. The main habitat factors limiting
the production in arid rangelands are the irregular and the inadequate rains. As a result of wrong grazing and overgrazing cause
deteriorating of ecosystem balance, decreasing of production and begin soil erosion in this vulnerable ecosystems. The rangelands may
lose their ecological and economic importance in time. It is needed to choose soil preventive and high productive plants in arid and semiarid rangeland rehabilitation. In this study, some of the native plant species are determined which can be used for erosion control and
forage production for rehabilitation of arid rangelands in Çankırı region.