EXCHANGE OF BOTANICAL COMPOSITION, RANGE CONDITION AND HEALTH CLASSIFICATION OF KOP MOUNTAIN'S RANGELANDS ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT ALTITUDES AND ASPECTS

This study was carried out in 2019 and 2020 for the purpose to compare the botanical composition and range conditions of the rangelands located in four different aspects and two different altitudes in Kop Mountain, which is a part of the Eastern Black Sea Mountains System and situated between the provinces of Erzurum, Bayburt and Erzincan in Turkey. As per the mean of the years' data, canopy coverage was 37.48%, the highest ratio of canopy coverage was determined in the north aspect, and the canopy coverage ratio is decreased when height increased. It was observed that the botanical composition of 34.02% grasses, 24.46% legumes, and 41.52% other families. In terms of aspects, it was determined that the highest percentage of grasses in the botanical composition was in the east with 43.43%, legumes with 39.36% in the north, and other family plants in the south with 47.30%. The health and condition class of rangeland were determined as fair to risky. According to study results, improvement and management works must be carried out on rangeland.

Journal

FRESENIUS ENVIRONMENTAL BULLETIN

Year

2022

Volume

31

Issue

4

Pages

4353-4362

ISSN

1018-4619

eISSN

1610-2304

WoS UID

WOS:000781629900055