Title
Floristic composition of herbaceous forage species in natural prairies of the main livestock watersheds of the Amazon region
Other title
Composición florística de especies herbáceas forrajeras en praderas naturales de las principales microcuencas ganaderas de la región Amazonas
Date Issued
01 January 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional de Trujillo
Abstract
There is a great diversity of forage species in the natural grasslands of the Amazon region, and there are few studies regarding the identification of them. In order to deepen the knowledge on the subject, the identification of the floristic composition of these species in the main livestock micro-basins and altitudinal floors of the Amazon region was carried out. The livestock microbasins identified were Shocol, Leyva, Ventilla, Alto Imaza, Pomacochas, Condechaca and Leymebamba. On the basis of livestock micro-basins and natural grasslands, two variables referring to production systems (silvopastoral systems, SSP, and open field pastoral systems, SPCA) and four altitudinal ranges were defined: <1900 m.a.s.l., 1900 - 2400 m.a.s.l., 2400 - 2900 m.a.s.l. and> 2900 m.a.s.l. Transects were used, identifying a total of 34 families and 113 species between forages and non-forages, of which 27 species were classified as forage species that group a total of 05 families. We found percentage differences of abundance and diversity among species with respect to the variables studied.
Start page
109
End page
117
Volume
10
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia animal, Ciencia de productos lácteos
Forestal
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85081309730
Source
Scientia Agropecuaria
ISSN of the container
20779917
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus