Productivity of Permanent Pastures Located at Different Altitudes
Keywords:
altitude, grazing capacity, yieldAbstract
This work studies the yielding and grazing capacity of some permanent pastures located in Banat’s Mountains, at 236 – 1300 m altitude. The mean results achieved showed that the yield difference between the minimal altitude level (236 m) and the maximal one (1300 m) is 0.93 t/ha DM. This difference leads to the conclusion that the yield of the permanent pastures located in the studied area decreases with 0.87 kg/ha DM (about 0.5 t/ha fresh mass) for each 100 m of altitude.
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