Rangeland Resource Assessment in the Aqmola Region of Kazakhstan
Spaeth K.E., Jr. Weltz M.A. Nesbit J. Qi J. Rutherford W.A. Williams C.J. Toledo D. Newingham B.A. Iskakova G. Kussainova M. Yespolov T.
January 2025Elsevier Inc.
Rangeland Ecology and Management
2025#98389 - 398 pp.
The Republic of Kazakhstan in central Eurasia, is the ninth largest country in the world (2.7 million km2) and ranks fifth internationally in terms of land area of rangeland and pastureland. The spatial and temporal variability of rangeland conditions in Kazakhstan are not specifically known. The Kazakhstan government, as well as private land managers, require systematic knowledge of plant community dynamics and land use impacts, so national strategies can be customized to enhance, manage, and sustain the countrys rangelands. Here, rangeland study sites from within the Aqmola region, Kazakhstan, were used to produce a framework for future rangeland monitoring, ecological site, and state and transition model development. A rangeland resource inventory (partially modelled after USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service National Resource Inventory) sampled 51 locations across the Aqmola region. Classification and ordination were then used to explore field-based data to establish a methodology for identifying unique plant groupings or clusters for the development of provisional ecological sites. Ecological associations and potential sites were identified, whereby a prototypic state and transition model was developed that included five unique ecological states and their respective disturbance/restoration transition pathways. This paper highlights an international collaboration between USA and Kazakhstan rangeland professionals to develop a land management framework to conserve and sustain rangelands.
Aqmola , Gradient analysis , Kazakhstan , Rangeland , Resource inventory
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US Department of Agriculture (USDA) − Natural Resources Conservation Service, Ft. Worth, 76115, TX, United States
USDA − Agricultural Research Service, Great Basin Rangelands Research Laboratory, Reno, 89512, NV, United States
Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, East Lansing, 48823, MI, United States
USDA −Agricultural Research Service, Southwest Watershed Research Center, Tucson, 85719, AZ, United States
USDA – Agricultural Research Service, Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory, Mandan, 58554, ND, United States
Kazakh National Agrarian Research University Almaty, Almaty, 050010, Kazakhstan
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) − Natural Resources Conservation Service
USDA − Agricultural Research Service
Michigan State University
USDA −Agricultural Research Service
USDA – Agricultural Research Service
Kazakh National Agrarian Research University Almaty
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