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DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/aacf6f |
Using an integrated social-ecological analysis to detect effects of household herding practices on indicators of rangeland resilience in Mongolia | |
Fernandez-Gimenez, Maria E.1,2; Allington, Ginger R. H.3,4; Angerer, Jay5; Reid, Robin S.2,6; Jamsranjav, Chantsallkham1; Ulambayar, Tungalag7; Hondula, Kelly4; Baival, Batkhishig9; Batjav, Batbuyan8; Altanzul, Tsevlee9; Baasandorj, Ya10 | |
2018-07-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS |
ISSN | 1748-9326 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 13期号:7 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA; Mongolia |
英文摘要 | Temperate grasslands, including those of northern Eurasia, are among the most imperiled ecosystems on Earth. Eighty percent ofMongolia's land area is rangeland, where interacting climate, land-use and changes in governance threaten the sustainability of Mongolia's rangelands and pastoral culture. Particularly concerning are the potential ecological impacts of changing pastoral grazing practices-namely declining use of grazing reserves and pastoral mobility. However, like other grazing practices globally, there have been no empirical studies to evaluate the effects of specific Mongolian grazing practices on ecological function at a management scale. We collected data on the grazing practices of 130 pastoral households across four ecological zones and sampled ecological conditions in their winter pastures. We used a novel social-ecological analysis process to (1) develop integrated, holistic indicators of ecological function using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and (2) assess the effects of individual grazing practices on these indicators using statistical matching to control for confounding management and contextual factors. We identified two latent factors related to ecological and pastoral resilience: Factor 1 represents resource retention and soil stability and Factor 2 represents species richness and functional diversity. Using these two factors as response variables, we found that the values of both resilience factors were higher in pastures where households made fall or winter otor migrations or set aside grazing reserves. This study provides the first management-scale empirical test of the ecological response to specific grazing practices in Mongolia, using an approach that can be applied in other rangeland systems. Our findings highlight the importance to ecological and pastoral resilience of supporting traditional pastoral practices of mobility and grazing reserves, while also controlling stocking densities, increasing rangeland monitoring, and ensuring equitable access to state-designated emergency grazing reserves at local, regional, and national levels. |
英文关键词 | pastoralism grassland mobility statistical matching otor dzud resilience |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000438667000002 |
WOS关键词 | WATER SOURCES ; MANAGEMENT ; VULNERABILITY ; PASTORALISTS ; DIVERSITY ; LIVESTOCK ; IMPACTS ; CONSERVATION ; REGENERATION ; VEGETATION |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/36490 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Colorado State Univ, Dept Forest & Rangeland Stewardship, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA; 2.Colorado State Univ, Ctr Collaborat Conservat, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA; 3.George Washington Univ, Dept Geog, Washington, DC 20052 USA; 4.Natl Socioenvironm Synth Ctr, Annapolis, MD 21401 USA; 5.Texas A&M Agrilife Res, Blackland Res & Extens Ctr, Temple, TX USA; 6.Colorado State Univ, Dept Ecosyst Sci & Sustainabil, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA; 7.Saruul Khuduu Environm Res & Consulting, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; 8.Ctr Nomad Pastoralism Studies, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; 9.Nutag Act Res Inst, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; 10.Mongolian Acad Sci, Inst Geog & Geoecol, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Fernandez-Gimenez, Maria E.,Allington, Ginger R. H.,Angerer, Jay,et al. Using an integrated social-ecological analysis to detect effects of household herding practices on indicators of rangeland resilience in Mongolia[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2018,13(7). |
APA | Fernandez-Gimenez, Maria E..,Allington, Ginger R. H..,Angerer, Jay.,Reid, Robin S..,Jamsranjav, Chantsallkham.,...&Baasandorj, Ya.(2018).Using an integrated social-ecological analysis to detect effects of household herding practices on indicators of rangeland resilience in Mongolia.ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,13(7). |
MLA | Fernandez-Gimenez, Maria E.,et al."Using an integrated social-ecological analysis to detect effects of household herding practices on indicators of rangeland resilience in Mongolia".ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 13.7(2018). |
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