Determining the palatable part of the woody species (leaf, twig and fruit)

Regarding the position of Iran, This country should secure food and sustainability in the

current stage of development and historical era. This will be possible through preservation

and suitable utilization of natural resources. Surely there is no sustainable development and

secure production in agriculture and animal husbandry, without preserving water, soil, forest,

Rangeland and optimum harvesting of them. Lack of scientific knowledge in the quantitative

and qualitative value of the goods and services from the forest ecosystems and disregarding

indigenous knowledge, resulted in forgetting these natural gifts. Fodder has long history in

feeding husbandry. It is known as silvopastoralism in Agroforestry which dealt with the

sustainable methods of multipurpose harvesting from production systems. A pictorial

questionnaire was developed to determine the palatable part of the woody species (leaf, twig

and fruit) for grazing by the livestock in Kohkiluye and Boyerahmad based on the shepherds

and rangers point of view. The results show that among the study species in the province the

leaves of Salix sp., Popolus euphraticaOliv.,Pyrus globra Boiss.,Rhus coriaria L. ,Amygdalus

lycioidesSpach.,Ziziphus spina-christi Desf.and Pistacia mutica Fisch. & C. A. Mey. are totally

eaten by the livestock. The twigs of Pyrus globra Boiss.andPistacia mutica Fisch.& C. A.

Mey.have the most consumption. Finally the fruit of Pyrus globraBoiss.,Pyrus globra Boiss.and

Pictasia khinjuk Stocks.have also the most consumption among the other species in the study

area.

Keywords: Woody Species, Kohgiluye and Boyerahmad, pictorial questionnaire,

silvopastoralism

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2012

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