Impacts of Livestock Production on Grassland Grasshopper Disasters

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Liu, Sibo

作者： Liu, Sibo;Chen, Meimei;Li, Ping;Hou, Xiangyang;Liu, Sibo;Baoyin, Taogetao;Liu, Sibo;Yin, Guomei;Hou, Xiangyang

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关键词： grassland grasshopper disasters; herders; livestock production; overgrazing; Inner Mongolia

期刊名称：AGRONOMY-BASEL （ 影响因子：3.7； 五年影响因子：4.0 ）

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年卷期： 2024 年 14 卷 4 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Grasshopper disasters threaten grassland animal husbandry, and overgrazing is widely recognized as one of the main causes of locust infestation in grassland regions. However, the impact of overgrazing on grasshopper disasters remains unclear. To address this knowledge gap, this study interviewed 541 households living in locust-prone areas in Inner Mongolia, China. The generalized Poisson model and OLS regression examined the relationship between herders' production behavior and locust disasters. The results showed that 42% of the herders had suffered from locusts more than three times over the past 15 years, with an average of 49 ha of grassland damaged per household. In addition, with the increase in grazing rates, the scale of locust disasters decreased before it increased. The results also showed that operating grassland areas and feeding forage reduced locust disasters significantly, while renting grassland areas and grazing rates worked oppositely. These results suggest that grazing intensity can make a significant difference in the occurrence of locust disasters.

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