Changwony, Kipkemoi: Effects of Land Use Duration on Forage Quality in a Littoral Wetland of Kenya. - Bonn, 2014. - Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
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@phdthesis{handle:20.500.11811/5849,
urn: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5n-36666,
author = {{Kipkemoi Changwony}},
title = {Effects of Land Use Duration on Forage Quality in a Littoral Wetland of Kenya},
school = {Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn},
year = 2014,
month = jun,

note = {Wetlands are transition areas between terrestrial and aquatic environments that fulfill a wide range of ecosystem services and can be used in diverse direct and indirect ways. Direct uses include livestock grazing, crop production and fishing. In Kenya, 56,000 km2 of land area is covered by wetland-associated soils. Within this, the riparian land of Lake Naivasha is of particular importance as it surrounds one of the few fresh water lakes in the arid Rift Valley, which is experiencing intensive anthropogenic pressure and is of critical importance as grazing areas for wildlife and livestock. However, the forage nutritional value and attributes have not been studied. Increased land use duration after lake level recession and subsequent continuous grazing of the riparian land is hypothesized to differentially affect soil properties, floral characteristics, biomass production, and forage nutritional quality. Three studies were conducted to (1) determine how species composition and relative abundance of the forages are affected by duration of land use, (2) determine the effect of continuous grazing and soil types on biomass productivity and nutritional quality, and (3) determine the intake and digestibility of pasture grasses by sheep. Land use duration lead to change in species composition from a dominance of Kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) to that of Naivasha star grass (Cynodon plectostachyus) independent of soils type. Increased land use duration reduced biomass production while increasing forage nitrogen (N) concentration. On the other hand, metabolizable energy content was not affected by land use duration but was rather affected by soil type. Land use duration was associated with increased lignin content and reduced N and fibre digestibility, but did not affect intake and digestibility of dry matter. The littoral pastures of Naivasha provides sufficient quantity and quality feed for ruminants during the dry season that can supply most minerals required by grazing ruminant but a high iron content may negatively influence feed intake. Optimum stocking densities and feed supplementation strategies need to consider the toposequence position in the riparian land and be adjusted according to land use duration and plant species composition as these affect quantity and quality of forage. The chronosequence is a suitable model to study processes and trends of changing resource base quality, particularly studies on forage quality and availability in riparian wetlands.},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/5849}
}

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