Effectiveness of some methods for restoration of degraded pastures in the desert–steppe zone of Mongolia

Abstract

This article presents some results of experimental research on the restoration of degraded pastures in the desert–steppe zone of Bayandelger soum, Sukhbaatar aimag, in Mongolia. Within this objective, several experiments on the creation of pastures, including a forest shelter belt and their fencing, were carried out. The recovery processes were assessed based on different indices. The preliminary results show that, compared with the control plot, the number of plant species increased by 3.0 times and the number of their individuals increased by 4.3 times within the fenced plot, while in the pasture with a forest shelter, these indicators increased 4.5 and 5.8 times, respectively.