Seasonal Changes of Grazing Grassland Nutrition and Yields and Feeding Preferences of Tibetan Cashmere Goats in Nagqu Prefecture of Tibetan Plateau北大核心CSCD

This experiment was conducted in Nima County,Nagqu region,Tibet,to investigate the effects of seasonal changes on pasture nutrients and the feeding preferences of Tibetan cashmere goats,and estimate grassland yield and livestock carrying capacity. The results showed that the nutrient content in pasture showed regular changes with the seasons. The weight of crude protein (CP) and dry matter (DM) showed an inverted "V" shape with the increase of season,neutral,but the change in the content of detergent fiber (NDF) and acid detergent fiber (ADF) was in verse. Compared with autumn,there was a significant change in the eating degree of Tibetan cashmere goats on forages such as Stipa purpurea,Potentilla bifurca, Anaphalis xylorrhiza, Cirsium souliei and Leontopodium pusillum in summer (P<0.05),which was significantly correlated with the total coverage of forage (P< 0.05). The NDVI extracted from the TM remote sensing image of alpine meadow grassland showed linear and logarithmic relationship with fresh grass biomass and biomass,and the correlation coefficients were 0.8108 and 0.7970,respectively. At the same time,it found that there was overgrazed throughout the year. © 2019 Ｊｏｕｒｎａｌ ｏｆ Ｒｅｆｒｉｇｅｒａｔｉｏｎ. All rights reserved.