Recovery of vegetation

Twelve parallel transects of 35 meter each were established at each site at a distance of 15 m apart each other. Three transects were used at each site for determination of forage production. Biomass estimates were made during the months of May/June (at optimal vegetation growth) to document the range productivity. At each transect four 1 x 5 m2 subplots were established on alternate site of the transect line. The vegetation inside the 1 x 5 m2 subplot was clipped at ground level, separated into leaves and wood, and oven dried. The dry matter forage production was converted into kg/ha. Descriptive analysis was used for calculation of dry forage production. Monthly, rainfall data were recorded from a rain gauge installed at Ziarat:Tomagh site while the rainfall data from Quetta site is used because due to non-availability of meteorological data of Mastung site.