Influence of rangeland protection and seasonal grazing on aboveground vegetation, forage quality and weight gain of small ruminants — a study in Thar Desert, Pakistan

Muhammad Islam^a, Abdul Razzaq^b, Sawsan Hassan^c, Muhammad Zubair^d, Muhammad Waseem Kalroo^e, Attaullah Khan^e, Shamim Gul^{f g}✉, Sarfraz Ahmad^h, Barbara Rischkowskyⁱ, Mounir Louhaichi^j

1. ^aInternational Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), South Asia, Islamabad, 44050, Pakistan
2. ^bAnimal Science Division, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, 44050, Pakistan
3. ^cInternational Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), Amman, 11185, Jordan
4. ^dDepartment of Forestry and Range Management, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 66000, Pakistan
5. ^ePARC-Arid Zone Research Institute, Umerkot, 69100, Pakistan
6. ^fDepartment of Botany, University of Balochistan, Quetta, 87300, Pakistan
7. ^gDepartment of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University, Quebec, H9X3V9, Canada
8. ^hNatural Resource Division, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad, 44050, Pakistan
9. ⁱInternational Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), SSA, ILRI campus, Addis Ababa, 5689, Ethiopia
10. ^jInternational Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA), Tunis, 1004, Tunisia