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Table 1 Individual herder camp sites and the estimated grazing intensity around them

From: No longer tracking greenery in high altitudes: Pastoral practices of Rupshu nomads and their implications for biodiversity conservation

Camp ID

Number of families

SU

Days spent at site

SUD

1

2

578

31

17,918

2

2

578

31

17,918

3

2

578

31

17,918

4

3

866

31

26,846

5

6

1,148

25

28,700

6

4

765

134

102,510

7

2

578

91

52,598

8

24

4,592

89

408,688

9

2

578

91

52,598

10

2

578

91

52,598

11

3

866

89

77,074

12

6

1,733

89

154,237

13

4

1,155

89

102,795

14

12

2,297

89

204,433

15

2

578

31

17,918

16

2

578

31

17,918

17

8

2,310

61

140,910

18

5

1,444

91

131,404

19

3

866

91

78,806

20

2

578

91

52,598

21

32

5,882

134

788,132

22

16

2,965

134

397,326

23

32

5,882

60

352,934

24

25

4,606

85

391,510

25

32

5,882

35

205,878

26

16

4,376

61

266,936

27

12

2,236

89

198,990

28

10

2,769

89

246,468

29

9

2,502

61

152,596

  1. Overlap Index (OI).
  2. SU, sheep units (total number of livestock including sheep, goat, yak and horse); SUD, sheep unit days (measurement of time spent by livestock at a camp site).