Research, Policy and Practice
From: Constraints and prospects of utilising mountain pastures in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Valley | Sojourn time (d) | |||||
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Yak | Yak herder | Small ruminants | Small ruminant herder | Cattle | Cattle herder | |
Spring pastures | ||||||
 Hopar | 49 | 25 | 39 | 15 | n.a. | n.a. |
 Phandar | 48 | 3 | 40 | 19 | 35 | 16 |
 Shimshal | 58 | 21 | 39 | 21 | 39 | 3 |
 Mean | 52 | 27 | 39 | 18 | 37 | 10 |
 SEM | 1.0 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
 P ≤ | 0.001 | 0.001 | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | 0.001 |
Summer pastures | ||||||
 Hopar | 131 | 65 | 120 | 49 | 131 | 44 |
 Phandar | 148 | 99 | 119 | 77 | 96 | 65 |
 Shimshal | 107 | 43 | 151 | 40 | 109 | 21 |
 Mean | 129 | 69 | 130 | 55 | 112 | 43 |
 SEM | 2.5 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
 P ≤ | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 |