Bush thinning or clearing rangeland management practice in Borana rangelands considered to have a high potential to improve rangeland productivities and soil conditions, yet few studies have quantified the impacts of bush management on herbaceous plants species diversity, biomass and soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen contents. This study was conducted in Yaballo (Hara-woyu Kebele) and Taltale (Sarite kebele) Woreda of Borana zone, to evaluate the impacts of bush management (thinning) on herbaceous plant species composition, diversity, biomass and some selected soil physicochemical properties. Data were collected from bush thinned and bush encroached rangeland management classes at both sites. Sampling plots were placed systematically along the geographic gradient in both of the rangeland management classes at both study sites. Within all plots, herbaceous plants were identified and clipped to the ground, collected and oven-dried to determine biomass. Herbaceous plant species, diversity, biomass and soil organic carbon contents and soil carbon stock were higher under Bush managed (thinned) class compared to bush encroached. However, bush management (thinning) have not shown considerable effects on soil bulk density, pH, nitrogen contents and total nitrogen stock. Thus, understory vegetation and soil organic carbon were influenced by the presence of thinning, but soil bulk density, pH, nitrogen contents were not influenced by thinning in this study. Generally, bush management (thinning) increased the rangeland condition, however; the management is not sustainable in case the thinning practice is not followed recommended procedures because most of the encroacher species are sprout more densely within a short time.
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Bush Encroachment, Bush Thinned, Rangeland Management Class, Soil Organic Carbon Stock, Herbaceous Plant Diversity, Biomass, Soil Nitrogen Stock
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