Study the Role of Natural Capitals on Villagers' Dependence on Rangeland )Case study: HableRud Basin in Iran)

Subject Areas : Socio-Economics

Hossein Badripour ¹ (PhD candidate, Rangeland Science, Faculty of Rangeland and Watershed management, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources)
Hossein Barani ² (Faculty of Rangeland and Watershed management - Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources)
Seyyed Mahmoud Aghili ³ (Faculty of Fisheries and Wildlife- Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources)
Ahmad Abedi Sarvestani ⁴ (Department of Agricultural Extension and Education - Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources)

Received: 2015-08-23 Accepted : 2016-12-27 Published : 2016-04-01

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