Study the Effects of Range Management Plans on Vegetation of Summer Rangelands of Mazandaran Province, Iran

Subject Areas : Analysis and Evaluation

Nemtollah Kohestani ¹ , Hassan Yeganeh ²

1 - Expert Department of Natural Resources and Watershed Zanjan (formerly) is currently mazandaran
2 - Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

Received: 2015-10-13 Accepted : 2016-02-14 Published : 2016-02-14

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