The Effects of Deferred Grazing System on Vegetation Parameters in Semi-Arid Rangelands (Case Study: Jashlubar, Semnan, Iran)

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

Mojgansadat Azimi ¹ , Moslem Mozafari ²

1 - Assistant Professor, Faculty of Rangeland and Watershed Management, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Golestan, Iran
2 - The center of agriculture and natural resources research and education of Semnan province, Semnan, Iran

Received: 2016-01-03 Accepted : 2016-06-12 Published : 2016-06-12

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