Evaluation of Meteorological Factors in Estimating Forage Production in Steppe and Semi‌-steppe Rangelands of Iran

Subject Areas : Analysis and Evaluation

Hossein Arzani ¹ , Zahra Mansouri ² , Aliraza Moghaddamnia ³ , Javad Motamedi ⁴ , Shahram Khalighi Sigaroudi ⁵

1 - University of Tehran
2 - PhD student, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran
3 - Associate Professor, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran
4 - Associate Professor, Rangeland Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
5 - Ascociate professor, Watershed Management. Univ. of Tehran.

Received: 2020-07-14 Accepted : 2021-05-12 Published : 2022-01-01

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