Semi-desert and animals adapted to live in habitats; Case Study: Morphology feet nests Turquoise (Allactaga firouzi Womochel, 1978) in Isfahan

Subject Areas : environmental management

Saeeid Mohmmadi ¹ , Mohammad Kaboli ² , Mahmud Karami ³ , morteza naderi ⁴

1 - مربی گروه محیط زیست، دانشکده منابع طبیعی، دانشگاه زابل، زابل، ایران
2 - دانشیار گروه محیط‌زیست، دانشکده منابع‌طبیعی، دانشگاه تهران، کرج، ایران
3 - استاد گروه محیط‌زیست، دانشکده محیط زیست و انرژی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات تهران، ایران
4 - استادیار گروه محیط زیست، دانشکده کشاورزی و منابع طبیعی، دانشگاه اراک، اراک، ایران.

Received: 2009-12-22 Accepted : 2010-08-07 Published : 2014-09-23

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