The Effects of Climatic Parameters on Vegetation Cover and Forage Production of Four Grass Species in Semi-steppe Rangelands in Mazandaran Province, Iran

Subject Areas : Ecology, Autecology and Synecology

Mina Bayat ¹ , Hossein Arzani ² , Adel Jalili ³ , Saeedeh Nateghi ⁴

1 - Institute of Forests and Rangelands
2 - Tehran University
3 - Institute of Forests and Rangelands
4 - Institute of Forests and Rangelands

Received: 2015-11-23 Accepted : 2016-06-12 Published : 2016-06-12

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