Investigating the Effects of Different Harvesting Intensities on Forage Production in Sahand Rangelands of Eastern Azerbaijan Province, Iran
Subject Areas : Ecology, Autecology and SynecologyMohammad Reza Najibzadeh 1 , Mina Bayat 2 , Saeedeh Nateghi 3 , Mohammad Hasan Pezeshki 4
1 - Forests and Rangelands Research Department , East Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center.AREEO, Tabriz, Iran.
2 - Range Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.
3 - Range Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.
4 - Forests and Rangelands Research Department , East Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran.
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