Effects of Time and Frequency of Clipping on Production and Regrowth of Agropyron trichophorum (Link) Richt in Emam Gholi Summer Rangelands, Ghochan, Iran

Subject Areas : Analysis and Evaluation

Zeynab Boskabadi ¹ , Kamal Naseri ² , Mansour Mesdaghi ³

1 - Department of Range and Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
2 - Department of Range and Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
3 - Department of Range and Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Received: 2017-09-18 Accepted : 2018-04-23 Published : 2018-10-01

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