Evaluation of Distance and Quadratic Indices for Determination of Plant Species Distribution Pattern in Khoosef Rangelands, Birjand, Iran

Subject Areas : Biodiversity

Reza Yari ¹ (Assist. Prof., Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sarayan, Birjand, Iran.)
Atefeh Gholami ² (Ph.D. Student, Arid Zone Management, Department of Arid Zone Management, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran)
Masoud Jafari Shalamzari ³ (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI), China, Beijing)
Gholam Ali Heshmati ⁴ (C Professor, Department of Range Management, Range Management, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran)

Received: 2016-12-23 Accepted : 2018-03-04 Published : 2018-10-01

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