The Landscape as a Unit for Rangeland Inventory in Arid and Semi-arid Regions of Iran

Subject Areas : Development and Improvement

Mansoor Mesdaghi ¹

1 - Ferdousi University

Received: 2018-06-12 Accepted : 2018-07-28 Published : 2019-04-01

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