Effects of Topography and Soil Variables on Abundance of Onobrychis chorassanica Bunge. in Kardeh and Kurtian Rangelands, Mashhad, Iran

Subject Areas : Ecology, Autecology and Synecology

Majid  Dashti ¹ (Assistant Professor, Khorasan-e-Razavi Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Mashhad, Iran.)
Hamidreza  Mirdavoudi ² (Assistant professor, Markazi Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Arak, Iran.)
Alireza  Ghasemi Arian ³ (Assistant professor, Khorasan Razavi Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Mashhad, Iran.)
Narjes  Azizi ⁴ (Assistant professor, Khorasan Razavi Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Mashhad, Iran.)

Received: 2020-08-17 Accepted : 2021-01-08 Published : 2021-07-01

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