Planting Methods and Seedling Establishment of Artemisia sieberi Besser: Seeds Collected from Isfahan Kolah Ghazi Sagebrush Vegetations

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

A. Jabarzare ¹ ( Member of Young Researchers Club of Islamic Azad University of Ardestan, Iran )
M. Bassiri ² ( Department of Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran. )
H. Yeganeh ³ ( Member of Young Researchers Club of Islamic Azad University of Ardestan, Iran )

Received: 2010-05-31 Accepted : 2010-10-07 Published : 2010-10-07

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