Determination of Suitable Lands for Sowing Alkaligrass Puccinellia distans (Case Study: Agh-Ghala Rangelands, Golestan Province, Iran)

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

Hamid Niknahad Gharmakher ¹ , Azadeh Mohammadi Gonbadi ² , Chooghi Bairam Komaki ³ , Farhad Honardoust ⁴

1 - Assistant Professor of Rangeland Management Department, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
2 - M.Sc. Student of Rangeland Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor of Arid Zone Management Department, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
4 - M.Sc. of Organization Jahad-e- Keshavarzi of Agh- Ghala City of Golestan Province, Iran

Received: 2014-07-17 Accepted : 2014-10-19 Published : 2015-01-01

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