Capability Investigation of Carbon Sequestration in Two Species (Artemisia sieberi Besser and Stipa barbata Desf.) Under Different Treatments of Vegetation Management (Saveh, Iran)

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

M. Alizadeh ¹ , M. Mahdavi ² , M. H. Jouri ³

1 - Msc. student of rangeland sciences affiliated with the Nour Islamic Azad University, Nour, Mazandaran
2 - Assistant Professor with the Nour Islamic Azad University, Nour, Mazandaran
3 - Scientific membership with the Nour Islamic Azad University, Nour, Mazandaran

Received: 2010-08-05 Accepted : 2010-11-08 Published : 2010-11-08

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