Diversity of Plants and Animals in Mountain Ecosystems in Tajikistan

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

Victor R Squires ¹ , Neymatolla Safarov ²

1 - Ecology and Resources Group, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou
2 - National Centre for Biodiversity and Bio-safety, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Received: 2013-09-20 Accepted : 2013-11-20 Published : 2013-11-20

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