Investigation of Plant Diversity in Middle Rangelands of Taleghan by Using BIO-DAP

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

F. Fahimipoor ¹ , M. A. Zare Chahouki ² , M. Jafari ³ , M. Goldansaz ⁴ , Z. Mohhebi ⁵

1 - MSc, Graduated from Natural Resource Faculty, University of Tehran.
2 - Asistant Professor, Natural Recourse Faculty, University of Tehran
3 - Professor, Natural Resource Faculty, University of Tehran
4 - MSc, Graduated from Natural Resource Faculty, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Branch
5 - MSc, Graduated from Natural Resource Faculty, University of Tehran

Received: 2010-08-18 Accepted : 2010-11-11 Published : 2010-11-11

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