Study on the Environmental Factors Contributing to Distribution of Thymus kotschyanus in Taleghan Basin, Iran

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

Leila Darvishi ¹ , Mohammad Ali Zare Chahouki ² , Mohammad Jafari ³ , Hussein Azarnivand ⁴ , Majid Yousefi Valikchali ⁵

1 - Department of Rangeland Management, University of Tehran
2 - Department of Rehabilitation of Arid and Mountainous Regions, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran
3 - Department of Rehabilitation of Arid and Mountainous Regions, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran
4 - Department of Rehabilitation of Arid and Mountainous Regions, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran
5 - Faculty of Forest Science, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources

Received: 2013-10-28 Accepted : 2013-12-24 Published : 2013-12-24

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