Relationships between Geopedological Characteristics and Vegetation Cover: A Case Study in the Dagh-Finou Catchment, Hormozgan Province, Iran

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

M. Zaremehrjardiri ¹

1 - Agriculture & Natural Resources Research Center, Bandar-Abbas

Received: 2010-06-30 Accepted : 2010-12-04 Published : 2010-12-04

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