Effects of Grazing Exclusion on Plant Productivity and Carbon Sequestration (Case Study: Gomishan Rangelands, Golestan Province, Iran)

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

Hamid Niknahad Gharmakher ¹ , Isa Jafari Foutami ² , Arezou Sharifi ³

1 - Assistant Professor of Rangeland Management Department, University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
2 - Ph.D. Student of Rangeland Management, University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
3 - M.Sc. Student of Rangeland Management, University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran

Received: 2014-10-11 Accepted : 2015-03-08 Published : 2015-07-01

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