Investigation of Carbon Sequestration Potential in Four Species Including Atriplex canescens, Haloxylon persicum, Artemisia sieberi and Agropyron desertorum (Case Study: Zarandieh, Saveh, Iran)
Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and RangelandSeyedeh Khadijeh Mahdavi 1 , Mohsen Esmaili 2
1 - Assistant Professor Natural Resource Department, Nour Branch, Islamic Azad University, Nour, Iran
2 - M.Sc. Rangeland Management, Islamic Azad University, Nour Branch, Nour, Iran
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