Investigation of Habitat Characteristics and Phenology of Five Range Species in Highlands of Kashan, Iran

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

Seyyed Morteza Abtahi ¹ , Ehsan Zandi Esfahan ²

1 - Agriculture and Natural Resources Research Center of Isfahan
2 - Rangeland Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran

Received: 2013-12-29 Accepted : 2014-04-30 Published : 2014-04-30

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