Effects of Seed Scarification on Vegetation Parameters in Some Astragalus Species under Field Conditions (Case Study: Homand Absard, Damavand, Iran)

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

Sedigheh Zarekia ¹ ( Range Management, Research Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Yazd )
Ali Ashraf Jafari ² ( Gene Bank Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran )
Ehsan Zandi Esfahan ³ ( Rangeland Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran )

Received: 2014-02-10 Accepted : 2015-07-15 Published : 2014-04-30

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