Investigation of Stability and Relationships between Species Diversity Indices and Topographical Factors (Case Study: Ghorkhud Mountainous Rangeland, Northern Khorasan Province, Iran)

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

Negin Nodehi ¹ , Mousa Akbarlou ² , Adel Sepehry ³ , Hasan Vahid ⁴

1 - Range Management, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Sciences, Gorgan
2 - Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Sciences, Gorgan
3 - Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Sciences, Gorgan
4 - Natural Resources Organization, North Khorasan

Received: 2014-11-24 Accepted : 2015-05-03 Published : 2015-05-03

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