Rangelands Goods and Services Local People Views and Priorities (Case Study: Hezarjarib Rangelands, Mazandaran Province, Iran)

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

Mohammad Reza Shahraki ¹ , Naghmeh Gholami Baghi ² , Mohsen Sharafatmandrad ³ , Bahareh Behmanesh ⁴

1 - Researcher and Lecturer, Saee Institute of Higher Education, Gorgan
2 - Rangeland Sciences
3 - Natural Resources Department, University of Jiroft, Jiroft
4 - Department of Rangeland and Watershed Management, Gonbad Kavous University

Received: 2014-08-13 Accepted : 2015-05-15 Published : 2015-05-15

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