Investigation of Changes in Rangeland Vegetation Regarding Different Slopes, Elevation and Geographical Aspects (Case Study: Yazi Rangeland, Noor County, Iran)

Subject Areas : Relationship between Animal and Rangeland

Hamid Reza Saeedi Goraghani ¹ , Mojtaba Solaimani Sardo ² , Nabi Azizi ³ , Ali Azareh ⁴ , Sara Heshmati ⁵

1 - Range Management, Department of Reclamation of Arid and Mountainous Regions, the University of Tehran
2 - Combat Desertification, Faculty of Natural Resources and Earth Science, University of Kashan,
3 - Forestry, University of Tehran
4 - De-Desertification, Department of Reclamation of Arid and Mountainous Regions, the University of Tehran,
5 - Range Management, Agricultural Science and Natural Resources University of Sari

Received: 2014-03-02 Accepted : 2014-08-31 Published : 2014-08-31

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