Effective environmental factors in the distribution of vegetation types in Poshtkouh rangelands of Yazd Province (Iran)

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 627-641

  Jafari, M ^a   Chahouki, M A Zare ^a   Tavili, A ^a   Azarnivand, H ^a   Amiri, Gh Zahedi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Classification; Iran; Multivariate analysis; Ordination; Poshtkouh rangelands; Soil characteristics

Indexed keywords

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANGELAND; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; POSHTKOUH; YAZD;

EID: 1242333018     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(03)00077-6     Document Type: Article

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