Soil stabilizing characteristics of rangelands vegetation in northwest Iran (Misho rangelands protected location of Shabestar)

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1020-1023

  Bibalani, Ghassem Habibi ^a   Golshani, Abolfazl Aghajanzadeh ^a   Zahedi, Shahriar Sobhe ^b   Bazhrang, Zia ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Natural Resource Research Center of Gilan State   (Iran)

^c Pardis Amayesh Technical Engineering Co   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acontholimon; Astragalus; Cundella; Iran; Landslide; Rangelands

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348986138     PISSN: 16823974     EISSN: 18125697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajps.2007.1020.1023     Document Type: Article

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