Pilot study for an assessment of vegetation structure for steppe rangelands of central anatolia

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 401-414

  Firincioǧlu, Hüseyin Kansur ^a   Şahin, Bilal ^b   Seefeldt, Steven ^c   Mert, Fehmi ^a   Hakyemez, Basri Hakan ^d   Vural, Mecit ^b  

^a Gazi University ^*  (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central Anatolia; Redundancy analysis; Semiarid; Steppe rangelands; Vegetation pattern

Indexed keywords

RESTORATION;

CENTRAL ANATOLIA; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; SEMIARID; STEPPE-RANGELANDS; VEGETATION PATTERN;

VEGETATION;

GRASS; GRAZING; LAND USE CHANGE; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STEPPE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANATOLIA; EURASIA; TURKEY;

BROMUS; FESTUCA VALESIACA; POACEAE;

EID: 53249123197     PISSN: 1300011X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/tar-0803-2     Document Type: Article

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