An approach for rangeland suitability analysis to apiculture planning in Gharah Aghach region, Isfahan-Iran

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 962-972

  Amiri, Fazel ^a,b   Mohamed Shariff, Abdul Rashid B ^b   Arekhi, Saleh ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c ILAM UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apiculture; FAO; Nectar and pollen producing plants; Range suitability model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865337244     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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