Investigation on effects of range management plans, property size and pastoralist population on rangeland characteristics (case study: Zarandyeh rangelands)

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1381-1388

  Eftekhari, Alireza ^a   Arzani, Hossein ^b   Mehrabi, Liakbar ^a   Jafari, Mohamad ^b   Bihamta, Mohammad Reza ^b   Esfahan, Ehsan Zandi ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

Author keywords

Nested design; Private and collective management; Property siz; Range management plan (RMP); SAS software

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866516618     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2012.18.10.1003     Document Type: Article

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