The effect of water spreading system on the functionality of rangeland ecosystems

Journal of Arid Land

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 292-299

  Forouzeh, Mohammad Rahim ^a   Sharafatmandrad, Mohsen ^a  

^a GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Ecological patch; Landscape function analysis; Water spreading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867069962     PISSN: 16746767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1227.2012.00292     Document Type: Article

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