Destruction of Populus caspica natural habitats in the riverside Hyrcanian forests of and strategies to get out of it

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1 Research division of poplan and fast growing trees, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Prof., Research Division of Natural Resources, Mazandaran Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Sari, Iran

3 Associate Prof., Department of Forestry and Forest Ecology, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran

4 Associate Prof., Department of Forestry and Forest Ecology, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran.

5 Associate Prof., Biotechnology Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

10.22092/irn.2023.360335.1484

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