Initial monitoring of the vegetation cover of Astragalus rangelands in the highlands of the northern half of the country

Document Type : Scientific Views

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Rangeland Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran.

2 Assistant Prof., Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.

3 Professor, research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

4 Prof., Research Institute of Forests and Rangeland, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

5 Research Expert, Research Division of Natural Resources, West Azerbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research And Education Center, AREEO, Urmia, Iran

6 Assistant Professor Forests and Rangelands Research Section, Zanjan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization, AREEO, Zanjan, Iran

7 Research Expert, Rangeland Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

8 Assistant Prof., Research Institute of Forests and Rangeland, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

9 Research Expert, Research Division of Natural Resources, Khorasan Razavi Agricultural and Natural Research and Education Center, AREEO, Mashhad, Iran

10.22092/irn.2023.129977

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