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Effect of repeated fire on understory plant species diversity in Saravan forests, northern Iran Cover

Effect of repeated fire on understory plant species diversity in Saravan forests, northern Iran

Folia Forestalia Polonica
Volume 55 (2013): Issue 3 (September 2013)
By: Mehrdad Ghodskhah Daryayi,  Mohammad Naghi Adel,  Mohaddese Seddighi Pashaki and  Javad Sadegh Kuhestani  
Open Access
|Dec 2013

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2013-00015 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677
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Language: English
Page range: 137 - 145
Published on: Dec 31, 2013
Published by: Forest Research Institute
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
repeated fire,
understory vegetation,
diversity,
Guilan Province,
northern Iran
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Plant science,
Medicine,
Veterinary medicine

© 2013 Mehrdad Ghodskhah Daryayi, Mohammad Naghi Adel, Mohaddese Seddighi Pashaki, Javad Sadegh Kuhestani, published by Forest Research Institute
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Volume 55 (2013): Issue 3 (September 2013)