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Earthworms as indicators for different forest management types and human disturbance in Ilam oak forest, Iran Cover

Earthworms as indicators for different forest management types and human disturbance in Ilam oak forest, Iran

Folia Forestalia Polonica
Volume 56 (2014): Issue 3 (September 2014)
By: Mehdi Heydari,  Hassan Poorbabaei,  Masoud Bazgir,  Ali Salehi and  Javad Eshaghirad  
Open Access
|Dec 2014

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2014-0013 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677
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Language: English
Page range: 121 - 134
Submitted on: Jul 14, 2013
Accepted on: Mar 17, 2014
Published on: Dec 30, 2014
Published by: Forest Research Institute
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
earthworms,
management strategies,
disturbance,
soil,
logistic model
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Plant science,
Medicine,
Veterinary medicine

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