RETRACTED: Investigation of Relation Vegetation and Some Soil Physico-Chemical Characteristics in Three Rangeland Habitats

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Bahrami, B. , Ghorbani, A. , Jafari, M. , Rezanezhad, F. and Esmali, A. (2017) RETRACTED: Investigation of Relation Vegetation and Some Soil Physico-Chemical Characteristics in Three Rangeland Habitats. Open Journal of Ecology, 7, 336-347. doi: 10.4236/oje.2017.75024.

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