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Comparison of Plant Species Diversity in 3 Grazing Systems
J. Panahy , A. Mahmudzadeh and A. Hasanzadeh

Abstract: Three treatments were used to evaluate the effect of grazing intensity on plant diversity, richness and evenness in Rhazhan rangeland (West Azerbaijan province, Iran). We used the Shannon-Wiener index to evaluate the plant species diversity and the Pielou`s index for calculation of species evenness. Sorensen`s similarity index was used to evaluation of similarity between vegetation of 3 sites. The study was showed that plant diversity, richness and evenness affected by grazing intensity. Also plant species composition and cover were affected by grazing intensity.

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J. Panahy , A. Mahmudzadeh and A. Hasanzadeh , 2008. Comparison of Plant Species Diversity in 3 Grazing Systems . Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 3: 186-188.

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