Cupressus sempervirens, Platycladus orientalis, Juniperus communis, J. excelsa, J.
foetidissima, J. polycarpos var. turcomanica, J. sabina, and Taxus baccata are conifers in …

Biological diversity in the highlands is generally richer than in most lowlands of the same
area (Körner 2002, 2003) and quite a number of mountain areas are hotspots of biodiversity …

Abstract The Khorassan-Kopet Dagh Mountains are mainly east-west oriented ranges in the
northeastern Iran. The climate of the area is continental and distinctly drier than the nearby …

Islands are renowned as evolutionary laboratories and support many species that are not
found elsewhere,. Islands are also of great conservation concern, with many of their …

Despite the ecological importance, there is a large knowledge gap on different habitat types
of the Hyrcanian World Heritage. The Hyrcanian Common Cypress Habitats (HCCHs), the …

Plant community assembly is the outcome of long-term evolutionary events (evident as
taxonomic diversity; TD) and immediate adaptive fitness (functional diversity; FD); a balance …

In grazing conditions, unpalatable species may induce either associational defense or
neighbor contrast susceptibility in neighboring communities. Using surveys from eight …

Understanding the different patterns of plant diversity and distribution along the
environmental gradients is essential for managing ecosystems, especially in fragmented …

Khuzestan province covers an area of 64236 square kilometers in the southwest of Iran and
the border of Iraq. The area belongs to two regions, Irano-Turanian (IT) in the north and …

The xerophilic woodlands of wild pistachio Pistacia vera L. remnants occur as several
isolated stands in Central Asia. The Kopet Dagh mountain range, northeastern Iran, is the …