Increasing Pollinator Abundance in Undisturbed Mediterranean Montane Habitats over Recent Decades

Bacterial Abundance in Dry Montane Forest Soils

All forest fi re events generate some quantity of charcoal, which may persist in soils for hundreds to thousands of years. However, few studies have eff ectively evaluated the potential for charcoal to infl uence specifi c microbial communities or processes. To our knowledge, no studies have specifi cally addressed the eff ect of charcoal on ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) in forest soils. Con...

Spatial Analysis of variation of inter-annual distribution of precipitation in Iran over recent decades (1970-2016)

Introduction Geographical situation of Iran is a place for interacting many physical and human processes which lead to specific precipitation climatology in the country. The month to month variation of precipitation is one of  the features which the precipitation climatology may reflect due to tempo - spatial characteristics. In fact, monthly distribution of precipitation is one of precipitati...

Recent precipitation trends and future scenarios over the Mediterranean Sea

This paper analyses current precipitation rates (PRs) and trends over the Mediterranean Sea region and their response to global climate change scenarios. The analysis uses 0.25° gridded PRs dataset over a 13-year period (1998– 2010) based on remote sensing data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. Future scenarios use the results of six global climate models (GCMs) under four represent...

Avian Studies in Montane Meadows: Songbird Abundance and Nesting Success

Increasing trends in kidney cancer over the last 2 decades in Saudi Arabia

OBJECTIVES To examine the trends of kidney cancer over the last 2 decades in a subset of a Saudi Arabian population.   METHODS We conducted a retrospective study in a tertiary care center including all adult patients with primary kidney cancer who presented and were managed between 1990 and 2010. The time period was split into 4 quartiles, and variables tested and compared using chi-square, T...