BACKGROUND The Hajar Mountains of Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the highest mountain range in Eastern Arabia. As a result of their old geological origin, geographical isolation, complex topography and local climate, these mountains provide an important refuge for endemic and relict species of plants and animals with strong Indo-Iranian affinities. Among vertebrates, the rock climbi...

Geoheritage requires proper conservation and has significant importance for geoscience education at universities. Furthermore, its related potential needs to be evaluated. This study focuses on two textbook localities (these are parts of larger geosites) from the Cenozoic orogenic belts, namely Zagros Greater Caucasus. The novel, tentatively proposed approach aims general geological characteris...

Shakeri, Z., K. Mohammadi-Samani, E. Bergmeier, and T. Plieninger. 2021. Spiritual values shape taxonomic diversity, vegetation composition, conservation status in woodlands of the Northern Zagros, Iran. Ecology Society 26(1):30. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12290-260130

Within Iran, the Zagros Mountains show high biodiversity, with a wealth of endemic species. One these is geometrid moth Somatina wiltshirei Prout, 1938, originally described from Iran and Iraq. In present study, one mitochondrial up to nine protein-coding nuclear gene regions were used along comparative morphological examination investigate systematic position this The results support reclassif...

In northwestern Iran, magmatic activity occurred during three main intervals: The Cretaceous, Eocene, and Miocene-Quaternary. first two phases of are more consistent with arc-type magmatism on an active continental margin; whereas the last phase, which has calc-alkaline alkaline affinities, shows similarity to postcollisional magmatism. Magmatic belts mostly situated in northern eastern parts O...

Forests remain an important resource in Iran, as most of the livelihood activities local communities, especially semi-arid environment Zagros forests, are dependent on forest resources. The aim this study was to identify type and extent dependency. Semi-structured interviews questionnaires were used collect data from 170 households Central Zagros. Results show that using firewood for fuel non-f...

In this study, the active tectonics, paleoseismicity, and seismic hazards of Doroud Fault are examined through high-resolution satellite image interpretations, field investigations, outcrop trench excavations, dating geochronology samples. The (DF), one essential segments Main Recent in northern margin Zagros mountain range, has a historical instrumental background high seismicity. We present f...