Zagros forests are one of the important natural ecosystems in Iran with high plant diversity and variety of plant communities. In recent decades, fire events have frequently occurred in some of these ecosystems. The purpose of this research is to investigate the composition and diversity of herbaceous species after nine years of fire occurrence in the forests of Zagros in western Iran. For this...

background & aim: ethnoveterinary medicinal plants of iran are not scientifically well known, but they have been using traditionally especially in rural areas.this study was carried out to identify the folk herbal veterinary medicines (fhvm) of zilberchay watershed in east azerbaijan province in northwest of iran. experimental: fhvm plants were identified by collecting plant species from th...

The plants, grown in the soils around a Fuel Holding Depot of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria have been investigated in this research in terms of their density and species composition so that the impact of contamination by petroleum products on soil seed banks could be determined. The study has used designated plots (25m by 25m) in a site, contaminated by...

considering the importance of vegetation changes and awareness of its destruction or improvement trends in programming and its proper managing of utilization, this study was conducted in order to survey the effects of grazing on the qualitative and quantitative components of vegetation (including life form, growth form, palatability class, plant families and species diversity) and recognition t...

iran contains 36 named endemic reptile species in 17 genera and seven families. the most endemic and speciose family is the gekkonidae, followed by the lacertidae. these two families collectively dominate with 22 species (or 60.1%) of the total endemic herpetofauna. twenty one endemics are known only from a single location or restricted area within a single physiographic region. an analysis of ...

Background & Aim: The use of medicinal plants is an option for livestock farmers who do not want to use allopathic drugs under certified organic programs or cannot afford to use allopathic drugs for minor health problems of livestock. Thus, the main aim of this study is the identification of some ethnoveterinary medicinal plants of Tehran watershed and their medicinal effects on livestock.  Ex...

a total of 13 species of coccomorpha (hemiptera) from three scale insect families; coccidae (3), diaspididae (5) and pseudococcidae (5) have been found on ficus carica l. (moraceae) in iran. diaspidiotus braunschvigi (rungs) (diaspididae) is recorded as new record in iran, described and illustrated based on adult females. species that have been previously recorded on f. carica, are listed, and ...

Background & Aim: The present study was to identify the medicinal plant species and introduced as one of the key priority areas for conservation and determination of endangered species were done. Experimental: The method of plant collection in this region was classical method of regional plant taxonomic studies. Collected plants were recognized and determined families, genera and species of th...

Background & Aim: The present study was to identify the medicinal plant species and introduced as one of the key priority areas for conservation and determination of endangered species were done. Experimental: The method of plant collection in this region was classical method of regional plant taxonomic studies. Collected plants were recognized and determined families, genera and species of th...

This paper reviews the research on mites and ticks in Shanxi Province before 1 January 2015. We provided a checklist of 189 species belonging to 4 orders-Ixodida: 24 species in 2 families and 9 genera; Mesostigmata: 74 species in 12 families and 34 genera; Sarcoptiformes: 17 species in 10 families and 14 genera and Trombidiformes: 74 species in 15 families and 47 genera. Information on the host...