A common misunderstanding is that desertification is linked to the presence of deserts. The truth is that desertification can and does occur far from any climatic desert, as the presence or absence of a nearby desert has no direct relation to desertification. Desertification is the result of human induced land degradation which can be accelerated under severe drought conditions, and can occur u...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF) is the major cause of sustained morbidity/ mortality among human cases of dengue in dengue endemic areas of Rajasthan. Screening of mosquitoes collected from disease endemic settings and typing the virus could provide significant epidemiological information for prospective risk of DHF. We therefore carried out a study on different dengue vi...

the jirds, meriones persicus and m. libycus are two widespread species in iran. meriones libycus can be found in low lands of deserts and semi desert areas, but meriones persicus in high rocky regions of khorasan. in this research 190 skulls belonging to meriones persicus and meriones libycus of northeast of iran were at first identified on the basis of morphologic characters, and then were div...

Job challenges the theological milieu of retributive justice prevalent in NearEastern society by daring to ask the veritable question: can people deserve? This article examines the theories of desert, agency, and righteousness embedded within the Job manuscript. Bracketing the question of theodicy, this study utilizes contemporary philosophical, theological and exegetical considerations to exam...

The Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria) is an insect whose distribution area extends from North Africa through the Near East to Southwest Asia. During invasion periods, adults form swarms that can fly or be carried by wind over great distances. These swarms can threaten crops located thousands of kilometres from their places of origin. Supported by its member countries, FAO established the “E...

Rangelands are very diverse, and they spread from low vegetation desert areas to those with more rainfall and more cover In saline and desert areas, there are many restrictions on vegetation establishment, hence the use of amendments. The study area is located south of Nazarabad city in Alborz province, Iran. In this study, different amendments, such as mineral biochar, arbuscular mycorrhiza fu...

The Arizona-Mexico border consists of 375 square miles of rural desert where temperature extremes, excessive sun exposure, and a lack of food and water are common. The desert poses an especially deadly threat to immigrants who attempt to cross it on foot. In an effort to smuggle humans across this region, smugglers transport people in vans that are loaded beyond the recommended vehicle weight l...

Many insects are able to detect the polarization pattern of the blue sky and use this capability for spatial orientation (Wehner R 1984, Annu. Rev. Entomol. 29, 277-298; Wehner R, Michel B and Antonsen P 1996, J. Exp. Biol. 199, 129-140). Ommatidia specialized to detect skylight polarization are confined to a small dorsal rim area (DRA) of the compound eye. The desert locust Schistocerca gregar...

Eritrea is situated on the east coast of Africa, bordering Sudan, Djibouti and Ethiopia. It is hot and dry in the desert strip along the Red Sea coast, cooler and wetter in the central highlands, and semi-arid in the western hills and lowlands, with the heaviest rainfall during June to September, except in the coastal desert. Since settlement of the conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia in 2000...

Hoplitis bees of the Palaearctic subgenus Stenosmia (Megachilidae) inhabit deserts and semideserts between southern Spain and eastern Asia. They nest in excavated burrows in the soil and collect pollen from plant taxa that typically grow in desert areas, such as Frankenia (Frankeniaceae), Peganum (Nitrariaceae), Tamarix (Tamaricaceae) or Zygophyllum (Zygophyllaceae). The taxonomic revision of t...