plant diversity conservation is a main objective in rangelandmanagement. plant diversity is a suitable index for showing the changes ofvegetation in rangelands and has a high correlation with ecosystem parameters.therefore, using this index it is possible to find the changes and manage theecosystem correctly. the current research was performed to determine the speciesdiversity in fashandak rang...

an experiment was conducted in bandar kyashahr research field in 2002 to evaluate the effects of plant density and planting pattern on weed populations and yield of peanut (arachis hypogaea l.). the experiment was of a randomized complete block design with three replications. a factorial trial with two factors of planting pattern (square and rectangular arrangements) and plant density (3, 5.3, ...

Contemporary animal-plant interactions such as herbivory are widely understood to be shaped by evolutionary history. Yet questions remain about the role of plant phylogenetic diversity in generating and maintaining herbivore diversity, and whether evolutionary relatedness of producers might predict the composition of consumer communities. We tested for evidence of evolutionary associations amon...

recognizing the herbaceous plant species diversity could use as an importantindicator applied for the rangeland and forests management. considering the presence ofvegetation and animal husbandry in zagros region, iran, being aware of the diversity andrichness of plant species is necessary to management or the destructed vegetationrestoration. in order to study the effect of aspect and elevation...

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is the most widely distributed in soil and can make a symbiosis with roots of host plants to form arbuscular symbionts. Intercropping practice polyculture cropping where two or more plant species are simultaneously cultivated same field. The objective this study was define effect intercropping on density diversity spores. In study, potatoes faba beans, both wh...

Despite decades of research, the ecological determinants of microbial diversity remain poorly understood. Here, we test two alternative hypotheses concerning the factors regulating fungal diversity in soil. The first states that higher levels of plant detritus production increase the supply of limiting resources (i.e. organic substrates) thereby increasing fungal diversity. Alternatively, great...

Insect outbreaks in forest and agriculture monocultures led Charles Elton to propose, a half-century ago, that higher plant diversity stabilized animal foodweb dynamics in natural ecosystems. We tested this hypothesis by studying arthropod community dynamics in a long-term experimental manipulation of grassland plant species diversity. Over the course of a decade, we found that higher plant div...