This is the third in a series of publications on floristic studies of macrofungi of Arasbaran forests (NW. Iran). In the first paper, new species of the genus Cortinarius, subgenus Myxacium collected from Arasbaran forests, were reported for the first time in Iran. In this paper, species of the genus Cortinarius, subgenus Phlegmacium are presented. Six species viz. C. fluryi, C. paracephalixus,...

during conduction a survey of entomopathogenic nematodes throughout arasbaran forests and rangelands, north west of iran in 2007-2008, an entomopathogenic nematode was isolated using galleria baiting method from soil samples collected from rangelands, near chichakloo, varzeghan, east azarbaijan. it was identified as steinernema kraussei (steiner, 1923) travassos, 1927 based on morphology and mo...

large scale land use/cover changes and habitat fragmentation is a major factor in the distribution and functioning of ecosystems. for analysis the relationship between land use changes and their impacts on biodiversity, land cover and land use information is needed at different scales. the main goal of this study was to quantify the land use/ cover changes in arasbaran biosphere reserve, northw...

in may 2007, a suborder shoka deer calf about one month of age was found in a preserved area of arasbaran in the east azerbaijan province. from an ecological view point, the arasbaran area is uniquely labelled as a reserve biosphere. he calf had diarrhea that recovered after treatment. during rearing, the calf received pasteurized- homogenized milk from market as well as milk of a goat. after 3...

one of the indicators of management and sustainability control of forest resources is the definition deforestation and degradation types. these factors hazard quantitative and qualitative of the iranian forests. in this study with integrated approach, different forms of forest degradation identified in the forest areas with a reviews of library resources and then investigation the degree of sta...

during the study of natural enemies of insect pests of forest trees and shrubs in arasbaran forest of iranian province of east azarbaijan, a number of larvae of yponomeuta evonymella l. were collected on wild cherry trees. the specimens were reared in the laboratory, where parasitoid wasps of the family ichneumonidae emerged and later identified as agrypon canaliculatum (ratzeburg, 1844). the i...