The study site, Armardeh forest, is located in Baneh, Kurdistan Province. The study area covers approximately 17000 ha. In this study, logistic regression and discriminant analysis methods were used and their performances were compared. Two random sampling grids were overlaid on the presence and absence area of Quercus libani type as dependent variables. Physiographic factors including slope, a...

Oak mortality is one of the most important management problems in the Zagros forests and the first signs of oak mortality appear in the canopy of trees. The aim of this study was to investigate the trend of oak mortality in trees with different crown-dimensions in the forests of Baneh County (northwest of Kurdistan province). For this study, four sites in the northern slopes (Saraki and Mirhesa...

Forest utilization is one of the important components of get income and decrease of poverty for local communities. Zagros as the widest forests area in country, in terms of commercial non-wood forest products are unique. The amount of income from these forest products varies, and in each region a specific type of product is the important source of income. The purpose of this study was to determ...

This study aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of Jigsaw teaching method on cognitive, emotional, social- emotional adjustment and students math academic indicators. The study had a quasi-experimental design in which used inconsistent four groups with pretest and posttest and control groups. Participants consisted of 99 students from sixth grade elementary school in Baneh city in 2014-2015 who...

Social capital is a multidimensional and multilayered concept, frequently discussed in recent years in the fields of social science, economics and political science. Social capital is collective communications and social networks, facilitating the sense of cooperation and trust among the individuals in a society. Many sociologists and social science scholars believe that social capital is an im...

Analysis of performance and survival rate of different oak species in severe climate of Zagros forests especially under global warming can help with management, conservation and restoration of these species. So, seeds of three oak species of Zagros (Quercus branti, Q. infectoria and Q. libani) were collected from Baneh forests and sown in the common gardens of Yasuj. Then, their growth paramete...