Leptopoma is a species rich genus with approximately 100 species documented. Species-level identification in this group has been based on shell morphology and colouration, as well as some anatomical features based on small sample sizes. However, the implications of the inter- and intra-species variations in shell form to the taxonomy of Leptopoma species and the congruency of its current shell ...

We report on observations of chameleons endemic to the Cameroon highlands between May 2003 and December 2005. Six species already known from this range were observed in the course of fieldwork. Our records extend the known range of Chamaeleo montium, C. pfefferi, and C. w. wiedersheimi to Koano and the Mbulu Hills. The later was also recorded on Mount Mbam. The species exhibit varied and overla...

Abstract The Euphrates-Tigris basin in Turkey suffers from sedimentation and erosion problems. purpose of this study was to estimate streamflow, sediment yield, identification soil erosion-prone areas for the Murat River Basin which is headwater Euphrates River, with Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). model calibrated validated observed streamflow yield data obtained two gauging stations. stati...

Reproductive characteristics of Mossul bleak, Alburnus mossulensis, a native species of Cyprinidae family in Bibi-Sayyedan River of Semirom, Isfahan, were investigated by monthly sampling during December 2010 to December 2011. Five hundred and fourty three specimens (256 females, 159 males and 31 immature) were caught by a sein net (5 mm mesh size). The collected sampeles were anesthesized in 1...

. MIQUELLE, D. G., ET AL. 1999a. A habitat protection plan for the Amur tiger: developing political and ecological criteria for a viable landuse plan. Pp. 273–295 in Riding the tiger: meeting the needs of people and wildlife in Asia (J. Seidensticker, S. Christie, and P. Jackson, eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United

In 1998, Ericsson acquired ACC as part of its plan to reshape the company to meet the communication challenges of the next millennium. ACC has had a long history in the early pioneering development of the Arpanet—the prolog to the Internet. Santa Barbara (ACC’s headquarters) was the site of one of the first of four nodes to be knitted together, in 1969, to provide the world’s first packet-switc...

The Mesopotamian spiny eel, Mastacembelus mastacembelus, an endemic freshwater fish restricted to the Euphrates and Tigris river drainages of Mesopotamian, its related taxa in Afrotropica South Asia present suitable elements for studies evolutionary history mastacembelids across these heterogeneous areas. To understand clarify geographic variation eel from Persian Gulf basin, we investigated mo...

Understanding the patterns of gene flow of an endangered species metapopulation occupying a fragmented habitat is crucial for landscape-level conservation planning and devising effective conservation strategies. Tigers (Panthera tigris) are globally endangered and their populations are highly fragmented and exist in a few isolated metapopulations across their range. We used multi-locus genotypi...