1. Adult males average 10% larger than females in natural populations of Yarrow’s Spiny Lizard ( Sceloporus jarrovii ). In two previous studies of free-living animals, we found that (1) this sexual size dimorphism (SSD) develops because yearling males grow more quickly than females and (2) the sex steroid testosterone (T) may regulate this sex difference in growth: castrated males (CAST) grow m...

a review of findings shows that persian gardens have attracted a wide area of interests between psychologists and environment designers. the main reasons behind the attraction of persian gardens are natural content and particular landscape configuration. to study these features, overall organization examination is employed according to psychological pattern. one of the impressive psychological ...

It seems impossible to think of the Persian art without mentioning the significant presence of gardens. They are present in miniature painting, architecture, and literature. One of the modern works of Persian fiction in which gardens play a significant role is Malakut (1961), a novella by the modern Iranian fiction writer Bahram Sadeqi (1936-1984). The story of this novella begins in a “green g...

A residential garden contributes to mental health in modern life. Gardening is a common recreational activity. From the view of the Kansei engineering, designing the garden is a quite difficult subject. Since garden components such as stones and trees are widely diversified, then number of possible design elements becomes quite large. Meanwhile, evaluation samples that can be used for Kansei Ev...

it seems impossible to think of the persian art without mentioning the significant presence of gardens. they are present in miniature painting, architecture, and literature. one of the modern works of persian fiction in which gardens play a significant role is malakut (1961), a novella by the modern iranian fiction writer bahram sadeqi (1936-1984). the story of this novella begins in a “green g...

one of important resources for recognizing iranian islamic garden and gardening is the book of abu nasr heravi, ershād al-zerā’a. the author, qasim-ibn yusuf abu nasr, lived in the city of herat and the book is related to the late period of timurid (about 921/1515). this book is a valuable resource in the subject of agriculture and gardenin. the purpose of gardening and agriculture, planting me...

persian garden design is one of the main elements in the architecture and landscaping in iran and the whole lands influenced by the iranian culture. this phenomenon has always been present in iranians' life and they have had a close connection to this ancient tradition. hence, it can be said that persian garden design is one of the most crucial features in shaping landscape, in particular,...