Ludab region, known for its unique landscape comprising a vast fertile plain surrounded by high mountains and covered by loose oak forests, is a part of Boyer-Ahmad County in southern Zagros mountain range (West Iran) with an area of 87,715 km2 located 110 km north-west of the capital city, Yasuj. The aim of this research is to assess floristic elements, life forms, chorology, and en...

The apparently regular and favourable climate that characterizes the Holocene as an interglacial period shows, however, important climatic instability well documented in Northern Hemisphere. These fluctuations from colder to warmer or wetter drier affected both biodiversity human societies last 12,000 years, although impact Southern America is still poorly known. We are here investigating of sm...

Understanding the key aspects of plant regeneration from seeds is crucial in assessing species assembly to their habitats. However, the regenerative traits of seed dormancy and germination are underrepresented in this context. In the alpine zone, the large species and microhabitat diversity provide an ideal context to assess habitat-related regenerative strategies. To this end, seeds of 53 spec...

Past works on scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from the Maltese Archipelago are reviewed. Based on the literature and contemporary collections, a total of 93 species of scale insects belonging to 12 scale insect families are here reported (Aclerdidae 1 species; Asterolecaniidae 4; Coccidae 17; Diaspididae 46; Eriococcidae 5; Kermesidae 1; Margarodidae 1; Micrococcidae 1; Monophlebidae 2; Ps...

Mt Etna in Sicily hosts a bryophyte floristic richness of 306 taxa, corresponding to 259 mosses, 43 liverworts, and 4 hornworts. Species shows hump-shaped relationship with the elevation, peak at 1200–1700 m a.s.l. Chorotype patterns clearly change along an altitudinal gradient, from Mediterranean, located 0–300 a.s.l., Arctic-montane boreo-Arctic montane 1800–2700 showing correlation bioclimat...

Munjughlu sanctuary zone with 5270 hectares in East Azarbaijan province is one of three sanctuary zones in the Marakan protected area.During 2008–2009, 236 taxa (23 subspecies, 22 varieties and one form) belonging to 166 genera and 38 families were collected and determined for this zone.Among them, 208 taxa are dicots and 28 are monocots. Family Compositae with 46 species and Cruciferae with 23...