increasing the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide is the main factor for the climatic change having some harmful consequences for the human health while there is no considerable effort for decreasing this accelerated global problem, yet. kermanshah province located in the west of iran has about 1,200,000 ha rangeland which is dominated by astragalus sppas the more frequent shrub beinga...

Aim Land-use history can be an important determinant of ecosystem characteristics, even in landscapes that outwardly appear natural . In New England, like much of the eastern United States, the natural reforestation of agricultural lands over the past 150 years has created a predominantly forested landscape. Understanding the physiographical and historical factors controlling forest structure a...

Kayaların ve organik girdilerin ana materyale toprağa dönüştürülmesi, fiziksel, kimyasal biyolojik faktörler tarafından kontrol edilen dinamik bir süreçtir. Bu süreçte materyal, iklim, topografya, organizma zaman oluşum faktörleri olarak bilinmektedir. Fizyografyadaki farklılıklarda diğer faktörlerinin etkisiyle toprak özelliklerinde değişkenliğe yol açmaktadır. çalışmada, fizyografik değişkenl...

In order to evaluate the effects of parent material on clay mineralogy in northface of the Elborz mountain area that is covered with deciduous trees, five mountain physiographical units with dolomite, sandstone, marl, limestone and conglomera parent material were selected and in each physiographical unit some soil profiles were studied. Soil samples were taken from different horizons and leyers...

Here, I describe the geographical distribution of the savanna types in Namibia and identify the factors controlling the occurrence of each savanna type in relation to the amount of annual precipitation and the various physiographical regions, including the mopane ( Colophospermum mopane) area. The different types of savanna can be distinguished on the basis of the leaf habits of the dominant ve...

BACKGROUND Rapidly increasing temperatures in the mountain region of Nepal and recent reports of dengue fever and lymphatic filariasis cases from mountainous areas of central Nepal prompted us to study the spatio-temporal distribution of the vectors of these two diseases along an altitudinal transect in central Nepal. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We conducted a longitudinal study in four di...

We surveyed 12 populations of the wolf spider Schizocosa crassipes (Walckenaer) and S. nr. crassipes in Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida, in the U.S. to determine the extent of variation in male courtship behaviour when observed in standard laboratory conditions. We observed variation in both the frequency of occurrence and the sequence of the four principal male courtship behaviou...