during 2010-2011 a faunistic survey was carried out for collection and identification of edaphic mesostigmatic mites (acari: mesostigmata) in jiroft and suburb. mites were extracted from soil samples by berlese funnel. the mites were cleared in nesbit fluid and were mounted in hoyer medium on microscopic slides. in this study 43 spices from 26 genera and 16 families were collected and identifie...

this research was conducted in two protect and destroy region in the middle zagros, in illam province. in order to identification of ecological species group and evaluate density of regeneration, effect of many factors such as protection, vegetation, physiographic factors, physical and chemical properties of soil in study locations were studied. to achieve these purpose number of 54 plots using...

‏‎the community dynamics of aquatic coleoptera(insecta)in one of the spring-stream habitats of bammo national park in fars province called cheshmeh-ye-ghanbari is studied as a pilot project and model for acquaintance with and furthering the biodiversity studies on fauna of iran. sixteen species-populations out of nineteen of this community were already identified for their taxonomy and for thei...

گونه a. baftensisاز ایران به عنوان گونه جدید شرح داده شده و به تصویر کشیده می شود. این گونه متعلق به بخش pendulinaاز جنس astragalusاست. تمام گونه­های شناخته شده بخش pendulinaبه ناحیه فلوریستیک ترکستان و غرب هیمالیا از ناحیه ایرانو-تورانی محدود می­شوند. در حالیکه a. baftensis گستره پراکنش جالبی از بخش pendulina را به درون استان کرمان تشکیل می­دهد. شباهت­ها و تفاوت­های این گونه با نزد یکترین خویش...

1. to determine whether difference in birth body mass influenced growth performance in pipistrellus kuhlii we studied a total of 12 captive-born neonates. bats were assigned to two body mass groups: light birth body mass (lbw: 0.89 ± 0.05, n=8) and heavy birth body mass (hbw: 1.35 ± 0.08, n=4). heavier body mass at birth was associated with rapid postnatal growth (body mass and forearm length) ...

based on the latest records of typhlops vermicularis merrem, 1820 from iran, this species is distributed in the northern and southern regions of the country. in this study, new records of typhlops vermicularis are presented and it is shown that distribution range of this species is extended towards the eastern and western iran, and according to the new distribution map, it can be assumed that t...