Hyrcanian montane forests of the Euro-Siberian region. The unique combination of Irano-Turanian species and also presence of a local center of endemism are evidence of a separate biogeographic entity. The complicated topography, high habitat heterogeneity...

Plankton composition and environmental parameters in the habitat of the Iranian cave barb (Iranocypris typhlops) in Iran.— The Iranian cave barb (Iranocypris typhlops Bruun & Kaiser, 1944) is 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List. It is an endemic...

Cousinia glochidiata (Sect. Pseudactinia) and C. albiflora (Bornm. & Sint.) Bornm. (Sect. Stenocephalae), two

narrow endemics to Kopetdagh mountains, are newly recorded for the flora of Iran from Razavi and North

Khorassan provinces...

A survey of five species belonging to Oecobius Lucas, 1846 occurring in Iran is provided, including two species new to science: O. ilamensis sp. n. (♂) from Ilam Province, western Iran, and O. ferdowsii sp. n. (♂♀) from ...

are also well represented in the study area. Based on the Sørensen dissimilarity index, the HWR has about 50% dissimilarity to the adjacent areas. The study area is inhabited by several Iranian and/or Khorassan-Kopet Dagh endemic (19%), threatened (16...

During past years different studies have attempted to describe the tetrapod fauna of Iran, most of which have focused on the herpetofauna. However there is no coherent study of the endemic species of Tetrapoda in Iran. In this study, we provide a...

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Iran-o- Turan’s phytogeographical region covers 85% of the area of Iran and includes a large number of native plant species in this arid and semi-arid climatic region of the world. They have aesthetic, medicinal, industrial ...

The new species Acanthophyllum yasamin-nassehiae (Caryophyllaceae) from North Khorassan province (north-eastern

Iran) is here described and illustrated. It belongs to the sect. Oligosperma, and it is related to A. ...