Reseda lutea: A Multipurpose Plant for Arid and Semiarid Lands

Arid Lands: Challenges and Hopes

1. Definitions 1.1. Types of Aridity 1.2. Levels of Aridity 2. Paleoperspective 3. People and Land Use in Arid Lands 3.1. Foragers/Hunter–gatherers 3.2. Agriculturists 3.3. Pastoralists 4. Geomorphology of Arid and Semiarid Lands 5. Biological Diversity in Arid Lands 5.1. Arid and Semiarid Lands Plants and their Uses 5.2. The Future of the Conservation of Wild Plants in Arid Regions 6. Climatic...

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Reclamation of Arid Lands

Reclamation of Arid LandsIt is our pleasure to inform you that Springer International Publisher (2017) has published a book entitled "Reclamation of Arid Lands" in English.This book is the result of joint collaboration between the University of Tehran, University of Kashan and Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, whose authors are as follows:Mohammad Jafari: Professor, Faculty of Natur...

Land Resources: Forests and Arid Lands

This synthesis and assess ment report builds on an extensive scientific literature and series of recent assessments of the historical and potential impacts of climate change and climate variability on managed and unmanaged ecosystems and their constituent biota and processes. It identifies changes in resource conditions that are now being observed and examines whether these changes can be attri...

Habitat conditions and plant-environment relationship in some arid and semi‌arid lands character plants (case study: Shahriyar Rangelands, Tehran Province)

In order to obtain an optimum management of natural resources, determination of variables that control plant presence and distribution is needed. In the present research, the relationship between some character plants of drylands and some soil and environmental variables were investigated. After primary survey and selection of main plant species, sampling was done in each vegetation type within...