during the study of natural enemies of insect pests of forest trees and shrubs in arasbaran forest of iranian province of east azarbaijan, a number of larvae of yponomeuta evonymella l. were collected on wild cherry trees. the specimens were reared in the laboratory, where parasitoid wasps of the family ichneumonidae emerged and later identified as agrypon canaliculatum (ratzeburg, 1844). the i...

one of the indicators of management and sustainability control of forest resources is the definition deforestation and degradation types. these factors hazard quantitative and qualitative of the iranian forests. in this study with integrated approach, different forms of forest degradation identified in the forest areas with a reviews of library resources and then investigation the degree of sta...

in may 2007, a suborder shoka deer calf about one month of age was found in a preserved area of arasbaran in the east azerbaijan province. from an ecological view point, the arasbaran area is uniquely labelled as a reserve biosphere. he calf had diarrhea that recovered after treatment. during rearing, the calf received pasteurized- homogenized milk from market as well as milk of a goat. after 3...

The essential oils of the aerial parts of A. armeniaca and A. incana, collected from Arasbaran area (East Azarbaijan province, Iran) were extracted by hydrodistillation and analyzed by GC-MS. In total, 16 and 40 constituents were identified and quantified in the oils of A. armeniaca and A. incana representing 80.5% and 84.6% of the oils, respectively. The essential oil of A. armeniaca was mainl...

the present paper deals with the fauna of the subfamily conopinae in northwestern iran. specimens were collected, using insect net, from arasbaran forest during 2010-2013. in total, six species belonging to two genera were identified, of which the two species, conops longiventris kröber, 1916 and physocephala laticincta (brulle, 1833), are new records from iran. the diagnostic characters and su...

Cornelian cherry (Cornus mas L.), considered as the ancestor of cultivated trees in Arasbaran region, is a medicinally and economically plant species. However, little is known about genetic diversity, breeding programs, and population structure of this species in mentioned region. Keeping this in view, the main objectives of present study were to analysis the genetic diversity, phyloge...

Sarah E. Barchinger, Sahand Pirbadian, Christine Sambles, Carol S. Baker, Kar Man Leung, 5 Nigel J. Burroughs, Mohamed Y. El-Naggar , John H. Golbeck # 6 7 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, 8 University Park, PA, USA; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern 9 California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; School of Biosciences, Universit...

Introduction Different barley varieties have been shown to affect in vitro dry-matter digestibility (IVDMD), ruminal starch digestion and animal performance (Boss and Bowman, 1996). Some of these differences may be due to differences in site and extent of nutrient digestion among barley varieties. Little information is available on digestive characteristics of different barley varieties and sev...

In this essay, Sahand Shaibani employs a Freudian psychoanalytic approach to discuss the influence of irrational and emotive forces in the American judicial process. He argues that the adversarial legal process serves the important psychological function of sublimating aggression, and that trial courts present a forum for the recreation of the Oedipal triangle, wherein the judge is unconsciousl...