Abstract Rodent biogeographic studies are disproportionately scarce in Iran, however, they an ideal system to understand drivers of biodiversity distributions the country. The aims present research determine (i) pattern rodent richness across country, (ii) quantify their elevational distribution patterns, and (iii) explore underlying mechanisms. To reach these goals, updated species list was co...

two new species of the genus duvalius delarouzã©e from south west iran and one new perileptus schaum from south east iran are described. duvalius koeni sp. n. was collected in khuzestan and duvalius mohammadzadehi sp. n. in fars. the species are compared with d. hetschkoi matilei deuve. perileptus jelineki sp. n. was collected in baluchestan and hormozgan, and compared with other perileptus spe...

vacuum of power was one of the most important consequences of ussr collapse. regional and trans-regional countries have been pulled to south caucasus to extend their influence on this region. turkey and israel thought alliance with azerbaijan constitute east-west pivot. this cooperation threatens common interests of russia and iran. reaction of tehran and moscow creates north-south axis thought...

Aim The aim of this study was to obtain more accurate estimates of the liver cancer incidence rate after correcting for misclassification error in cancer registry across Iranian provinces. Background Nowadays having a thorough knowledge of geographic distribution of disease incidence has become essential for identifying the influential factors on cancer incidence. Methods Data of liver canc...

Makran subduction zone, along the southern coasts of Iran and Pakistan, has a wide potential seismogenic zone may be capable generating large magnitude (M ~ 9) tsunamigenic earthquakes. Considering ambiguities exist in source characterization for megathrusts like Makran, where detailed geologic, seismic, geodetic data are insufficient, probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis (PTHA) is most preval...

By regionalizing precipitation in 113 synoptic stations Iran, the characteristics of precipitations and occurrence droughts each region were investigated over a period 30 years, 1988–2017. Elevation, latitude distance from moisture source have caused strong East–West South–North gradients across territory Iran so that average annual increases 55 mm eastern central regions to 1,730 south-west co...