Mouteh Refuge covers an area of 200,000 hectars situated in the northwest of Meymeh and southwest of Delijan. Minimum and maximum of altitude are 1800 and 3000 m, respectively. The Refuge presents a variety of habitats, including stony slopes, pedimont plains, alluvial plains, salt marshes, saline rivers and springs.A total of 580 species and subspecific taxa were identified based on plant samp...

We herein re-discuss the systematics of Late Miocene representatives most common but poorly documented Eurasian giraffid genus Palaeotragus on occasion review and description new samples from Vallesian faunas Northern Greece. Our results detect five morphotypes, recognizing at least four species. The so called ‘small-sized palaeotrages’ are represented by type species P. rouenii Chinese microdo...

Pistacia atlantica Desf. (Atlas pistachio) is one of the most widely distributed wild species genus. It an Irano–Touranian with a large geographic area that extends from Canary Islands to Pamir Mountains. Since ancient times, atlas pistachio gum-like resin and fruits, very rich in essential oils (EOs) fixed (FOs), respectively, were used traditional medicine included different cosmetics health ...

fish biodiversity investigation in urmia basin which is a part of irano-anatolian hot spot aimed to determine the state of fish in this endorheic basin. based on the obtained results, freshwater fish species of the urmia basin comprise 29 species in 25 genera, 7 families, 5 orders and one class. the most diverse order is the cypriniformes with 23 species (79.31%) followed by salmoniformes and p...

The flora of Mount Koz (Genç-Bingöl) and its surroundings was studied between 2019-2021. As a result the identification 1506 specimens collected from area, 625 taxa (415 species, 147 subspecies, 63 varieties) belonging to 289 genera 68 families were identified. Two determined plants are members Pteridophyta 623 Spermatophyta. Spermatophyta members, 621 belong Angiospermae two Gymnospermae subdi...

The Yiddish language is over 1,000 years old and incorporates German, Slavic, and Hebrew elements. The prevalent view claims Yiddish has a German origin, whereas the opposing view posits a Slavic origin with strong Iranian and weak Turkic substrata. One of the major difficulties in deciding between these hypotheses is the unknown geographical origin of Yiddish speaking Ashkenazic Jews (AJs). An...