The present study involves the flora of the Estil wetland and its surroundings in Astara, northwest Iran. During 2006-07, we examined the plant specimens collected in this area and determined that there are 247 vascular plant taxa (229 species, 11 subspecies, and seven varieties) in 170 genera and 60 families. The largest families are Poaceae (27 taxa), Asteraceae (26), and Brassicaceae (21). G...

Doñana National Park marshes, in South West Spain, extents over 27,000 ha of the Gualdalquivir River estuary, on the Atlantic Ocean coast. The site undergoes a yearly cycle of inundation in autumn and drying out during the spring season. While flooded, Doñana wetlands create a crucial passage, breeding and wintering site for more than half million waterfowl each year, including about 150 bird s...

in order to investigation of collembola fauna, several soil and leaf litter sampling were carried out during 2011 in kermanshah regions and species were extracted by berlise funnel. in sum, eight species from eight genera from seven families were collected and identified. the species characterized by one star (*) are new for kermanshah fauna. the species characterized by two star (**) are repor...

The spatangoid genus Schizaster Agassiz is recorded, for the first time, from the Lutetian (Middle Eocene) deposits of Sargaz area, south of Kerman, Iran. The Lutetian sediments of Sargaz region contain a rich and divers echinoid fauna represented by Cidaridae, Conoclypeidae, Echinolampadidae, Toxopneustidae, Phymosomatidae and Schizasteridae. Schizasteroid echinoids are an important component ...

Forty two Paleocene benthic foraminiferal species of the Midway Formation in the Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas, USA were firstly investigated by Plummer (1927), and its paleogeographic distribution in some other countries in the Tethyan province were recorded: North America (USA, Mexico), South America (Argentina), Europe (North Sea Basin, Spain, France, Italy, Czech Republic, Bulgaria), North Af...

Binturong (Arctictis binturong) is a mammal in the family of Viverridae, which includes animals such as civets. species with VU (Vulnerable) status, means that it faces risk extinction wild future based on International Union for Conservation Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List has Appendix III Convention Trade Endangered Species Wild Fauna Flora (CITES). This research aimed to determi...

The purpose of this research is to propose an architectural design for Interpretation Center aimed at the revaluation flora and fauna Cusco, Peru, in 2023. Due lack awareness spaces, deforestation, water pollution, planting introduced species area, there a loss endemic fauna. methodologies used study included climatic analysis location, characterization fauna, application bioclimatic strategies...

western iran in general and ilam province in particular, has unique geographical and climatic conditions that support a rich flora and fauna. in view of the lack of in-depth studies of lizards of the region, an investigation was initiated in most areas of ilam province for an inventory of lizard species and their habitats. a total of 189 specimens were collected and identified from may 2005 to ...

BACKGROUND Human communities consistently develop a detailed knowledge of the therapeutical and medicinal properties of the local flora and fauna, and these folk remedies often substitute medicines produced by the pharmaceutical industry. Animals (and their derived products) are essential ingredients in the preparation of many traditional remedies. The present work prepared an inventory of the ...