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The Persian fallow deer or Mesopotamian fallow Deer (Dama mesopotamica, Brook 1875), a species of significant ecological importance, had faced the threat of extinction in Iran. One conservation strategy involved ...
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Iran has a diverse range of mammals. Climate change can alter the species' range, leading to expansion or contraction and affect the IUCN threatened species' distribution. We assessed the effects of climate ch...
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Dynamics of Dipsastraea pallida-symbiont association following bleaching events across the northern Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman
Reef-building corals are in obligate symbiosis with dinoflagellates of the family Symbiodiniaceae. The partnership, however, is prone to breakdown as a result of thermal stress, which leads to coral bleaching....
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Diversification and evolutionary history of brush-tailed mice, Calomyscidae (Rodentia), in southwestern Asia
Brush-tailed mice, family Calomyscidae, are endemic to southwestern Asia and are represented by eight described species and three additional lineages. Although this family includes only a single genus, Calomyscus