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    Fire protection priorities in the oak forests of Iran with an emphasis on vertebrate habitat preservation

    This study examines the impact of fire incidents on wildlife and habitats in the western oak forests of Iran (Zagros region). These forests are globally recognized for their exceptional biodiversity but are fr...

    Romina Sayahnia, Salma Ommi, Hadi Khoshnamvand, Farid Salmanpour in Scientific Reports (2024)

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    Reptile species richness associated to ecological and historical variables in Iran

    Spatial gradients of species richness can be shaped by the interplay between historical and ecological factors. They might interact in particularly complex ways in heterogeneous mountainous landscapes with str...

    Anooshe Kafash, Sohrab Ashrafi, Masoud Yousefi in Scientific Reports (2020)

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    Environmental temperatures shape thermal physiology as well as diversification and genome-wide substitution rates in lizards

    Climatic conditions changing over time and space shape the evolution of organisms at multiple levels, including temperate lizards in the family Lacertidae. Here we reconstruct a dated phylogenetic tree of 262 ...

    Joan Garcia-Porta, Iker Irisarri, Martin Kirchner, Ariel Rodríguez in Nature Communications (2019)