In recent decades,the rapid climate warming in polar and alpine regions has been accompanied by an expan-sion of shrub vegetation.However,little is known about how changes in shrub distribution will change as the dist...
This study was conducted in Juniperus excels a stands on the southern slopes of Iran’s Alborz Mountains,to determine the effects of fire and seasonal variations on soil physicochemical properties and enzyme activitie...
Juniperus excelsa subsp.polycarpos,(Persian juniper),is found in northeast Iran.In this study,the relationship between ground cover and vegetation indices have been investigated using remote sensing data for a Persian...
financially supported by Wollo University,Ethiopia
In Ethiopia,Cupressus lusitanica and Juniperus procera are important tree species.The incidence of the cypress aphid,Cinara cupressi,which has not been reported before on the exotic Cupressus lusitanica is becoming ca...
funded by The General Directorate of Scientific Research and Technological Development of the Algerian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
Juniperus thurifera L.is an endemic Cupres saceae from the Aure`s Mountains of north eastern Algeria and endangered,in part,due to the scarcity of viable seeds It is threatened by other abiotic factors and the lack of...
financially supported by the Iranian government scholarship program
The germination of freshly collected Juniperus polycarpos(K. Koch) seeds is very low and attributed to the large proportion of nonviable seeds in the seed lots.Thus, the aim of this study was to improve seed lot qua...
supported by the Iran Government Science and Technology Scholarship Program
Dwarf mistletoes are parasitic flowering plants that infect conifers, resulting in substantial loss of growth and mortality. Recently, forest managers in Iran are contemplating whether infection of Juniperus polycarpo...
supported by the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research Organization
Juniperus procera Endl. is economically important timber species, but its populations are extremely small and fragmented in its natural habitat, thus, calling for immediate ex situ conservation. Here we examined the e...