Biodiversity analyses can greatly benefit from coherent species delimitation schemes and up-
to-date distribution data. In this article, we have made the daring attempt to delimit and map …

Identifying historical drivers of biodiversity distribution patterns is a central issue in ecology
and biogeography. Iran is a biodiversity-rich country in southwestern Asia. It is known that …

Climate change has essential effects on patterns of population persistence, connectivity, and
divergence. We used mtDNA sequences and species distribution modeling to assess the …

The role of ecological niche divergence in lineage speciation has recently stimulated the
interest of evolutionary biologists and ecologists. Phylogenetic analysis has revealed that …

Paradactylodon, a genus of Hynobiidae, is distributed in mountainous regions of the Middle
East. This genus comprises three species, Paradactylodon mustersi (Afghanistan) …

Abstract Caspian poplar (Populus caspica Bornm.) is an endemic species from Hyrcanian
forests and classified as endangered in Iran. However, there is little information about …

In Azerbaijan, the Hyrcanian wood frog (Rana pseudodalmatina) usually inhabits forests in
the Talysh Mountains and the Lenkoran Lowland from–28 to 2265 m above sea level. Drier …

This study provides an illustrated account, a comprehensive update of the systematics, and
a bibliography of the 15 species of anurans in five families, eight genera; and of the six …

The geographic range of a species is crucial for obtaining information on the exact
distribution of the species. The geographic data are important for delimiting distinct species …

The ongoing world-wide extinction crisis has spurred major conservation efforts in the last
decades. Knowing a species' evolutionary history and present genetic variability is important …