Journal Articles Vegetation Classification and Survey Year : 2024

IranVeg – the Vegetation Database of Iran: current status and the way forward

Soghra Ramzi (1) , Jalil Noroozi (2) , Hamid Gholizadeh (3) , Behnam Hamzeh’ee , Younes Asri , Amir Talebi , Halime Moradi , Parastoo Mahdavi (4, 5) , Seyedeh Saeedeh Tamjidi Eramsadati , Somayeh Zarezadeh , Asghar Kamrani , Omid Esmailzadeh (6) , Atefeh Ghorbanalizadeh , Maral Bashirzadeh , Adel Jalili (7) , Jaber Sharifi , Aiuob Moradi , Mahmoud Bidarlord , Soudeh Siadati , Sajad Lotfi , Farideh Attar , Maedeh Mohammadpour Darzi , Zeynab Kazemi Gorji , Sharyan Ghasemi , Mehdi Dehghani , Soroor Rahmanian , Ali Esmailpoor , Anvar Sanaei , Sahar Ghafari , Parvaneh Ashouri , Arshad Ali , Abdolrahman Dehghani , Somayeh Hosseini , Hajar Hamedani , Samereh Tirgan , Mohaddeseh Maghsoudi , Aliakbar Daneshi , Javad Eshaghi Rad , Mohammadreza Eslami , Mahdis Ramezani , Zahra Mehrabi , Zahra Naqipour , Nadia Naseri , Hossein Bahari , Maryam Ashouri , Narges Vasefi , Seyed Abbas Seyedakhlaghi , Hamid Ejtehadi , Mohammad Farzam , Somayeh Mokhtari , Morteza Djamali (8) , Elias Ramezani , Habib Zare , Nahid Masudian , Raheleh Alinejad , Mojdeh Kasiri , Mahboubeh Sadat Hosseini , Masoumeh Raeisi , Hooman Ravanbakhsh , Franz Essl , Hamid Jalilvand , Mehdi Abedi , Khadijeh Bahalkeh , Alireza Naqinezhad
Soghra Ramzi
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Department of Biology, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
Jalil Noroozi
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Universität Wien = University of Vienna
Hamid Gholizadeh
Università degli Studi di Siena = University of Siena
Behnam Hamzeh’ee
Younes Asri
Amir Talebi
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Halime Moradi
Parastoo Mahdavi
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University of Tehran
University of Oldenburg
Seyedeh Saeedeh Tamjidi Eramsadati
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Somayeh Zarezadeh
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Asghar Kamrani
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Omid Esmailzadeh
Tarbiat Modares University [Tehran]
Atefeh Ghorbanalizadeh
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Maral Bashirzadeh
Adel Jalili
Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands
Jaber Sharifi
Aiuob Moradi
Mahmoud Bidarlord
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Soudeh Siadati
Sajad Lotfi
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Farideh Attar
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Maedeh Mohammadpour Darzi
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Zeynab Kazemi Gorji
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Sharyan Ghasemi
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Mehdi Dehghani
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Soroor Rahmanian
Ali Esmailpoor
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Anvar Sanaei
Sahar Ghafari
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Parvaneh Ashouri
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Arshad Ali
Abdolrahman Dehghani
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Somayeh Hosseini
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Hajar Hamedani
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Samereh Tirgan
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Mohaddeseh Maghsoudi
Aliakbar Daneshi
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Javad Eshaghi Rad
Mohammadreza Eslami
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Mahdis Ramezani
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Zahra Mehrabi
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Zahra Naqipour
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Nadia Naseri
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Hossein Bahari
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Maryam Ashouri
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Narges Vasefi
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Seyed Abbas Seyedakhlaghi
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Hamid Ejtehadi
Mohammad Farzam
Somayeh Mokhtari
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Morteza Djamali
Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale
Elias Ramezani
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Habib Zare
Nahid Masudian
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Raheleh Alinejad
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Mojdeh Kasiri
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Mahboubeh Sadat Hosseini
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Masoumeh Raeisi
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Hooman Ravanbakhsh
Franz Essl
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Hamid Jalilvand
Mehdi Abedi
Khadijeh Bahalkeh
Alireza Naqinezhad

Abstract

Iran, situated in Southwest Asia, showcases a diverse landscape, including three phytogeographical regions and two global biodiversity hotspots. This diversity is attributed to its intricate geology, mountainous terrain, wide altitudinal range, and heterogeneous climate, fostering a rich flora characterized by a significant proportion of endemism. We present an updated version of the Vegetation Database of Iran (IranVeg) (GIVD ID AS-IR-001), comprising 13,411 plots spanning six major habitat types. These encompass deciduous forests (18.0%), woodlands and shrublands (5.6%), steppes and other grasslands (52.0%), saline depressions (9.3%), wetlands (12.2%), and anthropogenic habitats (2.9%), derived from 100 published and unpublished resources, comprising 3,919 plant species, belonging to 961 genera and 147 families. The vegetation data of Iran have been assigned to 31 valid and invalid phytosociological classes. The oldest plots were recorded in 1936 in the Alborz Mountains in northern Iran, while more than 60% of all plots were collected after 2010. Plot sizes vary from less than 1 m 2 to 10,000 m 2 with the highest species richness of 101 species recorded in a 25 m 2 montane grassland plot. IranVeg stands as the first national vegetation database in Iran, promising valuable insights into biodiversity patterns and facilitating the assessment of future environmental and anthropogenic changes. It remains open to further development through a collaborative network of vegetation scientists. This comprehensive database holds significant potential for advancing vegetation classification and survey efforts in Iran and beyond. Taxonomic reference : World Flora Online (WFO 2024).

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hal-04853595 , version 1 (22-12-2024)

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Soghra Ramzi, Jalil Noroozi, Hamid Gholizadeh, Behnam Hamzeh’ee, Younes Asri, et al.. IranVeg – the Vegetation Database of Iran: current status and the way forward. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 2024, 5, pp.237-256. ⟨10.3897/VCS.114081⟩. ⟨hal-04853595⟩

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