Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainability in Asia: Volume 1: Prospects and Challenges in West Asia and Caucasus

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Karen F. Beazley

Opening Chapter

Professor School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Management
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Karen.Beazley@dal.ca

Changes in Human Population Density and Protected Areas in Terrestrial Global Biodiversity Hotspots,1995--2015 with focus on Southwest, South and Central Asia.

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Mazin B. Qumsiyeh, Mohammed A. Abusarhan

Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, Bethlehem University, Palestine

Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation in Palestine

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Marina Temina

Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Israel

Lichen diversity of the Negev desert (Israel) - effect of microclimate

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Munir Ozturk, Volkan Altay, Celal Yarcı, Ersin Yel, Hamdi Gay Kutbay, Mahir K

Ege University, Turkey

Endangered swamp forests in Turkey - An ecological inventory, prospects and challenges

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H. Barış Tecimen, Orhan Sevgi, Ali Kavgacı

Turkey

Forest fires and sustainability in Mediterranean ecosystems

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Munir Ozturk, Volkan Altay, Italian

Ege University, Turkey

Role and function of Quercus coccifera (=Q. calliprinos) in the light of climate change scenarios in the Mediterranean Basin

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Volkan Altay, Celal Yarcı, Mustafa Keskin, Zeki severoğlu, Munir Ozturk

Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Turkey

Urban plant geography - A case study from Istanbul

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Nazli Turkmen

Ankara University, Turkey

Turkey's Wild Orchids

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Munir Ozturk, Doğan G闥men, Volkan Altay

Ege University, Turkey

Population dynamics of Potentilla in Turkey

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Munir Ozturk, Volkan Altay

Ege University, Turkey

Plant Diversity and Ecology of the Grassland from West Anatolia

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Khawar Jabran, Munir Ozturk, Mirza Hasanuzzaman, Volkan Altay

Ege University, Turkey

Agrodiversity in Turkey: Case study on Rice

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Munir Ozturk, Volkan Altay

Ege University, Turkey

Potential economic importance of weeds in agricultural areas of Turkey

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Munir Ozturk, Volkan Altay, Eren Ak蓾蔒k

Ege University, Turkey

Potential economic importance of trees and shrubs of Turkey

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Meltem Sesli, E. Dilşat Yeğenoğlu, Yakut Gevrek蓾, Funda Ata?/p>

Turkey

Tobacco's Journey from America to Anatolia: Brief History of a Successful Adaptation

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Munir Ozturk, Volkan Altay

Ege University, Turkey

Economically Important Aquatic Plants of West Asia

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Munir Ozturk, Volkan Altay

Ege University, Turkey

Herbal cosmetics of West Asia

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Emre 焂ŞAHİN, İlker EROĞLU

Namık Kemal University, Turkey

Spatiotemporal Change of Anthropogenic Biomes (Anthromes) of Turkey

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Doğan Kantarcı

Turkey

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