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Lorestan province, as a predominantly mountainous region, covers important part of critical habitats of Persian leopard (Panthera pardus) in west of Iran. However, there is little information on geographical distribution of the leopard in this province. This study aims to identify suitable habitats of the Persian leopard in Lorestan province, using an ensemble model consisting of seven species distribution models. The ensemble model identified 6,185 km2 (21.85%) of the study area as suitable habitat for the Persian leopard. Distance to conservation areas (30%), distance to village (29%), distance to farmlands (11%), annual precipitation (8%) and distance to forest (7%) made the highest contribution to the model performance. About 49% of the identified suitable habitat covered by conservation areas. Establishing more conservation areas in suitable habitats and re-evaluation of the network of conservation areas are crucial strategies to conserve endangered populations of the leopard. Many large carnivores, due to their large home ranges, depend on habitat patches outside protected areas and corridors between them. Thus, conserving the habitat patches and connectivity between them are crucial. Monitoring and surveillance of habitats, using effective conservation strategies, and promoting local community involvement are other important issues.

The Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus, as a globally endangered species, is significantly affected by conflicts with human, leading to the decline of this species population. Availability of food resources is known as one of the most important factors affecting the distribution of the Egyptian vulture. In this study, we employed an ensemble modelling approach to predict the  suitability of the  foraging habitat for the Egyptian vulture based on seven distribution modelling algorithms. According to our results, suitable foraging habitats for this bird accounted for about 4.19% (1021.40 km2) of the study area, of which only approximately 31.92% (326 km2) was covered by the conservation areas. Livestock density (31.82%), the presence of wild ungulates (15.36%), distance to dump sites (14.77%), landcover (12.46%) and elevation (11.85%) made the highest contribution to the ensemble model of this species. Our results indicated that Egyptian vultures mainly rely on dump sites, nomadic areas and livestock farming sites, thereby reflecting the vulture's tendency to livestock carcasses. Thus, it is important to develop effective strategies for proper monitoring and managing human activities in these areas.

this species Widely distributed in the world and have adapted to the varied weather conditions. Different environmental conditions and diet are two important factors that have effect on making diversity. Different studies have shown, Skull sustained only skeletal components in different environmental conditions.so, using them as Evaluation of morphometric changes of species. Therefore The analysis was limited only to the skull Rabbit. The aim of this study is surveying Genetic diversity and relationships between morphometric traits measured in 50 Skull Rabbit samples in five western province with a random sampling. totally 40 morphometric traits were measured. Group of measured traits were carried out by Spss and Ward method. As well as that, we used Pearson correlation to study correlations between traits were measured at the level of 99%. Fitting Darngarh have shown From the Euclidean distance of fifteen Species were divided into three groups (A, B , C). Continue fitting the Euclidean distance of ten Species based on morphological traits divided into four distinct groups. The correlation coefficients between traits showed that there is a high positive correlation at the level of 1% between some traits (r>80%) such as: Сondylobasal length، Palatal length. Zygomatic width، Greatest width. Least interorbital width، Postorbital width. Least interorbital width، Width of skull behind zygomaticorches. In addition to that there is a negative correlation at the level of 1% between The top row of teeth and Lower jaw height.

Feasibility of using geometric morphometrics on larvae of Loristan newt for population identifications Lorestan newt (Neurergus kaiseri, Schmidt 1952) is one of the native amphibians inhabiting streams, springs and waterfalls in the mountain regions of south and southwestern Iran. The current study was conducted, for the first time, to investigate the feasibility of using geometric morphometrics on larvae to distinguish the populations of this species. Image processing for morphometric analyses was performed on 112 larvae collected from eight sites. Two-dimensional land marking was used and 19 landmarks were selected for digitization. Morphometric data were then overlaid and analyzed using multivariate statistical methods (PCA and CVA). Results showed morphological differences between larvae of the studied populations and two morphological clusters can be distinguished within the populations. Therefore, due to differences between these populations and the difficulty of distinguishing these larvae based on the color patterns, it is recommended to be more cautious about releasing larvae to the wild.