Environmental Science/Climate Change & Mitigation

Biodiversity Hotspots of the World

Biodiversity Hotspot of the Irano-Anatolian Region
Editor: T. Pullaiah, PhD

Biodiversity Hotspot of the Irano-Anatolian Region

In Production
Pub Date: Forthcoming November 2026
Hardback Price: $220 USD | £170 UK
Hard ISBN: 9781779645753
E-Book ISBN: 978-1-77964-576-0
Pages: Est. 298 pp w index
Binding Type: Hardback / ebook
Series: Biodiversity Hotspots of the World
Notes: 24 color and 11 b/w illustrations

Addressing the alarming rate at which biodiversity around the world is declining due to human-caused actions, the book series Biodiversity Hotspots of the World features the 36 hotspot regions of the world, highlighting the most interesting and important properties of these hotspots. The books cover the physiography and climatology; vegetation and forest types; amphibian and reptile biodiversity; genetic diversity of crops, plants, fishes, butterflies, insects, birds, mammals; angiosperms, and gymnosperms; and much more. And of course, the unique threats and conservation efforts for the areas are addressed as well.

This new volume addresses the Irano-Anatolian region, a global biodiversity hotspot in Southwest Asia that encompasses high mountain ranges, such as the Zagros, Alborz, and Armenian Highlands, and significant parts of Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkmenistan. The regions high mountain ranges, a result of tectonic activity, has led to diverse habitats, making it home to unique species like salt plants and numerous endemic orchids, many of which are threatened. A region with exceptional levels of native species, it faces serious threats to their survival from habitat loss due to overgrazing, deforestation, drainage of wetlands, military activities, and climate change.

Biodiversity Hotspot of the Irano-Anatolian Region covers the geography, geology, and climate of the region and also explores the diversity of cyanobacteria species, macrofungi, phytoplankton and zooplankton, bryophytes and pteridophytes, fish, soils, and more. It also considers the adverse effects of climate change on the biodiversity of the Irano-Anatolian Hotspot.

This volume joins the others in the Biodiversity Hotspots of the World series as an essential resource for researchers and practitioners in the fields of conservation biology, ecology, and evolution as the series concisely records the existing biodiversity of these biodiversity hotspots of the world.

CONTENTS:
Preface

1. Geography, Geology, and Climate of the Irano-Anatolian Hotspot
Meral Avci and Sedat Avci

2. Diversity of Cyanobacteria Species and Their Application Areas in Türkiye
Tolga Coþkun and Anýl Esmeyar

3. Macrofungi of Anatolia: A Comprehensive Study
Mihrican Yaratanakul Güngör, Halil Güngör, and Ibrahim Türkekul

4. Bryophyte Diversity in the Irano-Anatolian Region
Prem L. Uniyal, Himani Yadav, Priti Giri, Anshul Dhyani, and Meenam Bhatia

5. Pteridophytes of the Irano-Anatolian Hotspot
Hasan Yaºayacak

6. Fish Diversity in the Irano-Anatolian Hotspot Region
Hossein Mostafavi, Azad Teimori, and Najmeh Tabasinezhad

7. The Phytoplankton Diversity of Freshwater Systems in the Irano-Anatolian Hotspot: A Review
Nese Yilmaz, Ali Thorabi Haghighi, and Ibrahim Tamer Emecan

8. Zooplankton Diversity of the Irano-Anatolian Hotspot
Pinar Gürbüzer

9. Soil Biota of the Irano-Anatolian Hotspot
Meriç Cakir

10. Climate Change and Biodiversity of the Irano-Anatolian Hotspot
Milad Nouri

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editor: T. Pullaiah, PhD
Former Professor, Department of Botany at Sri Krishnadevaraya University in Andhra Pradesh, India

T. Pullaiah, PhD, is a former Professor at the Department of Botany at Sri Krishnadevaraya University in Andhra Pradesh, India, where he has taught for more than 35 years. He has held several positions at the university, including Dean, Faculty of Biosciences, Head of the Department of Botany, Head of the Department of Biotechnology, and member of Academic Senate. He was President of the Indian Botanical Society, President of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy, and Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences. He has received various prestigious awards for his work. Under his guidance over 50 students earned their doctoral degrees. He has authored over 65 books, edited over 45 books, and published over 340 research papers. His books include Mangroves: Biodiversity, Livelihoods and Conservation (Springer); Ethnobotany of India (5 volumes, Apple Academic Press); Global Biodiversity (4 volumes, Apple Academic Press); Monograph on Brachystelma and Ceropegia in India (CRC Press); Apomixis in Angiosperms (CRC Press); Invasive Alien Species (4 volumes, Wiley International); Advances in Cell and Molecular Diagnostics (Elsevier); Camptothecin and Camptothecin Producing Plants (Elsevier); Paclitaxel (Elsevier); Red Sanders: Silviculture and Conservation (Springer); among others. Dr. Pullaiah was also a member of the Species Survival Commission of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Professor Pullaiah received his PhD from Andhra University, India, attended Moscow State University, Russia, and worked as Postdoctoral Fellow during 1976–1978.




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