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The relationship between soil invertebrates and silvicultural practices in the oriental beech forests (Fagus orientalis Lipsky), a widespread forest tree in the Hyrcanian region, is not fully understood. The diversity of soil invertebrates is a crucial variable in the ecological evaluation of managed forests. Therefore, this study aims to assess the impacts of silvicultural practices on soil invertebrates, which is essential for sustainable forest management. The soil invertebrates studied included Earthworms, Winged insects, Aranea, Pseudoscorpions, Collembola, Protura, Diplura, Diplopoda, Chilopoda, Symphyla, Pauropoda, and Isopoda. The objective was to compare the abundance and diversity of soil invertebrates between two managed (No. 8) and unmanaged (No. 36) compartments in the Haftkhal forests of Neka city, Mazandaran province.

Soil sampling was conducted in 131 ha of the studied forests using a regular random method with grid dimensions of 150 × 200 m. A cylindrical device with a cross-sectional area of 81 cm² and a depth of 10 cm was used. Twenty and thirty sampling plots were obtained in managed (No. 8) and unmanaged (No. 36) compartments, respectively. The average abundance and the average number of soil invertebrate groups per square meter were determined. Additionally, Shannon-Wiener and Simpson Indices were used to calculate soil invertebrates’ diversity, while Margalef and Sheldon indices were used to determine species richness and evenness, respectively.

The results showed that the averages of total abundance and the number of soil invertebrate groups per square meter in the managed forest (117278.70 and 7.31) had a slight decrease compared to the unmanaged forest (120167.77 and 7.62). Also, the diversity averages based on Shannon-Wiener and Simpson indices, along with the Margalef richness of soil invertebrates in the managed forest (1.890, 0.834, and 1.770), had a slight decrease compared to the unmanaged forest (1.928, 0.840, and 1.862). On the other hand, the average Sheldon evenness of soil invertebrates in the managed forest (0.935) had a slight increase compared to the unmanaged forest (0.924). Overall, road construction and exploitation operations during the two periods of the forestry plan implementation created scattered changes in the managed compartment, leading to a slight decrease in the abundance, richness, and diversity of soil invertebrates. However, the values of all the investigated variables between managed and unmanaged forests were not statistically significant (p=0.05).

This research demonstrated that forest management, utilizing the forestry method of uneven-aged mixed forest and the silviculture system of single-selection, has not significantly reduced the abundance and diversity indices of soil invertebrates in the managed forest compared to the unmanaged forest.

This research was conducted in 2020 in order to investigating the species diversity and abundance of oribatid mites in the oak and hornbeam forests of Arasbaran (Ahar and Kaleibar) in East Azerbaijan Province. Soil sampling was carried out in May and June. Oribatid mites present in soil samples were separated using Berlese funnels and clarified in relative solution, followed by preparation of microscope slides. After identification, counting, diversity and evenness indices (Shannon and Simpson), as well as species richness were calculated using Ecological Methodology 6.0 software. In general, 29 species of Oribatid mites from 27 genera and 23 families were identified in this study: Cosmochthonius lanatus Michael, Sphaerochthonius splendidus Berlese, Steganacarus (Tropacarus) carinatus Koch, Papillacarus pseudoaciculatus Mahunka, Rhysotritia ardua Koch, Nothrus biciliatus Koch, Hermanniella septentrionalis Berlese, Plesiodamaeus ornatus Pérez-Íñígo, Belba sp., Xenillus setosus Grobler, Ozman & Cobanoglu, Fosseremus quadripertitus Grandjean, Rhinoppia obsoleta Paoli, Ramusella (Ramusella) puertomonttensis Hammer, Ramusella (R.) sengbuschi Tokyoensis, Ramusella (R.) sengbuschi Str., Graptoppia (G.) sundensis acuta Ayyildiz, Rectoppia sp., Suctobelella sp., Austrocarabodes (Austrocarabodes) foliaceisetus Murvanidze & Weigmann, Tectocepheus velaus Michael, Eupelops acromios Haman, Berlesezetes aegypticus Balogh & Mahunka, Oribatula (O.) tibialis allifera Subías, Protoribates (P.) paracapucinus Mahunka, Scheloribates fimbriatus Thor., Ceratozetes conjunctus Mihelčič, Punctoribates angulatus Bayartogtokh, Grobler & Cobanoglu, Galumna sp., Pilogalumna sp. The highest abundance of mites in Ahar and Kaleibar belonged to Scheloribtes fimbriatus and Oribaiula tibilis, respectively. The calculated species diversity indices in the Kaleibar region during June were higher than those in May. The diversity and species richness of oribatid mites were higher in Kaleibar with oak vegetation, which could be due to the higher humidity and acidity of the soil compared to Ahar.

Iron wood (Parrotia caspica (D.C) C.A. Mayer) is one of the endemic tree species of Iran that is widely distributed in Hyrcanian forests from west to east. Due to the fact that climatic factors in the northern forests are variable, the relationship between the ecological conditions of the habitat and the leaf stomata of Iron wood tree species was investigated in this study. For this purpose, leaves of 10 populations were collected from three provinces of Guilan, Mazandaran and Golestan and the morphological characteristics of their surface, density, length and width of the stomata were investigated. Also, habitat characteristics of diameter equal to tree trunk, altitude of habitat, temperature and rainfall were used for climate modeling. The results showed that with a 99% probability there was a significant difference between the stomata characteristics of Iron wood trees in different habitats (P<0.001). The trend of stomata density changes from west to east of northern forests was decreased, but stomata area increased from west to east. The predicted model showed that altitude and temperature had a significant effect on stomatal density (P<0.001). Temperature and rainfall had a significant effect on the stomata area (P<0.001) but the effect of altitude and diameter at breast height on the stomata area was not significant. In general, it can be said that the characteristics of the stomata are closely related to the climate conditions prevailing in the habitat.

Endophytic fungi are fungi that are present in plant tissue at the time of sampling without obvious symptoms. There are several reports that the use of endophytic fungi improves grain yield, increases cold and drought tolerance, resistance to plant pathogens and herbivorous insects. Therefore, these fungi can be used as a biocontrol agent in the protection of crops. Endophytic fungi are a rich source of active metabolites that have the potential to be used in medicine, agriculture, and industry, so this study was conducted to isolate endophytic fungi from hornbeam trees and their morphological and molecular identification from the forests of Sari.

In this study, to identify endophytic fungi from healthy branches of hornbeam trees during autumn 2019 and summer and autumn 2020 of the forests of Sari city were sampled. In the laboratory, each branch sample was kept for 24 months at 24 ° C and continuous darkness after disinfection and culture on PDA medium. Morphological features and sequencing of the ITS region were performed to confirm the morphological identification and sequencing of the relevant dendrogram using version 7.1 of Bioedit software.

In this study, 9 genera and species were identified. Fungal species includ:Alternaria alternata (OM117707), Aspergillus flavus (OM488258), Botryosphaeria dothidea (OM141395), Diaporthe eres (OM131770), Fusarium acuminatum(OM131729),Fusarium sambucinum (OM142129),Mucor fragilis (OM017151), Neofusicuccum parvum (OM017148), Fulvia fulva (OM124921).

In general, the aim of this research was to identify the fungal endophytes of Beech trees based on morphological and molecular data from the forests of Mahdasht, Tabaghdeh, Darabkala and Imamzadeh Zaid Sari located in Mazandaran province.

Obtaining information and identifying the changes and dynamics of forest ecosystems in different developmental stages is necessary for optimal management, restoration and improvement of forests. The aim of  This research  was to investigate the effect of different development stages of the stand on tree regeneration and understory species in the mixed hornbeam stand in spring and summer (due to the beginning of vegetative activities until the optimal vegetative stage of herbaceous plants) in the forestry plan of Gorgan Shasat-Kalate district two was done.

In order to investigate development stages, after forest surveying, three rectangular half-hectare sample plots with dimensions of 50 x 100 meter for each development stage based on the characteristics provided by Leibundgut and Korpel in the field of the structure pattern of development stages and phases in natural forests were used. In order to study and investigate the vegetation cover, five small sample plots (20x20 meters), one of them in the center and four other in the four corners. In each sample plot, the percentage of herbaceous species cover and the tree regeneration frequency were recorded. To investigate and compare diversity in different development stages, use the diversity indices of Simpson and Shannon-Wiener, and to calculate the richness, use the richness indices of Margalf and Manhinik, and for evenness, use the evenness indices of Smith-Wilson and Evenness in PAST and R software (package Adiv software and specieseve function( were used.

The results showed that the number of plant species in the degradation stage is more than the initial and optimal stages. Diversity indices of understory species and tree regeneration species showed that the diversity of Shannon and Simpson in the two seasons of spring and summer in the optimal stage was lower than the initial and degradation stages. Also, Smith-Wilson and Evenness indices had the highest values in both spring and summer in the optimal stage. The highest value of the Menhinic richness index of understory species was determined in the optimal stage in the spring season, while no significant difference was observed between the different stages in the summer season. The highest value of Margalef richness index of tree species regeneration in both seasons was also observed in the degradation stage.

Based on the results of the present research, it can be stated that different development stages have an effect on the diversity of herbaceous species and forest regeneration. Therefore, there are significant implications of sustainable management on the vegetation layer, which should be considered in future of forest management strategies.

Euproctis chrysorrhoea L. is the key pests of Arasbaran forests and has very high distribution. This research was conducted in order to investigating species diversity and richness of the arthropods related to wintering larvae of pest in eight regions of Ahar and Horand in East Azarbaijan in 2019. Number of 20 oak trees were selected in each area and 10 nests of wintering larvae were collected from each tree and transferred to the laboratory. Isolation of arthropods inside larval nests was done in the laboratory and species richness indices, Shannon and Simpson diversity of them at different elevation classes were also calculated. In this research, the number of seven species of arthropods on the overwintering larvae of E. chrysorrhoea were collected and identified as follows: Brachymeria intermedia Nees, Monodontomerus aerus Walker, Pimpla turionellae L., Meteorus obsoletus Wesmael, Telenemus sp., Tachina praeceps Meigen and Thomisas sp. The highest number of arthropods (six species) was observed in Niagh area in Horand. The highest frequency was belong to Telenemus sp. Diversity and species richness of arthropods of E. chrysorrhoea was less in different regions of Ahar than Horand. So that the highest and lowest values of Shannon's diversity index with values of 2.56 and 1.04, as well as the highest and lowest values of Simpson index with values of 0.76 and 0.31, respectively, were recorded in Niagh in Horand and Goravan in Ahar. Results showed that the height above sea level did not affect diversity indices of arthropods related to wintering larvae.

Euphrat Poplar (Populus euphratica Olive.) is a native tree of Iran with high adaptation to the ecological conditions of arid and desert areas. In this research, the plant cuttings were collected from main habitats including Masoumiyah, Hamidiyeh, Maranjab and Manjil. Traits such as survival and establishment percentage, diameter and height growth and the rate of disease and pest damage were measured. The results of split plot at the time and place of vegetative indices of seedlings showed significant effects of the studied factors on the diameter and height of seedlings (p≤0.01). In non-saline, Semi-salineand saline experimental farms, the population of Manjil had the highest and Marnjab the lowest survival. The populations of Manjil and Masoumiyah had the highest height in the non-saline farm. Vegetation indices in non-saline farms had higher values than semi-saline and saline farms. In the semi-saline farm, the population of Manjil and Masoumiyah had the largest and Marnjab and Hamidiyeh had the smallest collar diameters. Although in the saline farm, the populations of Masoumiyah and Manjil had the highest seedling height, but they were not significantly different from the other two populations. In the saline farm, in terms of seedling diameter, the populations of Masoumiyah and Manjil were superior to the others. The overall results showed that due to the higher genetic potential in Manjil habitat and suitable conditions of mother trees in terms of soil and especially water availability in Manjil and Masoumiyah habitats, survival and diameter and of height cutting are higher in these populations.

the intermediate disturbance hypothesis predicts that communities with intermediate disturbance rates will have the greatest species diversity compared to communities with high and low frequency disturbances. Therefore, a recently disturbed area should be dominated by early-colonizing species or ruderal species. A late successional area is predicted to be dominated by strong competitors and a mid-successional area by a mixture of the tow. Composition of forest community in different successional stages is important as one of the key management issues. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of successional stages on density and composition of bird species and to test the intermediate disturbance hypothesis.

The total numbers of 60 Sampling units were selected and were evenly assigned into 3 treatments. 20 samples were allocated for each of the three treatments including clear cutting, single tree selection logging, and virgin compartments equivalent to the early stage of succession, intermediate stage of succession, and climax stage of succession, respectively. Environmental variables and birds were detected within 60 circle sampling plots with 25m radius. The number of tree species, basal area, height of trees, number of snags, density of grass cover, canopy cover, and litter depth were recorded at each sampling plot. Birds were recorded using point-count method.

Forest structure variables including tree density, Shannon-Wiener diversity index, Camargo evenness index, species richness, tree basal area, density of canopy cover, the number of snags, and the number of trees with more than 20 m in height had significant differences among different successional stages. Moreover, bird community structure including Shanon-Wiener diversity index, Camargo evenness index, and richness index had significant differences among different successional stages. In the period of the study, a total of 24 bird species were recorded. Jay and Chaffinch had the highest abundance in the early successional stage; meanwhile, Black Woodpecker and Coal Tit were the most abundant in the mid successional stage. The Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wren, and Nuthatch were the most prevalent bird species at the mature forest.

bird and tree diversity and richness followed the predictions of the intermediate disturbance hypothesis, being highest in the mid successional plot.

The aim of this study was to compare the richness, diversity, and evenness of soil macrofauna and the factors affecting it during the growing and dormant seasons in Amygdlus scoparia Spach stand in the protected area of Geno located in Hormozgan province, Iran. After the selection of a half-hectare stand of Amygdalus scoparia in the Geno protected area, 10 soil samples were randomly collected in the depth of 15 cm, under the crown of trees in growing and dormant seasons in order to measure physiochemical characteristics and identify soil macrofauna and their relations. After macrofauna separation, samples were transferred to the laboratory for physiochemical analysis. All variables were compared across two seasons using T-Test analysis (p <0.05) and the correlation of variables was analyzed using Pearson correlation (p <0.01). The results showed that all soil properties (nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus, and temperature) except electrical conduction and soil acidity in the growing season were significantly higher than those in dormant season. The frequency and biomass of macrofauna in the growing season were 1060 in m2 and 5.9 mg.m-2, respectively, comapred to 90 in m2 and 0.7 mg.m-2 obtained for dormant seasons. Further, the indices of Margalef, Menhinick, Simpson, Shannon and Waever, and evenness Pielou and Hill in growing season (2.55, 2.15, 0.79, 1.77, 0.89, and 0.93) were significantly higher than those in dormant season (0.23, 0.53, 0.09, 0.13, 0.49, and 0.19, respectively). Soil macrofauna frequency along with biodiversity, richness, and Pielou evenness indices showed positive and significant correlations with organic carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen and soil temperature.

In recent years the protection of biodiversity became an important goal in forest management and caused some conservative management approaches such as creating managed areas or areas in which no management has been implemented. In the past decade habitat trees came under focus. Micro-habitats are structures on dead or alive trees in the forest including changes such as wounds and fractures caused by biological process and provide places for forest living organisms. Nowadays the necessity of habitat trees protection has been emphasized in forest management and policy. This study aimed to assess the diversity and frequency of tree micro-habitats in Persian ironwood- hornbeam forest stands at Bahramnia Forestry Plan (Gorgan).

Therefore for assessing the trees’ micro-habitats 4 square sample plots each one with the area of 2500 m2 were selected and allometric characteristics (diameter and height) of all trees with the diameter more than 7.5 cm were recorded. Then according to an instruction the type and abundance of micro-habitats were assess and recorded for all trees. A binocular was used for assessing the micro-habitats located on top of the tree crown and their upper trunk. The habitat value as well as economic value of all trees have been calculated using Integrate+ software. Correlation test was used to assess relationship between occurrence and frequency of micro-habitat with quantitative characteristics of all trees.

The result showed that the studied stand is an uneven-aged stand and Persian-ironwood tree species is the most abundant tree species within it. The hornbeam trees have the highest average diameter and height, as well as the highest diversity and frequency of micro-habitats. The most frequent micro-habitats observed on the trees were EP, GR and CV. The result of correlation test showed a significant relationship between tree diameter and micro-habitats abundance. By increasing in the tree diameter the number of micro-habitats significantly increased.

Totally the results of this study show that there are different kinds of micro-habitats in the studied forest stands. Also the tree diameter is one of the factors that affects micro-habitats’ abundance. Therefore it is of importance to maintain some of the high diameter trees in the forest stand. Understanding the effective factors on occurrence and abundance of the micro-habitats can be an important help in protecting forest biodiversity. Studies on habitat trees in Iran’s forest ecosystems (particularly Hyrcanian Forests) is rather a new issue which can be an effective help for better understanding of the other functions of these ecosystems, especially ecosystem services and increasing biodiversity.

Air dryness and deficiency of moisture are In the wide range of Iran rangelands but with some soil mechanical operations can be increased moisture in certain areas of the pasture. In this study the effect of storing operation of curved pit and its dimensions on developing vegetation and soil of pastures was studied in Reihan plain of Ravar-Kerman province. For this purpose, sampling was done in a random way from a small, medium and a large curved pit and a region between two pits. And in each plot was measured crest cover percentage production and the number of plant bases were defined. we put ten soil profiles and sampling was done from the first 30 cm of soil surface in each area . We analyzed data by using two way ANOVA and Duncan test by SPSS21 software. The results suggested that density, production and vegetation percentage were significantly different in the four study sites (p < 0.05) The largest canpy cover and production was in the large curved pit. According to the uniformity index, the Simpson and Wilson homogeneity index has had a significant difference, based on the Simpson index and the Wilson index the highest evenness is in small curved pit. Soil analyzing results show that the organic matter and organic carbon of the large curved pit soil has had a significant increase. In general, due to the high sensitivity of rangeland ecosystems in arid and semi-arid regions we can increase the vegetation cover, by curved pit in large dimensions

In this study, morphology and pollen grain diversity of eight maple species including Acer negundo, A.palmatum, A.monsspesulanum, A.velutinum, A.cappadocicum, A.campestre, A.tanoide L, A.hyrcanum and a cultivar of A.negundo (A.negundo variegatum) were studied to examine their roles in this genus and to find the diagnostic attributes. The results showed that pollen grains of this genus are tricolpateand are of medium size, often heteropolar with no radial symmetry, and are classified in plicate class. Studying the quantitative traits by using one-way analysis of variance and cluster analysis showed a high inter-specific variations among the traits. In the principal component analysis, the distance of two pollen lengths from each another, the length of the equatorial diameter of the pollen grain, the window environment, and the window area were determined to separate the existing species. In order to test the accuracy of the analysis, the detection analysis was used, which confirmed up to 80% of the results of grouping of each species is based on the pollen attributes.

In order to comparing the regeneration and diversity in natural and created gaps, all of the gaps in two compartments in Asalem forests were identified and divided into three categories: small gaps (2), medium gaps (200-500 m2), and large gaps (>500 m2). Seven plots with an area of 4m2 (2m×2m) were taken in each gap. The number of individuals of tree seedlings and saplings were recorded and coverage percent of herbaceous species were estimated in each plot based on extended Braun - Blanquet cover - abundance scale. In addition to counting the number of species, diversity indices including Simpson (1-D) and Shannon-Wiener (H') and Smith- Wilson’s evenness indices were calculated. The Kolomogrov-Smirnov test was used to study the normality of data and then one-way ANOVA test was performed using SAS software. Totally 38 natural and 30 created gaps were identified. The results revealed that mean of each gap size was 371 m2. There were no significant difference between the size of natural and created gaps but the number and total regeneration were significant differences among natural and created gaps. The least abundance of seedlings were obtained in the small gaps. Also diversity indices had maximum in the created gaps.

Forest degradation influences ecosystem sustainability and reduces plant species diversity. Plantations with coniferous trees in degraded ecosystems help the native species to become established and play a major role in preserving and improving plant diversity. This study aims at measuring and comparing the woody species diversity across different age classes of Pinus brutia and Cupressus horizontalis in Ghapan region, East of Golestan. Plantations were classified in the following age classes: <10, 10-20, and 20-30 years old. Then an area of about 5 ha were chosen for every age class and a number of 30 plots (400 m2) were systematic randomly selected. List of woody species and their density in each sample plot were recorded. Number of woody species was calculated using species richness, expected richness, and Margalef indices; diversity was calculated using Simpson and Shannon-Wiener indices; and evenness was calculated using Camargo and Simpson indices. Analysis of variance showed that the effects of species, age classes, and their interaction were significant. Slicing of interaction effect indicated an outstanding difference of richness, diversity, and evenness indices across the different age classes of Pinus brutia plantations. The difference of expected richness and Margalef, Simpson, and Shannon-Wiener indices were not significant across the different age classes of Cupressus horizontalis plantations. But, the increasing of species richness and evenness of Camargo and Simpson indices were significant across the age classes of <10 and 10–20 years old. Also, it was showed that Pinus brutia plantation is more suitable for establishment and development of woody species than Cupressus horizontalis and therefore it is recommended for future plantations at the study region.

This study aimed to determine the efficiency of numerical and parametrical indices to evaluate biodiversity of soil and litter mesofauna in different physiographic positions. Sampling was conducted in three height classes above sea level (low land, middele land and high land) and two aspects (north and south). Also, in each altitude class, three different slope classes (less than 25%, 50-25% and more than 50%) were determined. Three transects of about 100 m were established in each of the slope classes. Three sample points were located along each transect. Around the center of each sample point, a litter layer and a soil sample to a depth of 10 cm speratly were taken. In the laboratory, soil and litter samples were placed inside a Berlese funnel to bring out arthropods mesofauna. The results showed that soil mesufauna Shannon–Wiener's diversity, Pielou's evenness and Margalef's richness indices, were significantly affected by aspect, elevation, sampling depth and their interactions. Along the northern aspect and in the litter layer, the highest Shannon–Wiener's diversity index was observed in middle land and slpoe

To investigate the variation between and within same populations of Diospyros lotus based on fruit morphological characteristics، five populations (A، B، C، D، E) were selected along two altitude transects (populations A، B and C with a height of 300، 500 and 700 meters from the sea level، respectively in eastern Band pey forests of Babol and populations D and E with an elevation of 300 and 500 meters in Shastklateh، Gorgan). From each site 10 genotypes were randomly selected and some fruits of each genotype was collected in mid-October. After mixing the fruits، five fruits with three replicates were randomly separated and totally five traits measured. The results indicated that the difference between the populations for all traits was significant (p≤ 0. 01). The mean comparison between populations also showed that in general، population A has the highest amount of trait mean. The analysis of variances within population also indicated that except population A، in other populations for all studied traits، there was significant difference between genotypes. Based on the results of this study، this species has high morphological diversity in fruit characteristics among and within studies populations and the best genotypes in order to gather fruit، were 5 and 6 from population A، 2 and 6 from population B، 3، 4 and 5 from population C، 4 and 5 from D and 5 and 4 from population E.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the diversity of soil invertebrates at Brutain pine (Pinus brutia Ten.) and Cypress (Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis) afforestations in Kordkoy region (Mazandaran-Iran). Tending operations have not been performed in these afforestations. For this purpose, invertebrates were sampled in mid-summer, using 20 core soil samples (81 cm2 cross section) to a depth of 10 cm. The fourteen groups of soil invertebrates in each sample were extracted by Berlese funnel and counted by Binocular. Also 20 soil pits of 100×100 cm2 with 10 cm and 20 cm depth were taken and adult earthworms were collected by hand counting. The results of this research showed that the diversity of soil invertebrates (Shanon and Simpson index) with species richness (Margalef index) and species equitability (Heip index) in the Brutain Pine afforestation was greater than Cypress afforestation. Of course it must be mentioned that these differences were not statistically significant. Overall, this study showed Brutain pine has provided a more favorable environment for the presence of soil invertebrates than cypress plantation.

Nowadays, Study of diversity and composition of woody species is one of the important subjects in order to understanding the changes forest ecosystem and variability in the world. The aim of this study is to evaluation the relationship between the diversity and the richness of woody species and physiographical factors which are important in distribution and establishment of plant species. A systematic random sampling method (200×250 meters) was applied to collect field data. The 84 plots were designed and established. Also, the plots were squares of 40×40 (0.16 ha) meters dimension in the forest located in two basins of Salas babajani and village of Babakoseolia in kermanshah province. Factors such as elevation, slop, aspect, forest type and diameter of species were recorded in each plot. Then via using section level sum and total basics in each sample plot, calculated the amount of eight indicators of diversity and even ness (Simpson, Hill, Shannon, even-aged number of species, smoothness of Simpson, Kamarago, smith, Wilson and Nee). Two indicators of richness (Margalef and Menhinick) by using of total basal area species and total number of tree in every sample plat were calculated in general nine woody spices were determined in studied region and 3 indicator as number of even-aged species smith Wilson and Margalef were recognized as the best indicator of heterogeneity evenness and richness, respectively. the results showed that the highest diversity, richness belong to the site with higher elevation and northern aspect with 30% slope the highest amount of evenness belong to the lower elevation and southern aspect there is no differences in indicator of Smith-Wilson for different slope classes.

In temperate forests, disturbances are regarded as processes of great importance to forest vegetation. For the better perception of biodiversity, different indices were used in mountain forests of Lalis located in Chalous. Line transect method used for sampling, and plant abundances were recorded, as well. Forest gaps areas were divided into four classes including smaller than 200 m2, 200 - 400 m2, 400 - 600 m2 and larger than 600 m2 areas. In order to analyze of biodiversity, Simpson, Shannon and Wiener, Margalef, Menhenick, Peet and Camargo indices were used. Using analysis of variance, statistical difference between biodiversity indices in respect to gap sizes was found. The maximum and minimum of divers species and richness species indices were related to very large and small gaps, respectively. The highest evenness indices were related to medium and large gaps, whereas the least of evenness indices were related to small and very large gaps.