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A comparison of vegetative climate of Artemisia sieberi Besser and Artemisia aucheri Boiss in Iran

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The relationship between plant species and climatic factors has always been a fundamental issue in plant ecology, and the use of multivariate statistical methods can be effective in revealing the relationship between climatic factors and plant species distribution. Therefore, in this study, climatic factors affecting the distribution of Artemisia sieberi and Artemisia aucheri, widely distributed in Iran, were investigated. For this purpose, 117 climatic factors were used, and to reduce the number of factors and determine the most important effective ones, a factor analysis was used by principal component analysis. The results showed that six factors including heating temperature, spring and summer precipitation, wind, autumn–winter precipitation, and dusty and cloudiness days explained 37.32%, 22.54%, 7.18%, 6.6%, 4.22%, and 4.15% of data variation, respectively. Together these seven factors account for 82% of data variation. The autumn–winter precipitation and heating temperature had the greatest impact on the presence of Artemisia sieberi and Artemisia aucheri, respectively, so that the autumn–winter precipitation was negative in areas where Ar.sieberi is observed. The heating temperature factor is negative in areas where Ar.aucheri is present, while it is positive in areas lacking Ar.aucheri. The study of the effect of environmental factors on Artemisia species distribution is very important in the planning and management of natural resources, and Artemisia is one of the most important plants in the country’s rangelands; therefore, the results of this research can be used for practical planning, management, and reclamation of these rangelands.

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  1. Rangeland Research Division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, AREEO, Tehran, I.R., Iran

    Morteza Khodagholi & Ehsan Zandi Esfahani

  2. Soil Conservation and Watershed Management Research Department, Isfahan Agriculture and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Isfahan, I.R., Iran

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• Morteza Khodagholi

1. Perform factor analysis

2. Field studies about Ar. au and Ar. si

3. Writing an article

• Razieh Saboohi

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2. Field studies about Ar. au and Ar. si

3. Statistical analysis

4. Writing an article

• Ehsan Zandi Esfahani

1. Article translation

2. Field studies about Ar.au and Ar.si

3. Writing an article

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Khodagholi, M., Saboohi, R. & Esfahani, E.Z. A comparison of vegetative climate of Artemisia sieberi Besser and Artemisia aucheri Boiss in Iran. Theor Appl Climatol 146, 921–939 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-021-03750-6

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