University of Baghdad
Editorial Team
Editor in Chief
Prof. Dr. Razzaq Shalan Augul
Entomology and Biodiversity
Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
[email protected], [email protected]
Managing Editor
Assistant Prof. Dr. Harith Saeed Al-Warid
Parasitology and Wildlife Diseases
Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
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Editors
Prof. Dr. Moutaz A. Al-Dabbas
Environmental Marine Geology
Department of Geology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Prof. Dr. Atheer H. Ali
Ichthyology
Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, College of Agriculture, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq
Prof. Dr. Sadiq Kadhum Lafta Al-Zurfi
Ecology of Aquatic plants
Department of Environment, College of Science, University of Kufa, Al-Najaf, Iraq
Prof. Dr. Rainer Hutterer
Mammalogy
Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
Prof. Dr. Wafaa Mahrous Amer
Plant Taxonomy and Flora
Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Egypt
Prof. Dr. Félix Torres González
Biodiversity and Insects Taxonomy
Department of Animal Biology, Parasitology, Eology, Edaphology and Agronomic Chemistry, Faculty of Biology – USAL, University of Salamanca, Spain
Prof. Dr. Yusuf Kağan Kadıoğlu
Sedimentology
Department of Geological Engineering University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Nizmettim Kazanci
Sedimentology
Department of Geological Engineering, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Adil Yakob Yousif Al-Handal
Marine Ecology
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Huda Jasim Mohammed Altameme
Plant Taxonomy
Department of Biology, College of Science for Women, University of Babylon, Babylon, Iraq
Prof. Dr. Abdul Nasser Al-Gifri
Plant Taxonomy
Department of Biology, College of Education, University of Aden, Yemen
Prof. Dr. Fayez Y. M. S. Ahmad
Palynology and Biostratigraphy
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Prince El-Hassan Bin Talal Faculty for Natural resources and Environment, The Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan
Prof. Dr. Wafaa Kamal Taia
Plant Taxonomy
Department of Botany, College of Science, Alexandria University, Egypt
Associate Prof. Dr. Mohammed Reza Youssefi
Helminthic and Protozoan Parasites
Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Islamic Azad University, Babol-Branch, Mazandaran, Iran
Assistant Prof. Dr. Afkar Muslim Hadi
Helminthology
Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Assistant Prof. Dr. Wand Kh. Ali
Insects, Ecology and Taxonomy
College of Education, University of Salahaddin Erbil, Iraq
Assistant Prof. Dr. Valiallah Khalaji-Pirbalouty
Biosystematics and Taxonomy of Crustacean
Department of Biology, Faculty of Basic Science, University of Shahrekord, Shahrekord, Iran
Assistant Prof. Dr. Hemanta Kafley
Wildlife Biology
Department of Wildlife, Sustainability, and Ecosystem Sciences, Tarleton State University, Texas, USA
Assistant Prof. Dr. Amjed Qays Ibrahim Alqaisi
Molecular Biology
Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Lecturer Dr. Omar Fadhil Al-Sheikhly
Animal Ecology- Aves
Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Linguistic reviewer
Assistant Prof. Dr. Sanaa Lazim Hassn Al Ghareeb
Dept. of English, College of Arts, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Technical Office
Assistant Lecturer Hind Dh. Hadi
Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Assistant Lecturer Noor Hussein Yousif
Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq
Miss. Ebtisam J. Radha
Iraq Natural History Research Center and Museum, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq