Biodiversity richness created by the Tigris River in the Hevsel Gardens and its surroundings in southeastern Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorÜnlü E.
dc.contributor.authorErtekin A.S.
dc.contributor.authorBiricik M.
dc.contributor.authorTusun S.
dc.contributor.authorŞeşen R.
dc.contributor.authorYakali N.
dc.contributor.authorCoşkun Y.
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T18:46:32Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T18:46:32Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe historical Hevsel Gardens in Diyarbakır, Turkey, was registered as a UNESCO cultural heritage site in 2015. The biodiversity of the habitats was revealed by compiling the inventory obtained from the field studies in the Hevsel Gardens, and its surroundings, including the Tigris River between 2002-2021, and from the literature containing studies conducted in the region. The results indicate that there are 607 species of flora including phytoplankton-phytobenthos and plants and 635 species of animals consisting of invertebrates (352 species), fish (27 species), amphibians (3 species), reptiles (15 species), birds (215 species) and mammals (23 species). The records revealed the following species under different threatened categories of IUCN at a global scale and The Red Book of Turkish Plants for endemic Plants: Vicia esdraelonensis (VU) and Trifolium aintabense (NT) from plants; Leguminaia wheatleyi (NT), Unio mancus (NT) from Mollusca; Oedipoda aurea (NT) from Insecta; Arabibarbus grypus (VU), Carasobarbus kosswigi (VU), Luciobarbus esocinus (VU) from Fish; Testudo graeca (VU) and Rafetus euphraticus (EN) from reptiles; Oxyura leucocephala (EN), Falco cherrug (EN), Aythya ferina (VU), Streptopelia turtur (VU), Otis tarda (VU), Falco vespertinus (VU), Pelecanus crispus (NT), Aythya nyroca (NT), Vanellus vanellus (NT), Limosa limosa (NT), and Numenius arquata (NT) from birds; Vormela peregusna (VU) and Lutra lutra (NT) from mammals. The factors threatening the area have been revealed and discussed in the paper. For the sustainable conservation of rich biodiversity, it is recommended that this region of the Tigris River and Hevsel Gardens should be protected within the scope of “Qualified Nature Protection Areas”. © Biharean Biologist, Oradea, Romania, 2022.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipWe would like to thank Archaeologist Nevin Soyukaya, the coordinator of <https://diyarbakirhafizasi.org/>, who encouraged us to construct this study to contribute to the protection of Hevsel gardens. We are most grateful to Prof Anilava Kaviraj (India) and Dr. Laith A. Jawad (New Zealand) for their English editing of the article and valuable comments. We also would like to thank the Editor and the anonymous reviewers for their very constructive suggestions.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage138en_US
dc.identifier.issn1843-5637
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85160913916
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage119en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/25237
dc.identifier.volume16en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversitatea din Oradeaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofBiharean Biologist
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectCompositionen_US
dc.subjectFlora And Faunaen_US
dc.subjectRiver Ecosystemen_US
dc.subjectSustainable Environmenten_US
dc.subjectTaxonomyen_US
dc.titleBiodiversity richness created by the Tigris River in the Hevsel Gardens and its surroundings in southeastern Turkeyen_US
dc.titleBiodiversity richness created by the Tigris River in the Hevsel Gardens and its surroundings in southeastern Turkey
dc.typeArticleen_US

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