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Conservation of The Endangered
Persian Sunwatcher Lizard: Step 1.
This work is supported
by the Armenian National Science and Education Fund in 2005.
INTRODUCTION,
GOALS,
RESEARCH METHODS,
EXPECTED RESULTS, REFERENCES,
TIME FRAME, PROGRESS
EVALUATION
OBJECTIVES
For the realization of the goal of the present project it is necessary
to solve the following objectives:
1. To assess the dependance of the abundance of Sunwatcher Lizard on the
following main factors of habitats: steepness and exposition of microslopes,
capacity and mechanical composition of the soil, projective covering of
the soil with vegetation as well as household and construction waste,
distance to irrigated areas, highways and areas of working with heavy
technics and, finally, the quantity of sympartic species: Shtraukh's
racerunner (Eremias strauchi) and Pleskei's
racerunner (Eremias pleskei). The assessment will include
three stages:
1.1) Field measurement of the abundance of Persian Sunwatcher Lizard and
sympatric species, as well as measurement of the size of factors of corresponding
habitats;
1.2) Laboratory measurements of the factors, the measurement of which
is complicated in the field (mechanical composition of the soil).
1.3) Statistical processing of the findings and analysis of the dependance
of abundance of Sunwatcher Lizard on the size of influencing factors of
habitats.
2. For the visualization of the results of the research there will be
built a computer DB in GIS and a digital map demonstrating habitats of
different qualities within Goravan Sands.
3. For providing availability of the research results they will be published
in the form of scientific articles and reports at conferences as well
as placed in this site.
INTRODUCTION,
GOALS,
RESEARCH METHODS, EXPECTED
RESULTS, REFERENCES,
TIME FRAME, PROGRESS
EVALUATION
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