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Climate change and plant diversity in Mesopotamia

  • Munir Ozturk1
  • Volkan Altay2
  • Mustafa Keskin3
  • Bengu Turkyilmaz Unal4
4 affiliations
  1. 1Department of Botany and Centre for Environmental Studies, Ege University, İzmir, Türkiye and Institute of Agri Biotechnology and Food Security, Samarkand State University, Uzbekistan
  2. 2Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Arts, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Hatay, Türkiye
  3. 3Biology Department, Faculty of Science and Arts, Marmara University, Istanbul, Türkiye
  4. 4Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biotechnology, Niğde, Türkiye
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Abstract

The “Mesopotamia”, well-known as a cradle of civilisations, is recorded as fertile crescent and an important geographical area. It is considered the place from which fruit trees like pistachio, pear, apple, plum, pomegranate and cultivated plants like pea, wheat, flax, lentil, chickpea, beet, and oat originated. In this study, mainly the provinces located in the Turkish Mesopotamian area have been evaluated. An attempt has been made to enlighten the potential impact of climate change on plant diversity.

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@article{ozturk2026climate,
  title = {{Climate change and plant diversity in Mesopotamia}},
  author = {Munir Ozturk and Volkan Altay and Mustafa Keskin and Bengu Turkyilmaz Unal},
  journal = {NUST Journal of Natural Sciences},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.53992/njns.v11i3.338},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.53992/njns.v11i3.338},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Climate change and plant diversity in Mesopotamia
AU  - Munir Ozturk
AU  - Volkan Altay
AU  - Mustafa Keskin
AU  - Bengu Turkyilmaz Unal
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/23
JO  - NUST Journal of Natural Sciences
DO  - 10.53992/njns.v11i3.338
UR  - https://doi.org/10.53992/njns.v11i3.338
AB  - The “Mesopotamia”, well-known as a cradle of civilisations, is recorded as fertile crescent and an important geographical area. It is considered the place from which fruit trees like pistachio, pear, apple, plum, pomegranate and cultivated plants like pea, wheat, flax, lentil, chickpea, beet, and oat originated. In this study, mainly the provinces located in the Turkish Mesopotamian area have been evaluated. An attempt has been made to enlighten the potential impact of climate change on plant diversity.
SN  - 2072-4659
SN  - 2710-222X
ER  -