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Mehdi Heydari

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Introduction

Born 1980
Ilam province, Ilam city

Education

  • BSc. in Forest sciences , Guilan university (1981 - 2013)
    Thesis title: Effect of human disturbances and management on above ground vegetation composition and soil seed bank in Zagros forest ecosystem, Ilam city
  • MSc. in Natural Resources Engineering , Guilan university (2005 - 2007)
    Thesis title: Determination of plant ecological groups in relation to environmental factors , Ghlarang , Ilam.
  • BSc. in Natural Resources Engineering , Chalus university (2001 - 2005)
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Research activities

Journal Papers
The biodiversity-ecosystem function puzzle: Untangling the roles of topography, canopy cover, and structural diversity in Zagros woodlands , jaafar Hosseinzadeh, Mehdi Heydari, Reza Omidipour (2025)
Landscape Position and Shape as Drivers of Soil Properties and Quality Variation along Hillslope Sequences in a Semiarid Oak Forest , Mehdi Heydari, mahmood rostaminia, Reza Omidipour, Yahya Kooch, Daniel F. C Dey (2025)
The role of trunk decay and litter accumulation in determining fire susceptibility in Persian Oak forests jaafar Hosseinzadeh, Mehdi Heydari, javad mirzaei (2025)
Earthworm: a keystone species of soil quality, health and functions Yahya Kooch, Mehdi Heydari, Mohammad Kazem Parsapour, Orsolya Valkó (2025)
Temporal variation of leaf nutrient retranslocation in exotic and indigenous tree species in Zagros forests, Iran , javad mirzaei, Mehdi Heydari, Yahya Kooch , Daniel Dey (2025)
From forest to farmland: Tracking time series variations in soil quality in semiarid oak forest Hojat Fathy, Mehdi Heydari, Hasan Fathizad , jaafar Hosseinzadeh, Ali Najafifar, Brandon Heung, Aliakbar Jafarzadeh, Seyed Roohollah Mousavi (2025)
Enhancing Cercis siliquastrum seedling quality to meet ecological challenges in afforestation: influence of the combined effects of light, water stress, and zeolite amendment Mehdi Heydari, Mehdi Anbari , abdolali karamshahi, Somayeh Hajinia , Orsolya Valk , Bernard Prevosto (2025)
Diversity and composition of vegetation and soil seed banks after sand dune restoration by oil mulching and plantations Banafsheh Jalilian , Noredin Rostami, Mehdi Heydari, Mehrdad Kohzadian , Orsolya Valko , Reza Omidipour (2025)
Mitigating negative impacts of drought on oak seedlings performances through plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria Mehri Khosravi , Mehdi Heydari, Hossein Ali Alikhani , Asghar Mosleh Arani , Lucia Guidi , Bernard Prevosto (2025)
Incorporating forest canopy openness and environmental covariates in predicting soil organic carbon in oak forest Lei Su , Mehdi Heydari, Maryam Sadat Jaafarzadeh , Seyed Roohollah Mousavi , Meisam Rezaei , Brandon Heung , Hassan Fathizad (2024)
Role of environmental and stand factors on forest dieback: An approach using structural equation modelling and machine learning Lei Su , Mehdi Heydari, Seyed Roohollah Mousavi , Bernard Prevosto (2024)
Climatic variables are more effective on the spatial distribution of oak forests than land use change across their historical range Hengameh Mirhashemi , Kurosh Ahmadi , Mehdi Heydari, Omid Karami , Orsolya Valko , Nabaz R. Khwarahm (2024)
Climatic differentiation: Variability in leaf functional and stoichiometry traits among different woody species in semi-arid forests Forough Soheili , Hamid Reza Naji, Mehdi Heydari, Hazandy Abdul-hamid , Stephen Woodward (2023)
Non-native and native tree species plantations and seasonality could have substantial impacts on the diversity of indigenous soil fauna in a semi-arid forest ecosystem Mahnaz Karamian , javad mirzaei, Mehdi Heydari, Majid Mirabbalou, Yahya Kooch , Necla Pehlivan (2023)
Seasonal Efects of Native and Non‑Native Woody Species on Soil Chemical and Biological Properties in Semi‑Arid Forests, Western Iran mahnaz karamian , javad mirzaei, Mehdi Heydari, yahya kooch , Eric R. Labelle (2023)
Species distribution models of Brant's oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.): The impact of spatial database on predicting the impacts of climate change Hengameh Mirhashemi , Mehdi Heydari, Kourosh Ahmadi , Omid Karami , Ali Kavagaci , Brandon Heung , Tetsuya Matsui (2023)
Evaluation of Oil Mulch Effect on Wind Erosion Threshold Velocity and Some of Soil Properties (Case Study: Dehloran, Ilam) Noredin Rostami, Haji Karimi, Mohsen Tavakoli, Marzieh Mirhasani , Mehdi Heydari (2023)
Stand structural diversity and elevation rather than functional diversity drive aboveground biomass in historically disturbed semiarid oak forests Lei Su , Mehdi Heydari, Reza Omidipour , Forogh Soheili , Javad Cheraghi , Bernard Prevosto , Pedro Manuel Villa (2023)
Tree dieback, woody plant diversity, and ecosystem driven by topography in semi-arid mountain forests: Implication for ecosystem management Mehdi Heydari, Javad Cheraghi , Reza Omidipour , mahmood rostaminia, Yahya Kooch , Christopher , Orsolya valko (2023)
Assessment of Post-Fire Phenological Changes Using MODIS-Derived Vegetative Indices in the Semiarid Oak Forests Saeideh Karimi , Mehdi Heydari, javad mirzaei, omid karami , amir mosavi (2023)
Adaptive mechanism in Quercus brantii Lindl. leaves under climatic differentiation: morphological and anatomical traits Forough Soheili , Mehdi Heydari, Stephen Woodward , Hamid Reza Naji (2023)
Adaptive plasticity of morphological and anatomical traits of Brant’s oak(Quercus brantiiLindl.) leaves under different climates and elevationgradients Forough Soheili , Mehdi Heydari, Stephen Woodward , Hazandy Abdul-Hamid , Hamid Reza Naji (2023)
Decrease in Soil Functionalities and Herbs’ Diversity, but Not That of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi, Linked to Short Fire Interval in Semi-Arid Oak Forest Ecosystem, West Iran javad mirzaei, Mehdi Heydari, reza , Christopher Carcaillet (2023)
Modeling Climate Change Effects on the Distribution of Oak Forests with Machine Learning Hengameh Mirhashemi , Mehdi Heydari, Omid Karami , Kourosh Ahmadi , Amir Mosavi (2023)
Synergistic use of biochar and the plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria in mitigating drought stress on oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) seedlings Mehdi Heydari, Somayeh Hajinia , Nahid Jafarian , Mahnaz Karamian , Zeinab Mosa , Bernard Prevosto , Orsolya Valko , Lucia Guidi , Nasrin Rezaei , Shokoufeh Asgharzadeh (2023)
How Tree Decline Varies the Anatomical Features in Quercus brantii Forough Soheili , Hazandy Abdul-Hamid , Isaac Almasi , Mehdi Heydari, Steve Woodward , Hamid Reza Naji (2023)
Elevational shift of endangered European yew under climate change in Hyrcanian mountain forests: Rethinking conservation-restoration strategies and management Shirin Mahmoodi , Kourosh Ahmadi , Mehdi Heydari, Omid Karami , Omid Esmailzadeh , Brandon Heung (2022)
Evaluating the restoration potential of soil seed banks in degraded semi-arid oak forests: Influence of canopy cover types and fire-related cues on seed germination Mohamad Omidi , Mehdi Heydari, Mehdi Abedi , Mehrdad Kohzadean , Orsolya Valko , Bernard Prevosto (2022)
Soil changes and plants reaction to road construction in a temperate mixed forest Ramin Naghdi , Hassan Porbabaei , Mehdi Heydari, Farzam Tavankar , Mahdieh Noori , Daniel C. Dey (2022)
Divergent successional trajectories of soil seed bank and post-fire vegetation in a semiarid oak forest: Implications for post-fire ecological restoration Sina Attar Roshan , Mehdi Heydari, Alexander Wait , Mijan Uddin , Manuel Lucas-Borj , Jon E. Keeley (2022)
Classification of plant communities in the Caspian Hyrcanian English yew (Taxus baccataL.) forests using environmental factors: testing the modified TWINSPAN method Zahra Kalantari , Mehdi Heydari, Omid Esmailzadeh , Hamed Asadi3 , Bernard Prevosto (2022)
Seedling biochemical and ecophysiological traits improved under the patch-canopy microhabitats of medium-sized oak trees in a semi-arid forest Hamzeh Asadi-rad , Mehdi Heydari, jaafar Hosseinzadeh, Somayeh Hajinia , Isabel Miralles , Bernard Prevosto (2022)
Assessing changes in soil quality between protected and degraded forests using digital soil mapping for semiarid oak forests, Iran KhadijehTaghipour , Mehdi Heydari, Yahya Kooch , Hassan Fathizad , Brandon Heung , Ruhollah Taghizadeh-Mehrjardi (2022)
Dieback intensity but not functional and taxonomic diversity indices predict forest productivity in different management conditions: Evidence from a semi-arid oak forest ecosystem Mona Karami , Mehdi Heydari, Ali Sheykholeslami , Majid Eshagh Nimvari , Reza Omidipour , Bernard Prevosto , Zuoqiang Yuan (2022)
The current and future potential geographical distribution of Nepeta crispa Willd., an endemic, rare and threatened aromatic plant of Iran: Implications for ecological conservation and restoration Shirin Mahmoodi , Mehdi Heydari, Kourosh Ahmadi , Nabaz R. Khwarahm , Omid Karami , Amir Mosavi , Prevosto Bernard , Behzad Naderi , Kamran Almasieh (2022)
Managing semi-arid oak forests (Quercus brantii Lindl.): Mature oak trees of different dimensions create contrasted microhabitats influencing seedling quality Mehdi Heydari, Hamzeh Asadi-rad , jaafar Hosseinzadeh, Somayeh Hajinia , D. Alexander Wait , Bernard Prevosto (2022)
Hydrological Response of Burned Soils in Croplands, and Pine and Oak Forests in Zagros Forest Ecosystem (Western Iran) under Rainfall Simulations at Micro-Plot Scale Noredin Rostami, Mehdi Heydari, S. M. Mijan Uddin , Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja , Demetrio Antonio Zema (2022)
Air pollution from gas refinery through contamination with various elements disrupts semiarid Zagros oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) forests, Iran Hamed DadkhahAghdash , Hassan ZareMaivan , Mehdi Heydari, Mohsen Sharifi , Manuel Esteban LucasBorja , Ravi Naidu (2022)
Taxonomic and structural diversity indices predict soil carbon storage better than functional diversity indices along a dieback intensity gradient in semi-arid oak forests Mona Karami , Ali Sheykholeslami , Mehdi Heydari, Majid Eshagh Nimvari1 , Reza Omidipour , Bernard Prevosto (2021)
Presentation of landscape-fuzzy approach of forest capability evaluation (LFAFCE) for degraded sites Ali Najafifar , javad mirzaei, Mehdi Heydari (2021)
Variation in Brant’s oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) leaf traits in response to pollution from a gas refinery in semiarid forests of western Iran Hamed Dadkhah-Aghdash , Mehdi Heydari, Hassan Zare-Maivan , Mohsen Sharifi , Isabel Miralles , Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja (2021)
Brant’s oaks (Quercus brantii Lindl.) leaf trait responses to pollution from a gas refinery in the semiarid forests of western Iran Hamed Dadkhah , Mehdi Heydari, Hassan Zare Mayvan , Mohsen Sharifi , Isabel Miralles , Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja (2021)
The influence of growth types on soil properties along an elevation gradient in a semi-arid oak forest Masoud Bazgir, Mehdi Heydari, Reza Omidipour , Bernard Prevosto (2021)
Components of plant diversity as ecological indicators reflecting the effects of conservation management and degradation in different climatic conditions Mehdi Heydari, Fatemeh Azami , Reza Omidipour , Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja , Marzban Faramarzi (2021)
Afforestation with Pinus nigra Arn ssp salzmannii along an elevation gradient: controlling factors and implications for climate change adaptation Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja , Xin Jing , David Candel-Perez , Misagh Parhizkar , Francisco Rocha , Demetrio Antonio Zema , Miriam Monaz , Mehdi Heydari (2021)
Acorn germination and oak seedling development dramatically affected by spatial position of maternal trees from Ilam gas refinery, Iran Hamed Dadkhah , Hassan Zare , Mehdi Heydari, Mohsen Sharifi , Manuel Esteban , Daniel Dey (2021)
Current plant ecological features reflect historical forest management systems in semiarid oak forests Mehdi Heydari, Sina Atarroshan , Reza Omidipour , Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja , Bernard Prevosto (2021)
Diverging consequences of past forest management on plant and soil attributes in ancient oak forests of southwestern Iran Mehdi Heydari, Sina AttarRoshan , Manuel EstebanLucas-Borja , RezaOmidipour , Bernard (2021)
Beta diversity of plant community and soil mesofauna along an elevational gradient in a mountainous semi-arid oak forest Mehdi Heydari, Javad Cheraghi , Reza Omidipour , Majid Mirabbalou, David Pothier (2021)
Post‐fire restoration with contour‐felled log debris increases early recruitment of Spanish black pine (Pinus nigra Arn. ssp. salzmannii) in Mediterranean forests Manuel Esteban , John T. Van Stan , Mehdi Heydari, Reza Omidipour , Francisco Rocha , Miriam Rojas , Pedro Antonio Plaza (2020)
Plant species and season influence soil physicochemical properties and microbial function in a semi-arid woodland ecosystem Parasto Eslaminejad , Mehdi Heydari, Fatemeh Valizadeh Kakhki , Majid Mirabbalou, Reza Omidipour , Lucas-Borja , Miriam (2020)
Spatio-temporal heterogeneity differently drives the diversity of various trophic guilds of mesofauna in semi-arid oak forests Mehdi Heydari, Parasto Eslaminejad , Fatemeh valizadeh , Majid Mirabbalou, Demetrio Zema , Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borj , Chen Ma (2020)
Effects of Skidding Operations after Tree Harvesting and Soil Scarification by Felled Trees on Initial Seedling Emergence of Spanish Black Pine (Pinus nigra Arn. ssp. salzmannii) Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja , Mehdi Heydari, Isabel Miralles , Demetrio Antonio Zema , Ruben Manso (2020)
Biodiversity, a review of the concept, measurement, opportunities, and challenges Mehdi Heydari, Reza Omidipour , Jason Greenlee (2020)
Soil quality and mesofauna diversity relationship are modulated by woody species and seasonality in semiarid oak forest Mehdi Heydari, Parasto Eslaminejad , Fatemeh Valizadeh Kakhki , Majid Mirabbalou, Reza Omidipour , Manuel Esteban Lucas-Borja , Yahya Kooch , BERNARD (2020)
Rapid recovery of the vegetation diversity and soil fertility after cropland abandonment in a semiarid oak ecosystem: An approach based on plant functional groups Mehdi Heydari, Nasim Zeynali , Masoud Bazgir, Reza Omidipour , Mehrdad Kohzadian , Bernard Prevosto , R. Sagar (2020)
Linkage between plant species diversity and soil-based functions along a post-agricultural succession is influenced by the vegetative forms Mehdi Heydari, Nasim Zeynali , Reza Omidipour , Masoud Bazgir, Mehrdad Kohzadian , Bernard Prevosto (2020)
Relationship between broadleaved mixed forest understory species groups with soil and elevation in a semi-arid Persian oak (Quercus brantii L.) ecosystem Somayeh Bagheri , Hassan Zare-Maivan , Mehdi Heydari, Shahrokh Kazempour Osaloo (2020)
Prioritizing woody species for the rehabilitation of arid lands in western Iran based on soil properties and carbon sequestration Masoud Bazgir, Reza Omidipour , Mehdi Heydari, Nasim Zainali , Masoud Hamidi , Daniel Dey (2020)
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi as a Bio-Indicator for Monitoring Soil Attributes in Zagros Semi-Arid Woodlands javad mirzaei, Mehdi Heydari, Mostafa Moradi , Daniel C.D. (2020)
Ecological effects of fire severity and time since fire on the diversity partitioning, composition and niche apportionment models of post-fire understory vegetation in semi-arid oak forests of Western Iran Hadieh Moradizadeh , Mehdi Heydari, Reza Omidipour , Arash Mezbani , Bernard Prevosto (2020)
Spatio-temporal changes in the understory heterogeneity, diversity, and composition after fires of different severities in a semiarid oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) forest Mehdi Heydari, Moradizadeh , Omidipour , Mezbani , Pothier (2020)
Diversity and biomass of different functional groups of herbaceous species along an altitudinal gradient in the semi-arid Zagros mountain forests of Iran Hafizollah Shahriari , kambiz abrari , Babak Pilehvar , Mehdi Heydari (2019)
Interaction between climate and management on beta diversity components of vegetation in relation to soil properties in arid and semi-arid oak forests Mehdi Heydari, Fathemeh Aazami , Marzban Faramarzi, Reza Omidipour , Masoud Bazgir, Bernard Prevosto , David Pothier (2019)
Detection of Vegetation Changes in Relation to Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) in Semi-Arid Rangeland in Western Iran Marzban Faramarzi, Zahedeh Heidaizadi , Abdolreza Mohamadi , Mehdi Heydari (2018)
Effects of fire disturbance on alpha and beta diversity and on beta diversity components of soil seed banks and aboveground vegetation Mehdi Heydari, Omidipour, R , Abedi, M , Baskin C. (2017)
Effects of vegetation patterns and environmental factors on woody regeneration in semi-arid oak-dominated forests of western Iran javad mirzaei, Mehdi Heydari, Bernard Prevosto (2017)
Establishment of oak seedlings in historically disturbed sites:Regeneration success as a function of stand structure and soilcharacteristics Mehdi Heydari, Bernard Prevosto , Tahmineh Abdi , javad mirzaei, Majid Mirabbalou, David Pothier , Mehri Khosravi , Noredin Rostami (2017)
Influence of soil properties and burial depth on Persian oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) establishment in different microhabitats resulting from traditional forest practices Mehdi Heydari, Bernard Prevosto , Ali Ashraf Mehrabi, David Pothier , Hamid Reza Naji (2017)
Post-fire recovery of herbaceous species composition and diversity, and soil quality indicators one year after wildfire in a semi-arid oak woodland Mehdi Heydari, Marzban Faramarzi, David Pothier (2016)
Effect of fire severity on some physical and biochemical soil properties in Zagros oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) forests in Iran Mehdi Heydari, A. Rostamy , F. Najafi , D. C. Dey (2016)
Effects of different fire severity levels on soil chemical and physical properties in Zagros forests of western Iran Mehdi Heydari, Ali Salehi , Ali Mahdavi, Mostafa Adibnejad (2012)
The survey of plant species diversity and richness between ecological species groups (Zagros ecosystem, Ilam) Mehdi Heydari, Ali Mahdavi (2009)
Pattern of plant species diversity in related to physio graphic factors in Melah Gavan Protected Area, Iran Mehdi Heydari, Ali Mahdavi (2009)
Conference Papers
Machine Learning for Modeling Vegetation Restoration of Forests Using Satellite Images Saideh Karimi , Mehdi Heydari, Amir Mosavi (2024)
Plasticity of leaf morphological traits impacted by livestock grazing on trees in Zagros semi-arid forest Hamid Reza Naji, Maryam Janbakhshi , Mehdi Heydari, Mohammad Naghi Shirkhani , Stephen Woodward , Kobra Azizi (2022)
Mycorrhizae: The Role of Mycorrhizal Fungi in Forest Ecosystems. Mehdi Heydari (2020)
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