Position Type: Faculty member
Faculty: Forest Scineces
Department: Silviculture and Forest Ecology
University: Gorgān University of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources
Office Location: Basij Square, 386 Gorgān, GR. Iran
Phone: +98 (017) 324 271 73 # 212
E-mail: waezmousavi@gau.ac.ir

EDUCATION:
Ph.D, 2015, Silviculture, Gorgān University of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Iran
MS. 2010. Silviculture anf Forest Ecology, Gorgān University of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources, Iran
BS, 2007. Forestry, University of Mazandaran, Iran

RESEARCH AREAS:
Close-to-nature silviculture, regeneration, microhabitats

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Habitat trees and microhabitats
Old-growth forests
Natural regeneration improvement
Selection silvicultural system
Close-to-nature silviculture

ADVISING

- Sh. Shabestani (PhD)
- Sh. Kazemi (PhD)
- N. Fakhkhari (PhD)
- M. Beiki (MSc)
- F. Sabzi (MSc)
- S. Nekoui (MSc)
- N. Nikoo (MSc)
- M. T. Darabi (MSc)
- A. Khosravi (MSc)

GRADUATED:

-H. Jafari Sarabi (PhD)
- S. Rastin (MSc)
- A. Haghighat-Doost (MSc)
- A. Saghar (MSc)
- J. Nekoui (MSc)
- Sh. Khoshbakht (MSc)
- M. Jafari Afrapoli (MSc)
- M. Izadi (MSc)
- M. Kheyri (MSc)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Sarabi, H.J., Pilehvar, B., Vajari, K.A. and Waez-Mousavi, S.M., 2021. Effects of tree species diversity on leaf litter decomposition process in semi-arid Mediterranean oak forests. European Journal of Forest Research, 140(6), pp.1377-1390.

Waez-Mousavi, S. M., and Akram Haghighatdoust. "Frequency of tree micro-habitats in Persian ironwood-hornbeam forest at Bahramnia forestry plan (Gorgan)." Journal of Wood and Forest Science and Technology 27, no. 4 (2021): 113-129.

Waez-Mousavi, S. M. "Humus systems in the Caspian Hyrcanian temperate forests." Applied Soil Ecology 123 (2018): 664-667.

Habashi, Hashem, and Waez-Mousavi, S.M. "Single-tree selection system effects on forest soil macrofauna biodiversity in mixed oriental beech stands." Applied Soil Ecology 123 (2018): 441-446.

Izadi, M., H. Habashi, and Waez-Mousavi, S.M. "Variation in soil macro-fauna diversity in seven humus orders of a Parrotio-Carpinetum forest association on Chromic Cambisols of Shast-klateh area in Iran." Eurasian Soil Science 50, no. 3 (2017): 341-349.

Waez-Mousavi, S.M, and Hashem Habashi. "Evaluating humus forms variation in an unmanaged mixed beech forest using two different classification methods." iForest-Biogeosciences and Forestry 5, no. 5 (2012): 272.

Waez-Mousavi, S.M, Hashem Habashi, and Toktam Sajedi. "The effect of forest treefall gap on humus forms in a mixed Fagus orientalis Lipsky (Oriental Beech) forest." (2012).

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