Soroor Rahmanian

Postdoctoral Researcher.

Ranked first among Plant Ecology PhD students (2020)

Awarded a postdoctoral position at Transylvania University of Brașov, Romania (2022)

Awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2023-2026)

Awarded 10,000 euros from iDiv start fund (2026)

• 1- Rahmanian, S., Eisenhauer, N., Huang, Y., ..., & Maestre, F. T. (2025). Abiotic and biotic controls of non-native perennial plant success in drylands. Nature Ecology & Evolution, in press.
• 2- Smit, I. C., le Roux, P. C., Soliveres, S., Gross, N., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Saiz, H., ... Rahmanian, S., ... & Maestre, F. T. (2025). Plant trait matching occurs in facilitative interactions across global drylands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34(11), e70158.
• 3- Pärtel, M., Tamme, R., Carmona, C. P., Riibak, K., Moora, M., Bennett, J. A., ... Rahmanian, S., ... & Oja, T. (2025). Global impoverishment of natural vegetation revealed by dark diversity. Nature, 1–8.
• 4- Mazangi, A., Ejtehadi, H., Farzam, M., Mirshamsi, O., & Rahmanian, S. (2025). Impact of abiotic environmental factors on Pistacia vera L. density in woody rangelands: a case study in Northeastern Iran. Journal of Rangeland Science, 15(1), 1-8.
• 5- Ramzi, S., Noroozi, J., Gholizadeh, H., Hamzeh’ee, B., Asri, Y., Talebi, A., ... Rahmanian, S., ... & Naqinezhad, A. (2024). IranVeg – the Vegetation Database of Iran: current status and the way forward. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 5, 237–256.
• 6- Eisenhauer, N., Mueller, K., Ebeling, A., Gleixner, G., Huang, Y., Madaj, A. M., ... Rahmanian, S., ... & Isbell, F. (2024). The multiple-mechanisms hypothesis of biodiversity–stability relationships. Basic and Applied Ecology.
• 7- Amindin, A., Pourghasemi, H. R., Safaeian, R., Rahmanian, S., Tiefenbacher, J. P., & Naimi, B. (2024). Predicting Current and Future Habitat Suitability of an Endemic Species Using Data-Fusion Approach: Responses to Climate Change. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 94, 149-162.
• 8- Nasiri, V., Heidarloo, H. B., Alchin, A. A., Moradi, F., Rahmanian, S., Afshari, S., ... & Griess, V. C. (2023). How do conservation policies, climate and socioeconomic changes impact Hyrcanian forests of northern Iran?. Ecological Informatics, 78, 102351.
• 9- Rahmanian, S., Nasiri, V., Amindin, A., Karami, S., Maleki, S., Pouyan, S., & Borz, S. A. (2023). Prediction of Plant Diversity Using Multi-Seasonal Remotely Sensed and Geodiversity Data in a Mountainous Area. Remote Sensing, 15(2), 387. Doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15020387
• 10- Damanieh, J. M., Ahmadi, J., Rahmanian, S., Sadeghi, S. M. M., Nasiri, V., & Borz, S. A. (2022). Prediction of wild pistachio ecological niche using machine learning models. Ecological Informatics, 72, 101907. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2022.101907
• 11- Maestre, F. T., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Y., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eldridge, D. J., Saiz, H., Berdugo, M., ... Rahmanian, S., ... & Gross, N. (2022). Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands. Science, 378(6622), 915-920. DOI: 10.1126/science.abq4062
• 12- Rahmanian, S., Pouyan, S., Karami, S., & Pourghasemi, H. R. (2022). Predictive habitat suitability models for Teucrium polium L. using boosted regression trees. In Computers in Earth and Environmental Sciences (pp. 245-254). Elsevier. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-89861-4.00029-4
• 13- Pouyan, S., Rahmanian, S., Amindin, A., & Pourghasemi, H. R. (2022). Spatial and seasonal modeling of the land surface temperature using random forest. In Computers in Earth and Environmental Sciences (pp. 221-234). Elsevier. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-89861-4.00035-X.
• 14- Pouyan, S., Bordbar, M., Khoshoui, M. M., Rahmanian, S., Farajzadeh, Z., Heidari, B., ... & Pourghasemi, H. R. (2022). COVID-19: An analysis on official reports in Iran and the world along with some comparisons to other hazards. In Computers in Earth and Environmental Sciences (pp. 635-654). Elsevier. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-89861-4.00001-4.
• 15- Rahmanian, S., Pourghasemi, H. R., Karami, S., Pouyan, S. (2021). Habitat potential modelling and mapping of Teucrium polium using machine learning techniques. Environmental monitoring and assessment. DOI: 10.1007/s10661-021-09551-8.
• 16- Rahmanian, S., Ejtehadi, H., Farzam, M., Hejda, M., Memariani, F., & Pyšek, P. (2021). Does the intensive grazing and aridity change the relations between the dominant shrub Artemisia kopetdaghensis and plants under its canopies?. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ECE3.8124.
• 17- Pouyan, S., Pourghasemi, H. R., Bordbar, M., Rahmanian, S., Clague, J. (2021). A multi-hazard map-based flooding, gully erosion, forest fires, and earthquakes in Iran. Scientific Reports-Nature (In press). IF: 4.99. Citations: 8
• 18- Biurrun, I., Pielech, R., Dembicz, I., ..., Rahmanian, S., ..., Dengler, J. (2021). Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats. Journal of vegetation science. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13050, IF: 3.38. Citations: 19
• 19- Rahmanian, S., Hejda, M., Ejtehadi, H., Farzam, M., Pyšek, P., & Memariani, F. (2020). Effects of livestock grazing on plant species diversity vary along a climatic gradient in northeastern Iran. Applied Vegetation Science, 23(4), 551-561. DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12512
• 20- Rahmanian, S., Ejtehadi, H., Farzam, M., Memariani, F. (2020). Need to revise implication of term “invasive species” by Iranian plant ecologists. Journal of Rangelands, 13: 673-690. [In Persian].
• 21- Rahmanian, S., Hejda, M., Ejtehadi, H., Farzam, M., Memariani, F. & Pyšek, P. (2019). Effects of livestock grazing on soil, plant functional diversity and ecological traits vary between regions with different climates in northeastern Iran. Ecology and Evolution, 9: 8225-8237. (DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5396).
• 22- Rahmanian, S., Saeidi, H. Assadi, M., Rahiminejad, M.R. (2014). A taxonomic revision of the genus Eremopoa Roschv. (Poaceae, Poeae) in Iran. Iranian Journal of Botany, 20: 8–15. (DOI: 10.22092/ijb.2014.6150).
• 23- Rahmanian, S., Rahiminejad, M.R. (2012). A taxonomic revision of Eremopoa persica (Trin.) Roshev. and E. songarica (Schrenk.) Roshev. Using morphological features and cytological data. Iranian Taxonomy and Biosystematics, 11: 23–32. [In Persian]. IF: N.A.
• 1- Rahmanian, S., Pouyan, S., Karami, S., & Pourghasemi, H. R. (2022). Predictive habitat suitability models for Teucrium polium L. using boosted regression trees. In Computers in Earth and Environmental Sciences (pp. 245-254). Elsevier. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-89861-4.00029-4
• 2- Pouyan, S., Rahmanian, S., Amindin, A., & Pourghasemi, H. R. (2022). Spatial and seasonal modeling of the land surface temperature using random forest. In Computers in Earth and Environmental Sciences (pp. 221-234). Elsevier. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-89861-4.00035-X.
• 3- Pouyan, S., Bordbar, M., Khoshoui, M. M., Rahmanian, S., Farajzadeh, Z., Heidari, B., ... & Pourghasemi, H. R. (2022). COVID-19: An analysis on official reports in Iran and the world along with some comparisons to other hazards. In Computers in Earth and Environmental Sciences (pp. 635-654). Elsevier. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-89861-4.00001-4
• 4- Farzam, M., Kazemi, F., Abbasi, M., Rajaii, M., Agah, F., Rahmanian, S., ..., Azarli, B. Plant species for green space of Mashhad: Illustrated guide with potentials, limitations and applications. (Book in Persian; In press)
• 1- Rahmanian, S., Eisenhauer, N., Ludwig, A., Huang, Y., & Feilhauer, H. (2025). Relationships between spectral and biological diversity depend on season and temperate open habitat type. 54th GfÖ Conference, Würzburg, Germany, September 1–5. (Oral presentation)
• 2- Rahmanian, S., Eisenhauer, N. and, Feilhauer, H. (2024). A time-series exploration of linkages between species diversity, functional diversity, and spectral dissimilarity in a temperate floodplain meadow : iDiv conference, Leipzig, Germany, 13-15 Nov 2024 (Oral presentation)
• 3- Rahmanian, S., Maestre, F. T., Huang, Y., Feilhauer, H., Hejda, M., Pyšek, P. and Eisenhauer, N. (2023). Grazing as a Key Driver in Dryland Plant Invasion Dynamics: Insights from Global Drylands In British Ecological Society, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 12-15 Dec 2023 (Poster)
• 4- Rahmanian, S., Ejtehadi, H., Farzam, M., Bashirzade, M. (2022). “Effect of nurse shrub on taxonomic and functional diversity under different grazing intensities and climate regimes” In 10th international symposium forest and sustainable development, Transilvania university of Brașov, Romania, 14-15 October 2022 (Oral presentation)
• 5- Amindin, A., Bordbar, M., Najafi Dereimi, Z., Rahmanian, S., Pourghasemi, HR. (2022). “Spatio-temporal monitoring of meteorological drought using the SPI Index” In 10th international symposium forest and sustainable development, Transilvania university of Brașov, Romania, 14-15 October 2022 (Oral presentation)
• 6- Amindin, A., Rahmanian, S., Bordbar, M., Pourghasemi, H. (2022). “Annual monitoring of Fars wetlands surface water using Google Earth Engine and NDWI.” In 16th National Conference on Watershed Management Sciences and Engineering of Iran (Watershed Management & Sustainable Development), Shiraz University, 8-9 March 2022 (Oral presentation)
• 7- Mohammadi, M., Pouyan, S., Rahmanian, S., Pourghasemi, H. (2022). “Investigation of urban development of Shiraz from 1975 to 2020”. In In 16th National Conference on Watershed Management Sciences and Engineering of Iran (Watershed Management & Sustainable Development), Shiraz University, 8-9 March 2022 (Poster)
• 8- Rahmanian, S. & Pourghasemi, H. (2021). “Predicting the habitat suitability of Teucrium polium L. using random forest model.” In the 1st international and the 8th national conference on rangeland management in Iran, Mashhad, 14-15 July (Poster)
• 9- Alizade, M., Farzam, M., Hejtedhi, H., Rahmanian, S. (2021). “Plant interaction on species alpha and beta diversity is affected by livestock grazing intensity.” In the 1st international and the 8th national conference on rangeland management in Iran, Mashhad, 14-15 July (Poster)
• 10- Pouyan, S., Rahmanian, S., & Pourghasemi, H. (2021). “Monitoring temporal and spatial variations of drought using standard vegetation index (SVI)” in 15th National conference on Watershed Management Sciences and Engineering of IRAN, Sari, 10 October 2021 (Poster)
• 11- Rahmanian, S., Hejtedhi, H., Farzam, M. & Memariani, F. (2017). Plant community diversity-invasibility in the mountainous rangelands of northeast Iran in 2nd international conference on “Mountains in the Changing World” (MoChWo), Nepal, 27-28 October 2017 (Oral presentation)
• 12- Rahmanian, S., Hejtedhi, H., Farzam, M. & Memariani, F. (2017). Conservation of Tondura National Park plants with growing drought in First National Conference on Ecology, Diversity and Plant Protection, Tehran, 16 February 2017 (Poster)
• 13- Rahmanian, S., Hejtedhi, H., Farzam, M. & Memariani, F. (2016). Relationships between species diversity and invasibility in a dry grassland in 13th Eurasian Grassland Conference, management and conservation of semi-natural grassland: from theory to practice, Sighisoara, Romania, 20-24 September 2016 (Poster)