Jalil Noroozi was born in 1979 in a mountainous village in the NW Iran (Eshlagh, Miyaneh). He studied at the University of Tabriz (BMc of Plant Biology; 2002), the University of Tehran (MSc of Plant Ecology and Systematic; 2005) and the University of Vienna (Ph.D. of Plant Ecology; 2013). He worked as a researcher at the Natural History Museum of Vienna for two years and then got a Post-Doc position at the University of Vienna. He has always focused his research studies on the plant diversity, biogeography, and vegetation of alpine habitats of high mountains of Iranian Plateau since 2003.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2.- The Pamir-Alay Mountains (Middle Asia: Tajikistan).- Chapter 3. The Hindu Kush / Afghanistan.- Chapter 4. The Khorassan-Kopet Dagh Mountains.- Chapter 5. The Alborz mountain range.- Chapter 6. The Yazd–Kerman massifs.- Chapter 7. The Zagros mountain range.- Chapter 8. The Anatolian High-Mountain Ranges – Plant Diversity between two Seas.- Chapter 9.- The Transcaucasian Highlands.- Chapter 10. North-Western Caucasus.

Jalil Noroozi was born in 1979 in a mountainous village in the NW Iran (Eshlagh, Miyaneh). He studied at the University of Tabriz (BMc of Plant Biology; 2002), the University of Tehran (MSc of Plant Ecology and Systematic; 2005) and the University of Vienna (Ph.D. of Plant Ecology; 2013). He worked as a researcher at the Natural History Museum of Vienna for two years and then got a Post-Doc position at the University of Vienna. He has always focused his research studies on the plant diversity, biogeography, and vegetation of alpine habitats of high mountains of Iranian Plateau since 2003.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2.- The Pamir-Alay Mountains (Middle Asia: Tajikistan).- Chapter 3. The Hindu Kush / Afghanistan.- Chapter 4. The Khorassan-Kopet Dagh Mountains.- Chapter 5. The Alborz mountain range.- Chapter 6. The Yazd–Kerman massifs.- Chapter 7. The Zagros mountain range.- Chapter 8. The Anatolian High-Mountain Ranges – Plant Diversity between two Seas.- Chapter 9.- The Transcaucasian Highlands.- Chapter 10. North-Western Caucasus.

Jalil Noroozi was born in 1979 in a mountainous village in the NW Iran (Eshlagh, Miyaneh). He studied at the University of Tabriz (BMc of Plant Biology; 2002), the University of Tehran (MSc of Plant Ecology and Systematic; 2005) and the University of Vienna (Ph.D. of Plant Ecology; 2013). He worked as a researcher at the Natural History Museum of Vienna for two years and then got a Post-Doc position at the University of Vienna. He has always focused his research studies on the plant diversity, biogeography, and vegetation of alpine habitats of high mountains of Iranian Plateau since 2003.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2.- The Pamir-Alay Mountains (Middle Asia: Tajikistan).- Chapter 3. The Hindu Kush / Afghanistan.- Chapter 4. The Khorassan-Kopet Dagh Mountains.- Chapter 5. The Alborz mountain range.- Chapter 6. The Yazd–Kerman massifs.- Chapter 7. The Zagros mountain range.- Chapter 8. The Anatolian High-Mountain Ranges – Plant Diversity between two Seas.- Chapter 9.- The Transcaucasian Highlands.- Chapter 10. North-Western Caucasus.