Faecal Microbiota Divergence in Allopatric Populations of Podarcis lilfordi and P. pityusensis, Two Lizard Species Endemic to the Balearic Islands. [PDF]
Microb Ecol, 2023 Gut microbial communities provide essential functions to their hosts and are known to influence both their ecology and evolution. However, our knowledge of these complex associations is still very limited in reptiles.
Alemany I +6 more
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Are Mediterranean Island Mountains Hotspots of Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Biodiversity? The Case of the Endemic Flora of the Balearic Islands. [PDF]
Plants (Basel), 2023 The Mediterranean islands are exceptionally rich in endemism, most of which is narrowly distributed. Conservation measures, such as protected areas, have been prioritised, mainly on the basis of species richness and endemism, but phylogenetic information
Guardiola M, Sáez L.
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Evaluation of Control Strategies for Xylella fastidiosa in the Balearic Islands. [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 The emergence of Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) in the Balearic Islands in October 2016 was a major phytosanitary challenge with international implications. Immediately after its detection, eradication and containment measures included in Decision 2015/789 were
Quetglas B +10 more
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Current Risk of Dirofilariosis Transmission in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) and the Balearic Islands (Spain) and Its Future Projection under Climate Change Scenarios. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2023 Simple Summary Dirofilariosis (Dirofilaria spp.) is a vector-borne zoonotic disease that mainly affects canids and felids, both domestic and wild, and accidentally humans. In Spain and Portugal, it is considered an endemic disease where the prevalence is
Rodríguez-Escolar I +5 more
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Climate change and their impacts in the Balearic Islands: a guide for policy design in Mediterranean regions. [PDF]
Reg Environ Change, 2021 Understanding the local effects of global warming-derived impacts is important to island systems due to their fragile environmental conditions. This is especially true when it comes to Mediterranean insular regions as they are climate change (CC ...
Torres C +8 more
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Environmental surveillance of Legionella in tourist facilities of the Balearic Islands, Spain, 2006 to 2010 and 2015 to 2018. [PDF]
Euro Surveill, 2022 Background Legionnaires’ disease is a respiratory illness often associated with hotels and travel. Spain is a major tourist destination and one of the European countries with most cases of Legionnaires’ disease , both community- and travel-associated ...
Doménech-Sánchez A +3 more
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Assessing the social impacts of the COVID-19 crisis using phone helplines. The case of the Balearic Islands, Spain [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthBackgroundCrises and health policies to tackle them can increase health inequalities. We explored the scope and usefulness of helplines set up during the COVID-19 crisis and characterised the vulnerability of their users.
Maria Ramos Monserrat +19 more
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"Healthcare professionals' attitudes towards euthanasia in the Balearic Islands." [PDF]
BMC Med EthicsLerma-García D +4 more
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Measuring risks and vulnerability of tourism to the COVID-19 crisis in the context of extreme uncertainty: The case of the Balearic Islands. [PDF]
Tour Manag Perspect, 2021 Arbulú I +3 more
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Phytotaxa, 2018 A taxonomic revision of the genus Calendula is presented, based on an extensive analysis of its morphological variation, which allowed a re-evaluation of the species delimitations in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. Morphometric data based
Ana Carla Ramos da Silva Gonçalves +4 more
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