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A new species of Microstygia Georgiev et Glöer, 2015 (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) from Bulgaria

Historia Naturalis Bulgarica, 2022
The second known species of the genus Microstygia Georgiev et Glöer, 2015 was described, Microstygia lakatnika n. sp. It was found as empty shells in the deposits of the temporary stream of the Temnata Dupka Cave, Iskar River Gorge, Stara Planina Mts in ...
Dilian Georgiev
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Allele Sorting as a Novel Approach to Resolving the Origin of Allotetraploids Using Hyb-Seq Data: A Case Study of the Balkan Mountain Endemic Cardamine barbaraeoides

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021
Mountains of the Balkan Peninsula are significant biodiversity hotspots with great species richness and a large proportion of narrow endemics. Processes that have driven the evolution of the rich Balkan mountain flora, however, are still insufficiently ...
Marek Šlenker, Marek Šlenker, Adam Kantor, Karol Marhold, Karol Marhold, Roswitha Schmickl, Roswitha Schmickl, Terezie Mandáková, Terezie Mandáková, Martin A. Lysak, Martin A. Lysak, Marián Perný, Michaela Caboňová, Marek Slovák, Marek Slovák, Judita Zozomová-Lihová   +15 more
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Mitochondrial phylogeography of the Mediterranean horseshoe bat on the Balkan Peninsula [PDF]

Archives of Biological Sciences, 2019
The Balkan Peninsula is identified as one of the major glacial refugia in Europe during the Pleistocene, and it has served as a genetic source for post-glacial recolonization for many temperate species.
Budinski Ivana, Jovanović Vladimir M., Pejić Branka, Blagojević Jelena, Rajičić Marija, Paunović Milan, Presetnik Primož, Vujošević Mladen   +7 more
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Phylogeographic Substructuring in the Southernmost Refugium of the European Common Frog Rana temporaria

Animals
Rana temporaria is one of the most widespread Palearctic brown frogs. We aimed to clarify distribution pattern of two main genetic clades in the understudied Balkan peninsula by using 16SrRNA and MT-CYTB sequences, already widely applied in analyses of ...
Marija Ilić, Vanja Bugarski-Stanojević, Bogdan Jovanović, Gorana Stamenković, Katarina Zorić, Momir Paunović, Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailović   +6 more
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Thermal Ecology and Thermoregulatory Behavior of the Invasive Turtle, Trachemys scripta elegans, in the Mediterranean Basin

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The success of invasive species, which pose a significant threat to global biodiversity, hinges on their physiological and ecological adaptive capacities to the environments into which they are introduced. Trachemys scripta elegans (T. scripta elegans), recognized as one of the world's 100 most invasive species, has spread across a wide ...
Afsar Murat, Çelik Çetin
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Intercomparison of a Regional Climate Model Ensemble for Selected European Catchments

International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
This study analyzes a regional climate model ensemble for water cycle and water resource research with two models. Results show that ICON generally outperforms TSMP1 simulations, mainly with 2‐m temperature and precipitation. These findings serve as a baseline evaluation that shows how key structural differences influence the model skill.
Jane Leonor Roque, Francis Da Silva Lopes, Julian Alberto Giles, Benjamin D. Gutknecht, Bernd Schalge, Yikui Zhang, Marco Ferro, Petra Friederichs, Klaus Goergen, Stefan Poll, Arianna Valmassoi   +10 more
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Late Holocene environmental history of Dojran, Macedonia: Investigating the interplay of imperial dynamics and climatic change

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a high‐resolution, multi‐proxy reconstruction of environmental and land‐use change from Lake Dojran over historical times (last 2500 years), combining pollen, biomarkers, radiocarbon dating, Ottoman taxation records and other historical data.
Alessia Masi, Lucrezia Masci, Georgios C. Liakopoulos, Monica Bini, Alexander Francke, Ilaria Isola, Carlo Ricotta, Laura Sadori, Alexander Sarantis, Sławomir Sprawski, Jakub Sypiański, Irene Tunno, Cristiano Vignola, Bernd Wagner, Giovanni Zanchetta, Adam Izdebski   +15 more
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Salt‐induced nutritional and metabolic shifts in halophytes: implications for food security

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Plant species vary in their response to salinity: some crops show a degree of salt tolerance, while halophytes – whether wild or cultivated – are characterized by a high capacity to thrive under saline conditions. Halophytes are considered a source of valuable secondary metabolites with potential economic value, yet they might also produce ...
Giulia Atzori, Pedro Garcia Caparros, Antonella Castagna, Luisa Custódio, Valentina Lazazzara, Claus Krogh Madsen, Felicia Menicucci, Maria João Rodrigues, Katalin Solymosi, Jose Ramon Acosta Motos   +9 more
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Diversity of long-legged flies (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) of the Balkan Mountains (Bulgaria and Serbia)

Historia Naturalis Bulgarica, 2021
The present paper gives information about 61 dolichopodid species distributed in the Balkan Mountains, Bulgaria and Serbia. Twenty-two species, collected from 13 localities, are new to the Balkan Mountains and seven of them (Dolichopus longicornis ...
Mihail Kechev
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The potential effect of megafaunal extinctions on modern conservation of horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Many plant species worldwide are struggling to regenerate due to the ongoing effects of climate change. These effects appear to be further exacerbated by the loss of keystone megafauna, which were important seed dispersers. By identifying the traits commonly seen in seeds spread by modern elephants, it is possible to predict which species likely ...
Andrew J. Tighe
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