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Holocene vegetation change and fire–plant diversity shifts in Mediterranean France

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Changes in fire activity are recognized as a major threat to biodiversity and vegetation communities across the Mediterranean Basin. However, long‐term fire–vegetation interactions remain poorly investigated. Here, we combine a high‐resolution charcoal record with pollen data from the “Étang des Aulnes” lake (southern France) to reconstruct ...
Cécile Latapy, Marion Lestienne, Andy Hennebelle, Johanne Burmeister, Aymeric LeGall, Gwendal Mouden, Damien Rius, Lisa Bajolle, Jacques‐Louis de Beaulieu, Walter Finsinger, Emmanuel Gandouin, François Demory, Cécile H. Albert, Bérangère Leys   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Forest or tundra? How different vegetation reconstructions of Last Glacial landscapes in Europe may shape our perception of early human dispersal processes

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Regional variability and long‐term changes of past ecosystems likely had a strong impact on hunter–gatherer population dynamics, including the expansion of anatomically modern humans and the disappearance of Neanderthals. However, our understanding of these ecosystems remains limited, even when looking at large‐scale patterns, such as the ...
Oliver A. Kern, Anne Dallmeyer, Andreas Maier, Philipp Schlüter, Annika Vogel, Nikki Vercauteren   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE REFUGEE CRISIS AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE STABILITY OF POST-CONFLICT TRANSIT COUNTRIES IN THE WESTERN BALKANS [PDF]

, 2017
The 2011 Arab Spring has created a serious migration and humanitarian crisis. Asylum seekers began attempting to reach Europe through various routes due to brutal conflict in their home countries. This influx has affected countries on the periphery of
ESKEW, ERIN
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Designing for biodiversity data in place: Species, encounters, and interfaces

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Species occurrence data, which records the presence of an organism at a point in space and time, is central to environmental science and its opening up to new forms of participation such as citizen science. Such data are increasingly aggregated and mobilised, reaching diverse audiences.
Mitchell Whitelaw, Adrian Mackenzie, Martin Westgate, Kylie Morrow   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic testing for Mendelian glaucoma

The EuroBiotech Journal, 2017
We studied the scientific literature and disease guidelines in order to summarize the clinical utility of genetic testing for Mendelian glaucomas, a large heterogeneous group of inherited disorders, classified according to age of onset as congenital ...
Abeshi Andi, Fanelli Francesca, Beccari Tommaso, Dundar Munis, Ziccardi Lucia, Bertelli Matteo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Plants, people and their shared heritage: A comparative medicinal and wild food ethnobotany of Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians living in the Gjirokaster area, southern Albania

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Traditional knowledge about wild plants connects people to nature and sustains both cultural identity and biodiversity. This study explores how cultural exchange among Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians in southern Albania shapes the use and naming of medicinal and food plants.
Evanthia Dina, Ani Bajrami, Mousaab Alrhmoun, Naji Sulaiman, Konstantinos Ntinas, Marjol Meço, Bledar Pulaj, Nektarios Aligiannis, Avni Hajdari, Andrea Pieroni   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social‐ecological signatures in plant species composition across Swiss cities and urban green space types

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Cities can harbor greater plant diversity than other ecosystems, yet how city sociocultural factors may determine differences in plant composition across equivalent urban green space types remains understudied. Here, we compare plant communities in five main urban greenspace types across three Swiss cities representing the country's French (Geneva ...
Joan Casanelles‐Abella, Sebastian R. Ruile, Ariel Bergamini, Gala Mona Louise Dädlow, Vivien Grothe, Bertrand Fournier, Kilian Perrelet, Marco Moretti   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strong differentiation between source and ex situ populations of rare plant species revealed by next‐generation sequencing

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Biodiversity is being lost rapidly worldwide due to factors such as climate change and habitat loss. To help safeguard plant populations, conservation strategies include seed banks and conservation cultures. However, it remains unclear how cultivation affects genetic variation compared with wild populations.
Maximilian Alexander Steurer, Ellen Gradl, Lena Winkler, Christoph Reisch   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Physics Education in Decline: A Two-Decade Mixed-Methods Investigation of Trends and Factors Influencing Albanian Students' Interest [PDF]

EPJ Web of Conferences
Over the past two decades, Albania has witnessed a notable decline in the interest of primary and secondary school students in studying physics. Physics, once considered a prestigious discipline, studied by the best and offering an intellectually ...
Kociaj Inva, Gjestila Marinela
doaj   +1 more source