Geography-related sub-generic diversity within the Mediterranean trapdoor spider genus Nemesia (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Nemesiidae) [PDF]
, 2012 Three different male and female super-specific types are distinguished according to variations in the morphology of the bulb and spermathecae within the genus Nemesia Audouin, 1826.
Decae, Arthur E.
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Multiple Quaternary glacial refugia in the Iberian Peninsula, commonly known as "refugia within refugia", allowed diverging populations to come into contact and admix, potentially boosting substantial mito-nuclear discordances. In this study, we employ a
Federica Lucati +8 more
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Pitch production during the Roman period: an intensive mountain industry for a globalised economy? [PDF]
, 2013 The authors’ research project in the Pyrenees mountains has located and excavated Roman kilns for producing pitch from pine resin. Their investigations reveal a whole sustainable industry, integrated into the local environmental cycle, supplying pitch to
Ejarque, Ana +4 more
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Acta Herpetologica, 2023 Color polymorphisms are common across reptile species and are frequently correlated with variation in behavior and other functional traits. Here, we tested whether the ventral color morphs (yellow, orange and white pure, as well as yellow-orange and ...
Lekshmi B. Sreelatha +6 more
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A fractal fragmentation model for rockfalls [PDF]
, 2017 The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10346-016-0773-8The impact-induced rock mass fragmentation in a rockfall is analyzed by comparing the in situ block size distribution (IBSD) of the rock mass detached from the ...
Corominas Dulcet, Jordi +2 more
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Irish Cepaea nemoralis Land Snails Have a Cryptic Franco-Iberian Origin That Is Most Easily Explained by the Movements of Mesolithic Humans. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The origins of flora and fauna that are only found in Ireland and Iberia, but which are absent from intervening countries, is one of the enduring questions of biogeography.
Adele J Grindon, Angus Davison
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Stand-level drivers of tree-species diversification in Mediterranean pine forests after abandonment of traditional practices [PDF]
, 2015 The progressive abandonment of traditional forest management over the last few decades has led to significant densification processes in most Mediterranean pine stands.
Coll Mir, Lluís +2 more
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Interferometric SAR monitoring of the Vallcebre landslide (Spain) using corner reflectors [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2013 This paper describes the deformation monitoring of the Vallcebre landslide (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain) using the Differential Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (DInSAR) technique and corner reflectors (CRs). The fundamental aspects of this satellite-
M. Crosetto +5 more
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Long-term forest-line dynamics in the French Pyrenees: an accelerating upward shift related to forest context, global warming and pastoral abandonment [PDF]
BiogeosciencesWorldwide, the upper forest line has climbed over the past decades, shaping mountain landscapes in response to global changes. In European mountains, this recent trend is a continuation of the forest transition initiated in the mid-19th century, when ...
N. Delpouve +6 more
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Description and analysis of the debris flows occurred during 2008 in the Eastern Pyrenees [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2010 Rainfall-triggered landslides taking place in the Spanish Eastern Pyrenees have usually been analysed on a regional scale. Most research focussed either on terrain susceptibility or on the characteristics of the critical rainfall, neglecting a detailed ...
M. Portilla, G. Chevalier, M. Hürlimann
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