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Invasion History and Dispersion Dynamics of the Mediterranean Fruit Fly in the Balkan Peninsula [PDF]

Insects
The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly), Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann 1824; Diptera, Tephritidae), is considered one of the most important pests, infesting more than 300 species of fresh fruit and vegetables worldwide.
Mario Bjeliš, Vasilis G. Rodovitis, Darija Lemic, Pantelis Kaniouras, Pavao Gančević, Nikos T. Papadopoulos   +5 more
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Geometra papilionaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): a new species for the fauna of Greece [PDF]

Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis, 2017
The first record of Geometra papilionaria L. from Greece is provided, extending the known area of the species in the Balkan Peninsula and raising the Geometrinae fauna of Greece to 18 species. A brief characterisation of the collecting site is also given.
Tóth, Balázs
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Contrasting evolutionary histories of the legless lizards slow worms (Anguis) shaped by the topography of the Balkan Peninsula [PDF]

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2016
Background: Genetic architecture of a species is a result of historical changes in population size and extent of distribution related to climatic and environmental factors and contemporary processes of dispersal and gene flow.
Daniel Jablonski, David Jandzik, Dušan Jelić, Evanthia Thanou, Georg Džukić, Jiří Moravec, Katarina Ljubisavljević, Nikolay Tzankov, Peter Mikulíček, Václav Gvoždík   +9 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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The evolutionary history of the Arabidopsis arenosa complex: diverse tetraploids mask the Western Carpathian center of species and genetic diversity. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
The Arabidopsis arenosa complex is closely related to the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Species and subspecies in the complex are mainly biennial, predominantly outcrossing, herbaceous, and with a distribution range covering most parts of latitudes ...
Roswitha Schmickl, Juraj Paule, Johannes Klein, Karol Marhold, Marcus A Koch   +4 more
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Patterns of Genetic and Morphological Variability of Teucrium montanum sensu lato (Lamiaceae) on the Balkan Peninsula [PDF]

Plants
The Balkan Peninsula represents an important center of plant diversity, exhibiting remarkable ecological heterogeneity that renders it an optimal region for studying the diversification patterns of complex taxa such as Teucrium montanum.
Miloš Zbiljić, Dmitar Lakušić, Zlatko Šatović, Zlatko Liber, Nevena Kuzmanović   +4 more
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The Balkan balneotherapy product – an approach from the destination marketing perspective [PDF]

Theoretical and Applied Economics, 2013
Considering the common features in the resources field, but especially the way in which they have been managed at the level of each individual country, it can be stated that a destination such as the Balkan peninsula represents a culturally homogeneous ...
Aurelia-Felicia STĂNCIOIU, Andreea BOTOȘ, Ion PÂRGARU   +2 more
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Stability in the South, Turbulence Toward the North: Evolutionary History of Aurinia saxatilis (Brassicaceae) Revealed by Phylogenomic and Climatic Modelling Data

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
The Balkan Peninsula played an important role in the evolution of many Mediterranean plants and served as a major source for post-Pleistocene colonisation of central and northern Europe.
Ivana Rešetnik, Eliška Záveská, Marin Grgurev, Sandro Bogdanović, Sandro Bogdanović, Paolo Bartolić, Božo Frajman   +6 more
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Genetic Diversity and Demographic History of Wild and Cultivated/Naturalised Plant Populations: Evidence from Dalmatian Sage (Salvia officinalis L., Lamiaceae). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Dalmatian sage (Salvia officinalis L., Lamiaceae) is a well-known aromatic and medicinal Mediterranean plant that is native in coastal regions of the western Balkan and southern Apennine Peninsulas and is commonly cultivated worldwide.
Ivana Rešetnik, Dea Baričevič, Diana Batîr Rusu, Klaudija Carović-Stanko, Paschalina Chatzopoulou, Zora Dajić-Stevanović, Maria Gonceariuc, Martina Grdiša, Danijela Greguraš, Alban Ibraliu, Marija Jug-Dujaković, Elez Krasniqi, Zlatko Liber, Senad Murtić, Dragana Pećanac, Ivan Radosavljević, Gjoshe Stefkov, Danijela Stešević, Ivan Šoštarić, Zlatko Šatović   +19 more
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Fossil and subfossil records and recent status of shrikes (Passeriformes: Laniidae) in Bulgaria

Historia Naturalis Bulgarica, 2020
A total of 13 Quaternary localities of three recent species of shrikes with a total of 24 bone and bone fragments are reported. They encompass Early Pleistocene (Biharian) to Late Holocene (subrecent) and reveal the wide former distribution of Lanius ...
Zlatozar Boev
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