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Ichthyofauna assemblages from two unexplored Atlantic seamounts: Northwest Bank and João Valente Bank (Cape Verde archipelago)

Scientia Marina, 2008
Underwater censuses by divers were used to study the fish assemblages from two unexplored Atlantic seamounts in the Cape Verde archipelago. Fifty three species of 27 families were recorded: 27 in Northwest Bank and 46 in João Valente Bank. Northwest Bank
Pedro Monteiro, Daniel Ribeiro, José A. Silva, João Bispo, Jorge M.S. Gonçalves   +4 more
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In defence of the entity of Macaronesia as a biogeographical region

Biological Reviews of The Cambridge Philosophical Society
Since its coinage ca. 1850 AD by Philip Barker Webb, the biogeographical region of Macaronesia, consisting of the North Atlantic volcanic archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira with the tiny Selvagens, the Canaries and Cabo Verde, and for some authors ...
J. Fernández‐Palacios, Rüdiger Otto, J. Capelo, J. Caujapé‐Castells, L. de Nascimento, M. C. Duarte, Rui B Elias, C. García‐Verdugo, M. Menezes de Sequeira, F. Médail, A. Naranjo‐Cigala, Jairo Patiño, Jonathan Price, M. Romeiras, Lázaro Sánchez‐Pinto, Robert J. Whittaker   +15 more
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Community structure and reproductive biology of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) associated with Macaronesian Euphorbia shrubs

European Journal of Entomology, 2006
Dead wood of arborescent Euphorbia plants in the Macaronesian islands and Morocco has a diverse fauna of wood-boring beetles. Thirty-eight species were found in four species groups of Euphorbia, including 29 species of scolytine bark beetles, six species
Bjarte H. JORDAL
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Density and ecological drivers of free‐ranging cat abundance and activity in Madeira Island, Macaronesia

Conservation Science and Practice, 2023
Mammalian predators introduced to oceanic islands pose a significant threat to biodiversity and have led to numerous extinctions. Free‐ranging cats are particularly problematic due to their predatory habits and negative impact on conservation.
Elena J. Soto, João Nunes, Eduardo Nóbrega, A. F. Palmeirim, Ricardo Rocha   +4 more
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Los Laparocerus Schoenherr, 1834 de las Canarias orientales, islas Salvajes y Marruecos (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae)

Graellsia, 2011
Esta contribución al conocimiento del género Laparocerus Schoenherr, 1834 está dedicada a las Canarias orientales, islas Salvajes y Marruecos. Se redescribe Laparocerus rasus Wollaston, 1864 y se le asignan dos nuevas subespecies localizadas en ...
A. Machado
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CULTURA MARÍTIMA E IMAGINARIO INSULAR EN LA CONSTRUCCIÓN HISTÓRICA DE LA IDENTIDAD DE LAS ISLAS DE LA MACARONESIA

Revista de História da Sociedade e da Cultura, 2021
A lo largo de los siglos, se había establecido un mito alrededor de las islas Macaronesia. Con el paso del tiempo, esta construcción se ha adaptado a los diferentes paradigmas e hipótesis sobre el origen del mundo insular del Atlántico.
Javier Luis Álvarez Santos
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Sharks in Macaronesia and Cabo Verde: species richness, conservation status and anthropogenic pressures

Frontiers in Marine Science
The northeast Atlantic Ocean contains multiple habitats considered critical for shark conservation, including nursery areas, migratory corridors and aggregation sites.
J. Varela, Catarina Pereira Santos, Emanuel Nunes, Vasco Pissarra, Stiven Pires, Bárbara P. Ribeiro, Eduarda Vieira, T. Repolho, Nuno Queiroz, Rui Freitas, Rui Rosa   +10 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Island geography shaping maritime space in Macaronesia [PDF]

Europa XXI, 2020
This paper explores how geography shapes human uses of the maritime space along the Atlantic archipelagic territories of Macaronesia, a biogeographical region that includes the archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira, Selvagens, Canary Islands and Cape Verde. The way specific geographic characteristics of these islands influence and even determine maritime
Helena Maria Gregório Pina Calado, Mario Caña Varona, Juan Luis Suárez de Vivero, Fabiana Cordeiro Moniz, Firdaous Halim, Daniela de Lima Gabriel, Cláudia Luísa Salvador Hipólito, Elisabetta Menini, Diogo Kramel, Marta Horta de Sousa Vergílio, Maria Adelaide Ferreira   +10 more
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A new species of Echium (Boraginaceae) from the island of Porto Santo (Madeira Archipelago)

Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2010
A new species endemic from the island of Porto Santo (Madeira Archipelago) is described as Echium portosanctensis J.A. Carvalho, Pontes, Batista-Marques & R. Jardim.
José Augusto Carvalho, Tânia Pontes, Maria Isabel Batista-Marques, Roberto Jardim   +3 more
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The long journey of Orthotrichum shevockii (Orthotrichaceae, Bryopsida): From California to Macaronesia [PDF]

, 2019
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Draper, Isabel, Garilleti, Ricardo, González-Mancebo, Juana M., Lara, Francisco, Losada-Lima, Ana, Mazimpaka, Vicente, Patiño, Jairo, Shevock, James R., Vigalondo, Beatriz   +8 more
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