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Crisis management and Order in International Relations. The case of the Mediterranean [PDF]

Revue de l'UKA
No state or international system exists without order. Order may be just or unjust, democratic or imposed. Conflicts and wars come from lack of order, justice, democracy.
Luigi TROIANI
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Reproductive biology of round sardinella (Sardinella aurita) in north-eastern Mediterranean

Scientia Marina, 2006
The reproductive biology of round sardinella, Sardinella aurita Valenciennes, 1847, was studied for the first time in the north-eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Athanassios C. Tsikliras, Efthimia Antonopoulou   +1 more
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Spatial metrics in fire ecology: seeking consistency amidst complexity

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Technological advances, including remote sensing, have led to a proliferation of metrics used in ecological studies to examine spatial patterns of fire regimes and their ecological effects. Researchers can use many different metrics to analyse spatial variation in both fire events and resulting fire regimes, including fire size, shape ...
Alexander R. Carey, Geoffrey J. Cary, Teigan Cremona, Hugh F. Davies, Brett P. Murphy, Sam C. Banks   +5 more
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Mediterranean Europe: Pilgrims and warriors, warrior pilgrims

Ad Limina, 2010
The article begins with an analysis of the relation between space, time and pilgrimage within “various strata and social classes”. From these considerations there first and foremost derives a clear division between on the one hand rural pilgrimage ...
Benedetto Vetere
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Mediterranean chemometrics [PDF]

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2010
Luis, Cuadros-Rodríguez, Juan M, Bosque-Sendra   +1 more
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The influence of rivers on seabird foraging ecology

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rivers act as vital arteries to the world's oceans, delivering fresh water and nutrients that sustain marine ecosystems. Globally, river flow increasingly is being altered by climate change and anthropogenic pressures; yet the significance of rivers to predatory marine species, such as seabirds, and the extent to which river‐related changes ...
Julia B. Morais, Andre Chiaradia, Richard D. Reina   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Euro-Mediterranean Economic Integration: An Empirical Investigation of Trade Flows. [PDF]

Greater trade and financial integration are implicitly identified by the Barcelona Conference as the mechanism to promote “peace and shared prosperity†and “sustainable and balanced economic and social development†in the Euro-Mediterranean Area ...
Giorgio Fazio
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
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A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck, Bréa Raynaud‐Berton, Méghan Boulembert, Olivier Chabrerie, Aude Couty, Franck Dedeine, Patrice Eslin, Vincent Foray, Romain Georges, Patricia Gibert, Laurence Mouton, Sylvain Pincebourde, David Renault, Christelle Suppo, Hervé Colinet   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Environmental Factors in Lyme Disease Transmission in the European Union: A Systematic Review

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Background: Lyme disease (LD) is an emergent vector-borne disease caused by Borrelia spp. and transmitted through infected ticks, mainly Ixodes spp. Our objective was to determine meteorological and environmental factors associated with LD transmission ...
Christine Giesen, Daniel Cifo, Diana Gomez-Barroso, Rosa M. Estévez-Reboredo, Jordi Figuerola, Zaida Herrador   +5 more
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