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Designing conservation strategies to preserve the genetic diversity of Astragalus edulis Bunge, an endangered species from western Mediterranean region [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2016
Astragalus edulis (Fabaceae) is an endangered annual species from the western Mediterranean region that colonized the SE Iberian Peninsula, NE and SW Morocco, and the easternmost Macaronesian islands (Lanzarote and Fuerteventura).
Julio Peñas   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Coexistence of Native and Invasive Freshwater Turtles: The Llobregat Delta (NE Iberian Peninsula) as a Case Study

open access: yesLand, 2022
The global degradation of wetlands is increasing their susceptibility to invasions, which is greatly determined by a niche overlap between native and invasive species.
Marc Franch   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

New palynological data in Muschelkalk facies of the Catalan Coastal Ranges (NE of the Iberian Peninsula)

open access: yesComptes Rendus. Géoscience, 2020
The Middle Triassic (Ladinian) deposits of the Catalan Basin (Spain) are essentially represented by extensive marine carbonate platforms developed in a rift tectonic setting.
García-Ávila, Manuel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Global Processes, Regional Dynamics?

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2020
The goal of this paper is to discuss the validity of radiocarbon dates as a source of knowledge for explaining social dynamics over a large region and a long period of time. We have carefully selected c.
Héctor Martínez-Grau   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

What controls the coarse sediment yield to a Mediterranean delta? The case of the Llobregat River (NE Iberian Peninsula) [PDF]

open access: yesNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2020
The human pressure upon an alluvial river in the Mediterranean region has changed its riverine and deltaic landscapes. The river has been channelized in the last 70 years while the delta has been retreating for more than a century (a set of data unknown,
J. P. Martín-Vide   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unveiling the conservation status of the sessile oak forest for their protection and management in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula

open access: yesMediterranean Botany, 2021
The sessile oak forests found on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula are ascribed to the Lathyro-Quercetum petraeae association and play a key role in understanding the ecology of this habitat, as this region represents its xeric limit.
Jordi Bou, Lluís Vilar
doaj   +1 more source

Tornadoes and waterspouts in Catalonia (1950–2009) [PDF]

open access: yesNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2011
This paper presents a preliminary climatology of tornadoes and waterspouts in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula). A database spanning 60 yr (1950–2009) has been developed on the basis of information collected from various sources such as weather reports ...
M. Gayà, M.-C. Llasat, J. Arús
doaj   +1 more source

Filling the gaps: ethnobotanical study of the Garrigues district, an arid zone in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula)

open access: yesJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2020
Background This study has focused on the Garrigues district, one of the most arid regions in Catalonia (NE Iberian Peninsula), which, in general terms, has remained unexplored from the ethnobotanical point of view.
Airy Gras, Joan Vallès, Teresa Garnatje
doaj   +1 more source

Two species of Megachile Latreille, 1802 new to the Iberian Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)

open access: yesBoletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología
Identification of material obtained in various bee surveys at several sites across Catalonia (NE Spain) has revealed the occurrence of two species of Megachile previously unrecorded from the Iberian Peninsula: Megachile (Megachile) alpicola and Megachile
Antonio Burguillos   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inferring Population Genetic Structure in Widely and Continuously Distributed Carnivores: The Stone Marten (Martes foina) as a Case Study.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
The stone marten is a widely distributed mustelid in the Palaearctic region that exhibits variable habitat preferences in different parts of its range. The species is a Holocene immigrant from southwest Asia which, according to fossil remains, followed ...
María Vergara   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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