Unghosting the Sardinian wildcat: morphological and molecular characterization of a vanishing felid [PDF]
BMC Ecology and EvolutionThe Sardinian wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica) belongs to a felid North-African lineage that reached the Mediterranean island in Neolithic times. While numerous studies have been conducted on the European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris), very ...
Roberta Lecis +7 more
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Age Assessment in Children and Adolescents by Measuring the Open Apices in Teeth: A New Sardinian Formula [PDF]
Dentistry Journal, 2022 Age estimation in children is fundamental in both clinical and forensic fields. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of the Cameriere’s European and Italian formulae for age estimation in Sardinian children and adolescents, a genetically ...
Enrico Spinas +4 more
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Linguistic and Cognitive Skills in Sardinian–Italian Bilingual Children
Frontiers in Psychology, 2015 We report the results of a study which tested receptive Italian grammatical competence and general cognitive abilities in bilingual Italian-Sardinian children and age-matched monolingual Italian children attending the first and second year of primary ...
Maria Garraffa, Antonella Sorace
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Sardinian deer increase feeding diversity within sheltering vegetation in a fragmented Mediterranean landscape [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThis study was carried out to investigate the feeding behavior of Sardinian deer roaming within a site of community interest (SCI, ITB042250), on Sardinian Island (39° 51’ N 8° 45’ E).
Sabine Aboling +4 more
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Can Ectoparasite Phylogenetics Shed Light on Host Evolution? The Batracobdella Leeches and Speleomantes Salamanders' System [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionUnderstanding species' evolutionary history is essential for comprehending trait diversity. Evolutionary relationships among many species, however, have conflicted phylogenetic inferences due to evolutionary discordances and need additional sources of ...
María Torres‐Sánchez +2 more
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Dynamics of ectomycorrhizal communities in Sardinian cork oak forests: influence of management system, lithological substrate and season. [PDF]
MycorrhizaSeddaiu S +5 more
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The role of risk communication in radon mapping, risk assessment and mitigation activities in Sardinia (Italy) [PDF]
Advances in Geosciences, 2022 In 2014, the Sardinian Regional Department of Hygiene, Health and Social Security promoted the Regional Prevention Plan, which embraced the protection of the population from exposure to indoor pollutants, including radon gas.
L. Cori +11 more
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Predicting the consequences of global warming on Gentiana lutea germination at the edge of its distributional and ecological range [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Background Temperature is the main environmental factor controlling seed germination; it determines both the percentage and the rate of germination. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the global mean surface temperature could ...
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Plants, 2023 Mining exploitation in the Mediterranean Basin has left evident scars on the environment, and poses serious risks for human health and biodiversity, especially when mine wastes are left abandoned.
Maria Enrica Boi +4 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 African swine fever (ASF) is a viral disease of suids that frequently leads to death. There are neither licensed vaccines nor treatments available, and even though humans are not susceptible to the disease, the serious socio-economic consequences ...
Sandro Rolesu +7 more
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