Caloplaca squamuloisidiata, a new lichen species from Portugal and Spain

2006 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 529-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter P. G. van den BOOM ◽  
Víctor J. RICO
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Lichen Species ◽  
Acid Rock ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Western Half ◽  
Pale Green ◽  
Rock Faces

Caloplaca squamuloisidiata van den Boom & V. J. Rico is described as new to science. It is a saxicolous species, pale green to grey, with olivaceous patches, with a rimose-areolate, squamulose, lobulate and isidiate thallus, growing on inland exposed acid rock faces in the western half of the Iberian Peninsula in the Mediterranean region. Its ecology and distribution, and the lichen communities in which it was found are presented. A key to the isidiate and granular-isidiate Caloplaca species in Western Europe is also included.

Problems of the Duration of the Eemian Interglacial in Europe North of the Alps

2002 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Turner
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Laminated Sediment ◽  
Annually Laminated Sediment ◽  
The Alps ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Eemian Interglacial

AbstractSuggestions that the duration of the Eemian interglacial was about 11,000 yr, based on annually laminated sediment sequences in Germany, have been challenged in favor of a much longer interval. However, biostratigraphic evidence demonstrates why the Eemian sequences at Grande Pile and Ribains cannot be reliably used for alignment with the marine sequence, as applied by Kukla et al. (2002, this issue) to estimate the duration of this interglacial. The long chronology they propose would imply not just coniferous but, for up to 5000 yr, fully temperate forest in central France coexisting with treeless heath and steppe tundra conditions in northwestern Europe, an unlikely climatic and ecological scenario. The proposal that the Eemian Interglacial in western Europe lasted for 17,000 or even 23,000 yr is rejected. A duration of no more than 13,000 yr is preferred, at least for sites north of the Alps and Pyrenees. The duration of temperate conditions in the Mediterranean region is less certain.

A revised typification of Jasione corymbosa and J. glabra (Campanulaceae) from the Western Mediterranean area

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 233 (1) ◽  
pp. 94 ◽  
Author(s):  
PEDRO PABLO FERRER-GALLEGO ◽  
Ángel Romo ◽  
Roberto Roselló ◽  
Emilio Laguna ◽  
Juan Bautista Peris
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Coastal Dunes ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Ecological Niches ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Maximum Expression

The genus Jasione Linnaeus (1753: 163) (Campanulaceae Juss.) is represented by ca. 16 species distributed throughout Europe and the Mediterranean Region, from coastal dunes to alpine zones, and growing on a wide variety of substrates as well (Sales & Hedge 2001b). The genus shows a high degree of polymorphism, which can be partially caused by its representation accross a wide range of ecological niches. This variability reaches its maximum expression within the Iberian Peninsula (Bokhari & Sales 2001).

scholarly journals Gamasina Mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) Associated with Animal Remains in the Mediterranean Region of Navarra (Northern Spain)

Insects ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Pérez-Martínez ◽  
María Lourdes Moraza ◽  
Marta Inés Saloña-Bordas
Keyword(s):  
Population Dynamics ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
New Records ◽  
Abundant Species ◽  
Spring Season ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Animal Remains ◽  
The Mediterranean

Mites should not be overlooked as a forensic tool, as many are commonly associated with decomposing animal matter and are closely associated with specific insect carriers and habitats. It is necessary to increase our understanding of the diversity of mites that are found in human and animal remains, their geographical distribution, and their population dynamics. This work is the first study of the role of mites in forensic science in the Mediterranean region of Navarra (northern Spain). Samples were taken using three types of traps (96 modified McPhail, 96 modified pitfall, and 32 carrion on surface) baited with pig carrion during the period between 11 April and 24 June, 2017. Insects were collected in 100% of the traps and only 27% of them contained mites. Information on 26 species of mites belonging to seven families, their ontogenetic phoretic stage/s, their abundance, and presence/absence during the spring season of the study is given. The most abundant species collected were Macrocheles merdarius, Poecilochirus austroasiaticus, and Poecilochirus subterraneus. We are contributing 16 new records for the Iberian Peninsula: seven species of Parasitidae, three species of Macrochelidae, four species of Eviphididae, one species of Halolaelapidae, and one species of Laelapidae.

scholarly journals Orientations of dolmens in Western Europe

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (S260) ◽  
pp. 116-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hoskin
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
The Sun ◽  
Late Neolithic ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Time Of Year

AbstractThe communal tombs (‘dolmens’) constructed through Europe and the Mediterranean region in the late Neolithic nearly always had an entrance to permit the introduction of further bodies, and hence an orientation. Extensive fieldwork shows that the builders always felt constrained to observe a custom of orientation, and in most of Western Europe the custom may well have been to face the rising Sun at some time of year, or the Sun after it had risen. But at Fontvieille near Arles the local custom was quite different, with tombs facing sunset or the Sun when descending. In southwest France and neighbouring parts of Cataluña the two customs are in conflict.

Checklist of the caddisflies of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands (Trichoptera)

Zoosymposia ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCOS A. GONZÁLEZ ◽  
JESÚS MARTÍNEZ
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
New Records ◽  
Balearic Islands ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Faunistic Composition

The first faunistic review of the caddisflies (Trichoptera) from the Iberian Peninsula, using as a reference the Limnofauna Europaea, was presented in 1987 and included 267 species. A comprehensive faunistic, nomenclatorial and systematically revised checklist of the Iberian caddsiflies was given in 1992 and included 294 species for the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands.      Since 1992 our knowledge of the faunistic composition of some peninsular areas, especially of the meridional half and the Mediterranean region have considerably improved. It is now possible to update significantly the knowledge of caddisflies in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. We critically reviewed the literature data and supplemented these with our recent new records. We also take into consideration some unpublished collections of the authors from different Iberian regions.      The checklist now contains 342 species (327, 185, 60 and 18 species from the Spanish mainland, the Portuguese mainland, Andorra, and the Balearic Islands, respectively), belonging to 75 genera and 22 families. Together, 4 families, i.e., Limnephilidae (23.7%), Hydroptilidae (14.9%), Leptoceridae (10.5%) and Rhyacophilidae (9.3 %), comprise 57% of the Iberian fauna.

Presence of the genus Cuon in upper Pleistocene and initial Holocene sites of the Iberian Peninsula: new remains identified in archaeological contexts of the Mediterranean region

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 437-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel Pérez Ripoll ◽  
Juan V. Morales Pérez ◽  
Alfred Sanchis Serra ◽  
J. Emili Aura Tortosa ◽  
Inocencio Sarrión Montañana
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Upper Pleistocene ◽  
The Mediterranean

New data on daffodils of the Narcissus nevadensis complex (Amaryllidaceae) in SE Spain: N. nevadensis subsp. herrerae subsp. nov., and N. nevadensis subsp. longispathus comb. nov.

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 371 (2) ◽  
pp. 133 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSE A. ALGARRA ◽  
GABRIEL BLANCA ◽  
MIGUEL CUETO ◽  
JULIÁN FUENTES
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Variable Number ◽  
The South ◽  
Se Spain ◽  
Molecular Analyses ◽  
Ancestral Species ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Centre Of Diversity ◽  
The Mediterranean

Narcissus Linnaeus (1753: 289) is a genus widespread in the Mediterranean region and taxonomically very complex, including a broadly variable number of taxa depending on authors. It includes between 26 and 36 species (Webb 1980, Zonneveld 2008), or even up to 110 species recognised in the International Daffodil Register (RHS 2017). In the Iberian Peninsula, 56 taxa (Fernandes 1951) or 33 taxa (Aedo 2013) have been accepted to occur, 10–12 belonging to N. subg. Ajax (Salisb. ex Haworth 1819: 111) Spach (1846: 432) sect. Pseudonarcissus DC. in Redouté (1815: tab. 486). In the south-eastern Iberian Peninsula 16 species (Aedo 2013) to 19 species (Fernandes 1951, Navarro 2011) have been considered, of which one (Aedo 2013) to three (Navarro 2011) correspond to that section, most of them endemic to the area (Bañares et al. 2004, Blanca et al. 1999, 2000, 2001). The Iberian Peninsula is the centre of diversity for N. sect. Pseudonarcissus, with N. nevadensis Pugsley (1933: 62) being proposed as the ancestral species of this group (Fernandes 1951). Recently, after molecular analyses (Zonneveld 2008, Marques et al. 2017), this species has been separated into an independent section: N. sect. Nevadensis Zonneveld (2008: 130).

scholarly journals Pleistocene leopards in the Iberian Peninsula: New evidence from palaeontological and archaeological contexts in the Mediterranean region

2015 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 175-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred Sanchis ◽  
Carmen Tormo ◽  
Víctor Sauqué ◽  
Vicent Sanchis ◽  
Rebeca Díaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
New Evidence
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