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    45 anys d’ornitologia de muntanya i el Grup Bages d’Anellament 

    Borràs, Antoni; Senar, Juan Carlos (2019)

    En aquest article s’aporten dades històriques sobre l’origen i el tarannà del Grup Bages d’Anellament (GBA) i del paper que aquest ha jugat en l’estudi de l’ornitologia de muntanya. Alhora, completa alguns aspectes sobre ...

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    A 23,000-year-old southern Iberian individual links human groups that lived in Western Europe before and after the Last Glacial Maximum 

    Villalba-Mouco, Vanessa; Lalueza-Fox, Carles; Haak, Wolfgang (2023-03-01)

    Human populations underwent range contractions during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) which had lasting and dramatic effects on their genetic variation. The genetic ancestry of individuals associated with the post-LGM Magdalenian ...

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    A checklist of Ptinidae (Coleoptera Bostrichoidea) of Iran 

    Viñolas, Amador; Ghahari, Hassan (2017)

    The fauna of Iranian Ptinidae (Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea) is summarized. In total 43 species belonging to 21 genera and 8 subfamilies are listed: Anobiinae (7 genera, 10 species), Dorcatominae (1 genus, 1 species), Ernobiinae ...

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    A citizen science approach for the early detection and public awareness on invasive plant species: experiences from LIFE medCLIFFS 

    Garcia, Sònia; Bosch, Arnau; Ibáñez Cortina, Neus; López-Pujol, Jordi; Nualart, Neus (2024-07)

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    A comparison of the diet of urban and forest great tits in a Mediterranean habitat 

    Senar, Juan Carlos; Manzanilla, A.; Mazzoni, Daniele (2021-10-01)

    The low breeding performance and body condition of nestling passerine birds in urban environments has been attributed to the poor quality and low abundance of food in these settings. However, detailed data on prey provided ...

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    A Costa de Cretas... La iglesia parroquial y la ermita. Dos joyas de la Corona de Aragón 

    Yeguas i Gassó, Joan; Camps Juan, Juan Luis; Muñoz i Sebastià, Joan Hilari (2008)

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    A dark side of conservation biology: protected areas fail in representing subterranean biodiversity 

    Colado, Raquel; Abellán, Pedro; Pallarés, Susana; Mammola, Stefano; Milione, Roberto; Faille, Arnaud; Fresneda, Javier; Sánchez-Fernández, David (2023-07-14)

    1. Biodiversity conservation is a central imperative of the 21st century. Subterranean ecosystems deliver critical nature’s contributions to people and harbour a broad diversity of poorly understood specialised organisms. ...

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    A genetic history of the Balkans from Roman frontier to Slavic migrations 

    Olalde, Iñigo; Carrión, Pablo; Mikić, Ilija; Grbić, Miodrag; Lalueza-Fox, Carles (2023-12-07)

    The rise and fall of the Roman Empire was a socio-political process with enormous ramifications for human history. The Middle Danube was a crucial frontier and a crossroads for population and cultural movement. Here, we ...

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    A global synthesis reveals biodiversity-mediated benefits for crop production 

    Dainese, Matteo; Caballero-López, Berta; Steffan-Dewenter, Ingolf (2019-10-16)

    Human land use threatens global biodiversity and compromises multiple ecosystem functions critical to food production. Whether crop yield–related ecosystem services can be maintained by a few dominant species or rely on ...

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    A new assemblage of late Neanderthal remains from Cova Simanya (NE Iberia) 

    Morales, Juan I.; Lalueza-Fox, Carles; Rosas, Antonio (2023-09-19)

    This study presents an exceptional collection of 54 Late Pleistocene human remains that correspond to at least three Neanderthal individuals from Simanya Gran, the main gallery of Cova Simanya, located in the northeastern ...

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    A new Dicranophragma (Diptera: Limoniidae) from a hypogeous environment in Catalonia (Iberian Peninsula) 

    Mederos López, Jorge; Gago Carrión, Sergi; Brañas, Neus; Fadrique Chico, Floren; Caballero-López, Berta; Masó, Glòria (2020-11-25)

    A new species of Limnophilinae (Diptera: Limoniidae), Dicranophragma (Brachylimnophila)relictum Mederos sp. nov., is described. This is the third species of this genus recorded from the Iberian Peninsula. This new species ...

    A new fossil species of Trentepohlia (Diptera, Limoniidae) from the Dominican Miocene 

    Mederos López, Jorge; Wang, Yinan; Duque-Valero, Susana; Campeny, Marc (2020-11-24)

    We present the description of a new species of Limoniidae Rondani, 1856. Trentepohlia (Paramongoma) miocenica Mederos & Wang n. sp. is described from resinites (little or poorly polymerized amber) of Yanigua Formation, in ...

    A new genus and species of the tribe Oemini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae) from the sundaic region, southeastern Asia 

    Niisato, Tatsuya; Vives, Eduard; Heffern, Daniel (2020-03-25)

    A new genus and species of the subtribe Oemina of the tribe Oemini (Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) is described from the Sundaic region, Southeastern Asia. Relationships with other oemine genera are discussed.

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    A new kaolin deposit in western Africa: mineralogical and compositional features of kaolinite from Caluquembe (Angola) 

    Tauler, Esperança; Xu, Jingyao; Melgarejo, Joan Carles; Gonçalves, Antonio Olimpio; Campeny, Marc (2019-07-03)

    Large kaolin deposits developed by weathering on Precambrian granitic rocks have been discovered in the Caluquembe area, Huíla province, Angola. To determine accuracy of analysis and to evaluate the samples kaolinite grade, ...

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    A new siderolitid from the late Maastrichian of Italy 

    Robles-Salcedo, Raquel; Vicedo, Vicent; Parente, Mariano; Caus, Esmeralda (2018)

    During the latest Cretaceous, many representatives of the larger benthic foraminifera (LBF) community reached a high level of “maturation”, developing large-sized shells with complex architectures. Increasing size and ...

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    A new species of Speonemadus from Portugal, with the revision of the escalerai-group (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) 

    Reboleira, Ana Sofia P.S.; Fresneda, Javier; Salgado, José María (2017)

    Over recent years, intense field work in caves of Portugal has provided new data on the distribution of subterranean Iberian leiodid beetles. Speonemadus algarvensis sp. nov. is described from caves of southern Portugal. ...

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    A new subterranean species of Entomoculia Croissandeau, 1891 from the Canary Islands, Spain (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Leptotyphlinae) 

    Hernando, Carles; López, Heriberto (2024-01-10)

    The genus Entomoculia Croissandeau, 1891, is the only representative of the subfamily Leptotyphlinae present in the Canary Islands and is composed by only two species: E. (Stenotyphlus) canariensis Outerelo, 1982, from La ...

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    A plastic device fixed around trees can deter snakes from predating bird nest boxes 

    Navalpotro, Helena; Mazzoni, Daniele; Senar, Juan Carlos (2021-02-12)

    Several devices have been designed to prevent predation in nest boxes by mammals and birds. Although snakes are one of the most common predators in cavity–nesters, they have always been difficult to deter. Here we tested ...

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    A preliminary note on the distribution of Triturus Helveticus in Catalonia (Spain) 

    Pascual, Xavier; Campeny, Roser (1983)

    This note gives fifteen localities for Triturus helveticus in the Province of Catalonia, Spain, and extends the known distribution of the species in a southerly direction.

    A redefinition of the genus Troglocharinus Reitter, 1908, with description of new species (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Leptodirini) 

    Fresneda, Javier; Ribera, Ignacio; Comas Navarro, Jordi (2021-02-05)

    We redefine the genus Troglocharinus Reitter, 1908 based on a phylogenetic analysis with a combination of mitochondrial and molecular data. We recovered the current Speonomites mengeli (Jeannel, 1910) and S. mercedesi ...