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Invasions of the non-indigenous red alga Lophocladia lallemandii (Montagne) F. Schmitz off the Island of Ischia (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)
2021
This paper describes the distribution and spread of the non-indigenous red alga Lophocladia lallemandii (Montagne) F. Schmitz along the coast of the Island of Ischia (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy). Lophocladia lallemandii was monitored through surveys from July 2019 to January 2020 at the Capo Sant’Angelo (Ischia), where L. lallemandii was observed, but not reported, in the years preceding the invasion of the upper rocky infralittoral shore reported here. It is noteworthy that a large portion of the study area is included within one of the two “B no-take” zones of the Marine Protected Area of the “Regno di Nettuno” (“Neptune’s Realm”). During the surveys, the alga was first observed in the middle …
Tracking the ice: Subterranean harvestmen distribution matches ancient glacier margins
2019
Biogeographic studies often underline the role of glacial dynamism during Pleistocene (1.806-0.011 Mya) in shaping the distribution of subterranean species. Accordingly, it is presumed that present-day distribution of most specialized cold-adapted (cryophilic) cave-dwelling species should bear the signatures of past climatic events. To test this idea, we modelled the distribution of specialized cold-adapted subterranean alpine harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones: Ischyropsalididae: Ischyropsalis). We found that the distance from the glacier margins during Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; about 22,000 years ago) was the most important predictor of their present-day distribution. In particular, the pe…
Status del progetto di reintroduzione del Grifone nei parchi delle Madonie e dei Nebrodi (Sicilia)
2004
Reintroduzione in Sicilia (Parco Nebrodi e Parco Madonie)
Lądowe pluskwiaki różnoskrzydłe (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Bydgoszczy (Terrestrial true-bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of the Bydgoszcz city)
2018
New distributional data concerning 134 species of terrestrial true-bugs in the Bydgoszcz city (N Poland) are presented, including 10 species recorded for the first time from Wiel-kopolsko-Kujawska Lowland, i.e., Aellopus atratus, Deraeocoris flavilinea, Dicyphus annulatus, Drymus ryeii, Emblethis denticollis, E. duplicatus, Ischnocoris angustulus, Pionosomus opacellus, Scolopostethus pilosus, Taphropeltus hamulatus. Taking into account previous literature data, the list of Heteroptera species recorded in the Bydgoszcz city comprises 166 species.
Latvijas ūdeņu vides pētījumu un aizsardzība: referātu tēžu krājums (Rīga, 2020.gada 24. janvāris)
2020
THE GARGANO TERRE ROSSE INSULAR FAUNAS: AN OVERVIEW
2010
After forty years from its discovery, the history of the field surveys and of the researches on the fossiliferous deposits on Gargano is briefly reported. The Gargano fauna belongs to the Abruzzo-Apulian Palaeobioprovince (including also Scontrone and Palena, Abruzzo). The fossil assemblage comprehends all the classes of terrestrial vertebrates: Reptilia, Amphibia, Aves and Mammalia. The faunal composition is unbalanced and presents the features of a typical insular endemic fauna. The bulk of the assemblage is composed of small mammals and birds. Based on literature, we report the most characteristic features, phylogenetic relationships, and evolutionary remarks on a list of mammals, focusi…
Indagini archeozoologiche della Palermo antica: la Gancia, Palazzo Bonagia e Via Imera.
L’analisi archeozoologica della Palermo medioevale qui presentata si inserisce nell’ambito degli studi di antropologia e di archeologia medievale che da oltre un decennio stanno interessando il centro storico della città. Il presente studio mira alla ricostruzione dell’ecologia umana durante il periodo di islamizzazione della Sicilia e di Palermo, attraverso l’analisi dei resti faunistici di tre siti inediti del centro storico di Palermo, la Gancia, Palazzo Bonagia e Via Imera, in un periodo compreso tra la fine del IX e il X sec. d.C., e l’analisi comparativa di resti provenienti da centri rurali siciliani, alcuni di questi databili fino al XV secolo. L’analisi ha messo in evidenza alcuni …
A new small mammal assemblage from the M013 Terre Rosse fissure filling (Gargano, South-Eastern Italy)
2013
Abstract The taxonomic study of the small mammal assemblage from fissure M013, sampled by a team of the University of Torino during the 2005–2009 excavations in the Dell’Erba Quarry (Apricena, Foggia) is presented. The assemblage includes the Echinosoricinae Apulogalerix cf. pusillus and the Crocidosoricinae ?Lartetium cf. dehmi; the Myomiminae species Stertomys simplex and Stertomys lyrifer; a new genus and species of Cricetodontinae and a single specimen of Hattomys cf. nazarii. Muridae include Mikrotia cf. parva, Mikrotia sp. 1 and a new genus and species of Murinae, phylogenetically related to Mikrotia. The occurrence of the new Murinae, the new Cricetodontinae, the two species of gliri…
New insular taxa from the oldest Terre Rosse fissure filling (Gargano, Southeastern Italy).
2012
A rich amount of fossil remains of a highly diversified vertebrate fauna, known as “Mikrotia fauna”, has been retrieved from the red soil deposits (Terre Rosse) which fill the extensive palaeokarst network that affects the Mesozoic limestone along the north-western slopes of Mount Gargano (Southern Italy). The faunal assemblages reveal a rather complex history of bioevents such as dispersals and extinctions, which occurred when the area was isolated. These reconstructions were based on the materials collected during the seventies and the eighties of the last century. Forty years after its discovery, the Gargano Terre Rosse finally yielded evidence of an older faunal settlement. The peculiar…