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Coronella austriaca (Smooth snake) and Zamenis longissimus (Aesculapian Snake) Defensive Behavior
2021
We report for the first time caudal vibrating defensive behavior in Coronella austriaca e Zamenis longissimus
Effects of climate and land-use change on species abundance in a Central European bird community.
2007
Although it is known that changes in land use and climate have an impact on ecological communities, it is unclear which of these factors is currently most important. We sought to determine the influence of land-use and climate alteration on changes in the abundance of Central European birds. We examined the impact of these factors by contrasting abundance changes of birds of different breeding habitat, latitudinal distribution, and migratory behavior. We examined data from the semiquantitative Breeding Bird Atlas of Lake Constance, which borders Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. Changes in the regional abundance of the 159 coexisting bird species from 1980-1981 to 2000-2002 were influenced…
Ophiophagy in Coronella austriaca: first case of predation on Hierophis viridiflavus and first direct observations of predation on Vipera aspis
2020
We describe some cases of ophiophagy behaviour in Coronella austriaca
Simbolica della natura. Taccuino e lettere
2017
Il taccuino e le lettere di Weininger completano e integrano il profilo dell'autore di Sesso e carattere, un libro che esercita un'influenza enorme nell'Europa del primo Novecento per le sue tirate antisemite e misogine. Ingiustamente trascurati, questi scritti raccolgono aforismi e appunti per una futura caratteriologia e simbolica della natura e alcune lettere ai contemporanei, tra cui spiccano quelle ad August Strindberg. Scritte durante il suo viaggio tra Germania, Danimarca, Norvegia e Italia, queste ultime pagine testimoniano di una fulminante precocità intellettuale e delle possibilità di sviluppo del filosofo Weininger oltre Sesso e carattere.
Postfazione
2017
Il taccuino e le lettere di Weininger completano e integrano il profilo dell'autore di Sesso e carattere, un libro che esercita un'influenza enorme nell'Europa del primo Novecento per le sue tirate antisemite e misogine. Ingiustamente trascurati, questi scritti raccolgono aforismi e appunti per una futura caratteriologia e simbolica della natura e alcune lettere ai contemporanei, tra cui spiccano quelle ad August Strindberg. Scritte durante il suo viaggio tra Germania, Danimarca, Norvegia e Italia, queste ultime pagine testimoniano di una fulminante precocità intellettuale e delle possibilità di sviluppo del filosofo Weininger oltre Sesso e carattere.
Can Cross-Border Healthcare Be Sustainable? An Example from the Czech-Austrian Borderland
2019
Cross-border public services are considered to be one of the possible tools to eliminate the periphery position of border regions. The Czech part of the Gmü
The cost-effectiveness of neonatal versus prenatal screening for congenital toxoplasmosis
2019
BackgroundCongenital Toxoplasmosis (CT) can have severe consequences. France, Austria, and Slovenia have prenatal screening programs whereas some other countries are considering universal screening to reduce congenital transmission and severity of infection in children. The efficiency of such programs is debated increasingly as seroprevalence among pregnant women and incidence of congenital toxoplasmosis show a steady decrease. In addition, uncertainty remains regarding the effectiveness of pre- and postnatal treatments.MethodTo identify cost-effective strategies, prenatal and neonatal screenings were compared using a decision-analytic model based on French guidelines and current knowledge …
Don Juan de Austria
2017
La voce, costruita su fonti archivistiche e bibliografiche, delinea la biografia di don Juan de Austria, mettendo in relazione dinamiche private con il più ampio contesto politico della monarchia spagnola nella seconda metà del XVI secolo The voice, built on archival and bibliographic sources, outlines the biography of don Juan de Austria, linking private dynamics with the broader political context of the Spanish monarchy in the second half of the sixteenth century
Multiple morphological characters needed for field identification of cryptic long‐eared bat species around the Swiss Alps
2010
The identification of cryptic species may significantly change our view about their distribution, abundance, ecology and therefore conservation status. In the European Alps, molecular studies have revealed the existence of three sibling species of plecotine bats Plecotus auritus, Plecotus austriacus and, very recently, Plecotus macrobullaris. Knowledge of the ecological niche partitioning of cryptic species is a requisite to develop sound conservation policies. Yet, this requests the development of unambiguous identification methods easily applicable in the field. This study investigates the reliability of several morphological methods used for species recognition and proposes a new identif…
Xeric grasslands of the inner-alpine dry valleys of Austria - new insights into syntaxonomy, diversity and ecology
2021
We are grateful to the IAVS for financial support for some of the participants. We would like to give special thanks to Dr. Ernst Partl, director of the Naturpark Kaunergrat for authorizing sampling in the protected areas and for helping with the organization of the field workshop.