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Spatial and temporal variation of community composition and species cover following dune restoration in the Devesa de Albufera (Valencia, Spain).

2015

Plant populations were reintroduced to the coastal dune bar of the Devesa de Albufera from 1988 to 2004; different coastline sections received different species composition and cover. With the aim to detect spatial and temporal variation of floristic diversity, we compared current species composition and cover across the length of the Devesa and across the dune bar with those imposed at the time of restoration. Non-metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) detected significant differences both across the dune faces and across the coast sections. Differences across the dune faces reflect the sea-inland ecological gradient and resulted from a spatial rearrangement of plant populations: Calystegi…

0106 biological sciencesdune restorationEvolutionMalcolmia littoreaLagurus ovatusCoastal sand dunes; dune restoration; Mediterranean sea; spatial dynamics; temporal dynamics; Plant Science; Ecology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsPlant Science010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesCalystegia soldanellaFloristicsMediterranean seaBehavior and SystematicsEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsAchillea maritimaspatial dynamicsEcologybiologyEcologytemporal dynamicsPlant communitybiology.organism_classificationGeographyCommunity compositionCoastal sand dunesMediterranean sea010606 plant biology & botanyPlant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology
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Quantification of cranial convergences in arvicolids (Rodentia)

1997

Cranial convergence in nine species of arvicolids is quantified phenetically using geometric morphometry. In a preliminary step, a hypothesis about phyletic relationships is proposed as a framework against which to examine morphological comparisons. The cranial morphology is then depicted in three series of 37, 20 and 13 landmarks characterizing the lower, upper and lateral sides of the skull respectively. Superimposition (Procrustes) methods are used to quantify shape differences and establish phenograms for the three sides of the skull. The phenogram obtained for lateral sides reveals a strong connection between skull profile and mode of life: surface dwelling forms have elongated skulls …

Cranial morphologybiologymedia_common.quotation_subjectEcological dataAnatomybiology.organism_classificationSkullmedicine.anatomical_structureMyopus schisticolorLagurusmedicineSynaptomys cooperiProcrustes analysisPhyletic gradualismEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematicsmedia_commonBiological Journal of the Linnean Society
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