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New distributional data on <em>Haemogregarina stepanowi</em> (Apicomplexa) and <em>Placobdella costata</em> (Hirudinea) paras…
2021
The host-parasite system “Emys trinacris – Placobdella costata – Haemogregarina stepanowi” is known for Sicily, but scarce information is available to date about the distribution of the two parasites on the island. Therefore, an extensive sampling effort through visual census and collection and analysis of blood smears of the endemic Sicilian pond turtle E. trinacris was carried out in 46 water bodies scattered throughout mainland Sicily. Our findings revealed that the distribution of both parasites is limited to the Nebrodi area, where the infection of H. stepanowi has shown a high incidence on the local turtle populations. Our data suggest no correlation between the current distribution o…
The nutritional composition of selected wild edible mushrooms from Sicily (southern Italy)
2011
The wide consumption of wild fungi by the local population is the basis for an evaluation of the as yet unknown nutritional composition of some selected species. Wild edible mushrooms (Fistulina hepatica, Infundibulicybe geotropa, Laetiporus sulphureus, Macrolepiota procera var. procera and Suillus granulatus) were collected in a number of Sicilian (southern Italian) forest ecosystems and analysed according to standard methodologies of fungal analysis, for their basic composition (ash, water, protein, fat, carbohydrate and vitamin). The results showed that the investigated mushrooms could be suggested as a source of nutritional elements for the human diet.
STUDIO PROPEDEUTICO PER LA REDAZIONE DI UN PIANO DI GESTIONE FORESTALE DEL BOSCO TARDARA, SUGHERETA PURA DEL COMUNE DI TUSA (MESSINA)
2019
La Sicilia è la seconda regione d’Italia per estensione delle formazioni naturali a Quercus suber (L.).Sugherete più o meno degradate sono presenti in tutte le province, il cui stato qualitativo oggi risulta carente a causa dei frequenti incendi, pascolo eccessivo e mancanza di adeguate cure colturali, ma certamente tra tutte le cause la principale è l’assenza di pianificazione. Da questa premessa affiora la necessità di conoscere e governare in modo congruo la superficie boscata siciliana attraverso la redazione di Piani di Gestione Forestale, mirando al ripristino dell’efficienza, della funzionalità e, in particolar modo, della produzione sostenibile dei boschi a sughera. Con il presente …
Typification of the Presl’s name Calamintha canescens (Lamiaceae)
2021
Calamintha canescens is a taxon described in the “Flora Sicula” by K. B. Presl (1826), following the visit made to Sicily a few years earlier (March-July 1817). In the protologue Presl does not report any data on the distribution in Sicily of this taxon that will be almost completely forgotten in later floristic works. Only Nyman (1881) and later Šilić (1979) consider it as a variety respectively of Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi and C. glandulosa (Req.) Benth. Following the review of a group of critical European taxa belonging to the genus Clinopodium L., lately Melnikov (2016) recovers the ancient taxon Calamintha canescens C. Presl and transfers it to the genus Clinopodium L. Also, the auth…
A new species of Brassica sect. Brassica (Brassicaceae) from Sicily
2013
Among the suffruticose cabbages of Brassica sect. Brassica, a new species from Sicily, named B. raimondoi, is described and illustrated. It is a chasmophyte restricted to some steep limestone cliffs near Taormina (NE Sicily) and is morphologically related to B. incana, with which it shares densely hairy, broad, amplexicaul leaves and winged petioles, but differs principally in its white corolla, larger floral pieces, more developed stigmatic papillae, shorter siliquae with keeled valves and a smaller, seedless beak, smaller seeds differing in testa microsculpture. A key for the identification of the currently known Sicilian taxa of the section is provided.
Seed germination in the Sicilian subspecies ofDianthus rupicolaBiv. (Caryophyllaceae)
2012
Abstract Five populations belonging to three subspecies of Dianthus rupicola Biv. (D. rupicola subsp. rupicola, D. rupicola subsp. aeolicus, and D. rupicola subsp. lopadusanus) and growing in different geographical areas of Sicily were tested for seed germination at various temperatures. All populations showed high germination rates with an optimum temperature between 15°C and 25°C. Efficient seed germination might contribute significantly to the preservation of these subspecies which are currently exposed to several environmental threats.
Changes in Sicilian virgin olive oil during storage with particularly highlighteg biophenol components
2007
La piazza "mediterranea" nei borghi rurali in Sicilia
2019
L'articolo tratta dei borghi rurali costruiti in Sicilia alla fine degli anni '30 e subito dopo la guerra, e del ruolo della piazza in quanto carattere di mediterraneità dei complessi
Diversità briofitica dei corsi d'acqua siciliani
2007
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