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Isolamento di nuovi peptidi citolitici da Actinia equina (Anthozoa, Cnidaria)
2010
Una nuova popolazione isolata di xenopo liscio in Sicilia sud-occidentale
2017
African clawed frog is a sub-saharan native anuran that has been introduced in various states of the old and the new world. The only Italian population of this species is located in western Sicily, and it is known as the European clawed frog population with wider distribution area. This paper describes a new Sicilian population of this species, and sets out to verify the effective isolation from the currently known distribution. The new site is a disused swimming pool, located near the mouth of the Belice River (province of Trapani), 31 km away from the nearest edge of the African clawed frog distribution area. To test whether this new population is the result of natural expansion of its ra…
Contribution to the knowledge of Tunisian amphibians: notes on distribution, habitat features and breeding phenology
2009
In order to improve the knowledge on amphibian fauna in Tunisia, about 300 water bodies belonging to different habitat typologies were sampled during the period 2004-2008. At the sites where amphibians were observed, we recorded the UTM coordinates, the altitude, and the following environmental features: habitat typology, hydroperiod, electric conductivity, temperature, water turbidity, and macrophyte coverage. The presence of the seven species currently known with certainty for Tunisia has been confirmed: Pleurodeles nebulosus, Discoglossus pictus, Bufo bufo, B. mauritanicus, B. boulengeri, Hyla meridionalis and Pelophylax saharicus. Conversely, no evidence on the occurrence of Salamandra …
Re-description of Orchestia stephenseni (CRUSTACEA: AMPHIPODA: TALITRIDAE) with remarks on variation of the Gn2 and DNA-barcoding identification.
2014
ALIEN SPECIES: FRIEND OR ENEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH?
2017
Establishment of the nomenclatural status of two nomina, Stenothoe bella Krapp-Schickel & Lo Brutto, 2015 and Stenothoe levantina Krapp-Schickel & Lo…
2022
Stenothoe bella Krapp-Schickel & Lo Brutto, 2015 and Stenothoe levantina Krapp-Schickel & Lo Brutto, 2015 are now available according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999, 2012). The present note serves to validate the names Stenothoe bella and Stenothoe levantina by fulfilling ICZN conditions for nomenclatural availability.
Climate Effects on Breeding Phenology of Peregrine and Lanner Falcons in the Mediterranean
2022
We explored the effects of weather on the timing and reproduction of the Mediterranean Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus brookei and the Lanner Falcon F. biarmicus feldeggii living on the Mediterranean island of Sicily. We found that the start date of incubation has changed during 1979–2019 and analysed whether incubation timing affected the productivity of both populations and whether the change of incubation date and the quality of breeding sites depended on climatic conditions. Overall spring temperature and rainfall increased on Sicily and the incubation date of the Peregrine and the Lanner Falcon has shifted to be about one week later over the time period 1979 to 2019. Linear mixed mod…