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Épisodes secs en hiver dans le bassin méditerranéen : variabilité et forçages atmosphériques (1957-2013).

2016

The mean number of dry days in winter increased in the Mediterranean Basin during the 1957-2013 period,mainly because of dry spells becoming longer. The shortest events (Very Short Dry Spells) were less frequentwhereas longer events (Short Dry Spells, Medium Dry Spells and Long Dry Spells) were more frequent on theMediterranean Basin. 76 very long events (Very Long Dry Spells – VLDS) occurred during the 1957-2013period. A hierarchical clustering analysis of these VLDS events allows to detect 5 mainly Mediterraneanconfigurations: North-West Mediterranean, West Mediterranean, North-East Mediterranean, South-EastMediterranean and localized events.

A Mediterranean versus a Nordic way of coarse vegetable preparation

2015

International audience; The bitter taste might be the main reason for rejection of many vegetables, especially coarse vegetables,. Besides the taste, coarse vegetable intake may also be related to habitual factors such as preparation methods. To study cross-cultural differences between Danish (n = 204) and French (n = 304) consumers with regard to preparation of coarse vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, curly kale, Brussels sprouts, white cabbage, parsnip/root parsley, beetroot, celeriac and carrot), a consumer study was conducted in each county on following preparations: raw, steamed, boiled, fried, in the oven, soup and pickled. The check all that apply (CATA) data showed that serving the…

Mediation analysis to understand the role of overweight on the relationship between Mediterranean diet and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: evidence…

2019

Phylogeographical footprints of the Strait of Gibraltar and Quaternary climatic fluctuations in the western Mediterranean: a case study with the grea…

2005

Correspondance: cosson@supagro.inra.fr; International audience; We used mitochondrial cyt b sequences to investigate the phylogenetic relationships of Crocidura russula (sensu lato) populations across the Strait of Gibraltar, western Europe, Maghreb, and the Mediterranean and Atlantic islands. This revealed very low genetic divergence between European and Moroccan populations. The application of a molecular clock previously calibrated for shrews suggested that the separation of European from Moroccan lineages occurred less than 60 000 bp, which is at least 5 million years (Myr) after the reopening of the Strait of Gibraltar. This means that an overwater dispersal event was responsible for t…

Très longs épisodes secs hivernaux dans le bassin méditerranéen : variabilité spatio-temporelle et impact sur la production céréalière en Espagne.

2018

This study concerns the long winter sequences without rain at the whole Mediterraneanbasin scale. Objectives are (i) to define theses extreme events as geographical and climatological objectscharacterized by a location, a spatial extension and a temporal length and (ii) measured impacts of these eventson the cereal production in Spain. 76 events of very long dry spells (eVLDS) are detected over the 1957-2013period. These eVLDS are grouped into 4 typical recurrent configurations at the Mediterranean basin scale: North-East, West, Scattered & Localised and South-East. The eVLDS have a greater impact on barley, wheat and oatyields (winter crops grown through rainfed agriculture) than rainfall …

Microbial community dynamics induced by rewetting dry soil: summer precipitation matters

2015

The massive soil CO2 efflux associated with rewetting dry soils after the dry summer period significantly contributes to the annual carbon budget of Mediterranean grasslands. Rapid reactivation of soil heterotrophic activity and available carbon are both required to fuel the CO2 pulse. Better understanding of the effects of altered summer precipitation on the metabolic state of indigenous microorganisms may be important in predicting future changes in carbon cycling. We investigated the effects of a controlled rewetting event on the soil CO2 efflux pulse and on the present (DNA-based) and potentially active (rRNA-based) soil bacterial and fungal communities in intact soil cores previously s…

Wet-up response of the microbial community is shaped by soil dry-down patterns

2015

Background/Question/Methods The massive soil CO2 efflux associated with rewetting dry soils after the dry summer period significantly contributes to the annual carbon budget of Mediterranean grasslands. Rapid reactivation of soil heterotrophic activity and available carbon are both required to fuel the CO2 pulse. Better understanding of the effects of altered summer precipitation on the metabolic state of indigenous microorganisms may be important in predicting future changes in carbon cycling. We investigated the effects of a controlled rewetting event on the soil CO2efflux pulse and on the present (DNA-based) and potentially active (rRNA-based) soil bacterial and fungal communities in int…

Responses of soil bacterial and fungal communities to extreme soil drought and rewetting

2013

Question: The patterns of resource allocation and activity of the soil microbial community over the dry summer in Mediterranean grasslands are still largely unknown. The microbial response to summer desiccation reflects adaptation strategies, setting the stage for a large rainfall-induced soil CO2 pulse upon rewetting, an important component of the ecosystem carbon budget. Methods: In three California annual grasslands, the present (DNA-based) and potentially active (RNA-based) soil bacterial and fungal communities were tracked over a summer season and in response to controlled rewetting of intact soil cores. Phylogenetic marker genes for bacterial (16S) and fungal (28S) RNA and DNA were se…

La précolonisation : un mot pour dire l’archéologie des premiers contacts ?

2018

Cet article propose de revenir sur la précolonisation, une notion fondatrice de la littérature archéologique sur la colonisation grecque. On y aborde son interprétation théorique et les difficultés qui y sont liées. Concept idéologiquement très chargé, en particulier dans le cadre de la tradition d’études postcoloniales, illustrant initialement l’émulation et la rivalité entre les partisans de la thalassocratie phénicienne et les tenants de la primauté des Grecs comme civilisateurs de l’Occident, la notion de précolonisation demeure à notre sens pertinente au même titre que celle de colonisation. Les deux illustrent deux phénomènes historiquement et fonctionnellement différents, malgré l’id…

Landscape Systems and Human Land-Use Interactions in Mediterranean Highlands and Littoral Plains during the Late Holocene: Integrated Analysis from t…

2012

The main goal of the InterAmbAr reseach project is to analyze the relationships between landscape systems and human land-use strategies on mountains and littoral plains from a long-term perspective. The study adopts a high resolution analysis of small-scale study areas located in the Mediterranean region of north-eastern Catalonia. The study areas are distributed along an altitudinal transect from the high mountain (above 2000m a.s.l.) to the littoral plain of Empordà (Fig. 1). High resolution interdisciplinary research has been carried out from 2010, based on the integration of palaeoenvironmental and archaeological data. The micro-scale approach is used to understand human-environmental r…