Works in Mediterranean Region
Published research works with metadata for Mediterranean Region (Ocean).
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Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 8
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes f…
Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 7
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, and status changes for Italy or …
Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 7
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations and status changes to the Italia…
Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: 7
In this contribution, new data concerning algae, bryophytes, fungi, and lichens of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records and confirmations for the algae genus C…
Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 6
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, confirmations, exclusions, and status changes f…
Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 5
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records and confirmations to the Italian administrative…
Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 5
In this contribution, new data concerning the distribution of vascular flora alien to Italy are presented. It includes new records, and confirmations for Italy or for Italian admi…
Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: 5
In this contribution, new data concerning bryophytes, fungi, and lichens of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records and confirmations for the bryophyte genera Dip…
Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 4
In this contribution new data concerning the distribution of native vascular flora in Italy are presented. It includes new records, exclusion, extinction and confirmations to the …
Chromosome numbers for the Italian flora: 4
In this contribution new chromosome data obtained on material collected in Italy are presented. It includes 9 chromosome counts for Polygala (Polygalaceae), Dianthus and Silene (C…
Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 4
In this contribution, new data concerning the Italian distribution of alien vascular flora are presented. It includes new records and exclusions for Italy or for Italian administr…
Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 3
In this contribution, new data concerning the Italian distribution of alien vascular flora are presented. It includes new records, exclusions, confirmations, and status changes fo…
Notulae to the Italian native vascular flora: 2
In this contribution new data concerning the Italian distribution of native vascular flora are presented. It includes new records, exclusions, and confirmations to the Italian adm…
Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 2
In this contribution, new data concerning the Italian distribution of alien vascular flora are presented. It includes new records, exclusions and confirmations for Italy or for It…
Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: 2
In this contribution, new data concerning red algae, lichens and bryophytes of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records and confirmations for the algal genus Grate…
Notulae to the Italian flora of algae, bryophytes, fungi and lichens: 1
In this contribution, new data concerning lichens and bryophytes of the Italian flora are presented. It includes new records, exclusions, and confirmations to the Italian administ…
Notulae to the Italian alien vascular flora: 1
In this contribution, new data concerning the Italian distribution of alien vascular flora are presented. It includes new records, exclusions, and confirmations for Italy or for I…
The land snail family Clausiliidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Stylommatophora) in Georgia: overview, novel records and…
The Caucasus ecoregion is one of the most important biodiversity hotspots in western Eurasia. Georgia is situated in the middle of this area, between the ranges of the Greater and…
New distribution records of the alien plant – Sicyos angulatus L. (Cucurbitaceae) from Georgia
The invasion of alien plants into the territory of Georgia started in ancient times and continues today. Sicyos angulatus L., a species of North American origin, is an example of …
Fish diversity assessed by eDNA detection methods in the Rioni River
Due to anthropogenic influences, habitat degradation and a continuous loss of biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems are occurring on a large scale, while these ecosystems constitu…
Recommendations for the preservation of environmental samples in diatom metabarcoding studies
Implementation of DNA metabarcoding for diatoms for environmental monitoring is now moving from a research to an operational phase, requiring rigorous guidelines and standards. In…
An annotated type catalogue and a fully digitised Crustacea collection of the Museum of Nature Hamburg, Zoology. Part I…
In this contribution, we present the first annotated catalogue of type material deposited at the Crustacea collection of the Museum of Nature Hamburg, Leibniz Institute for the An…
The occurrence of the family Psilidae (Diptera) in Albania, with description of a new Chamaepsila Hendel, 1917 species
Psilidae Macquart, 1835 is reported from Albania for the first time based on voucher specimens. A unique new species, Chamaepsila gropensis sp. nov., characterized by blackish-tin…
The sheltopusik (Pseudopus apodus) in southwestern Ukraine? Insights from the museum collection
We provide data on the historical record of Pseudopus apodus (Anguidae) from Odesa, Ukraine based on the specimen re-discovered in the museum collection of the National Science an…
Rethinking the landslide risk assessment for socio-ecological systems using the example of the northern Bulgarian Black…
In recent years, society become much more interested in nature disasters that cause damage. The consequences of these destructive processes of a meteorological, hydrological and g…
Updated checklist of mayflies from northeastern Algeria with biogeographical and ecological insights (Insecta, Ephemero…
Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) play a crucial role in nutrient cycling and energy transfer between ecotones, making them key indicators of freshwater ecosystem health. As part of a broa…
Two males, one female: triplet-style mating behaviour in the Darwin wasp Xorides ater (Gravenhorst, 1829) (Hymenoptera,…
The Darwin wasp Xorides ater is a solitary idiobiont ectoparasitoid of wood-boring beetle larvae. It occurs across the Palaearctic, and in Switzerland seems to be restricted to ar…
Expansions of cosmopolitan Copepoda Acartia tonsa Dana 1849 in the Black, Caspian and Baltic seas: morphological and ge…
A comprehensive morphological and genetic investigation of the widespread copepod species Acartia tonsa Dana 1849 has been conducted across the Black, Caspian, and Baltic seas. A.…
Paleoclimate changes and ecosystem responses of the Bulgarian Black Sea zone during the last 26000 years
Multi-proxy analysis (spore-pollen, dinoflagellate cysts, other non-pollen palynomorphs (NPPs), radiocarbon dating and lithology) was performed on marine sediments from three new …
Successions of phytobenthos species in a Mediterranean transitional water system: the importance of long term observati…
The availability of quantitative long term datasets on the phytobenthic assemblages of the Mar Piccolo of Taranto (southern Italy, Mediterranean Sea), a lagoon like semi-enclosed …
Benthic studies in LTER sites: the use of taxonomy surrogates in the detection of long-term changes in lagoonal benthic…
In benthic studies, the identification of organisms at the species level is known to be the best source for ecological and biological information even if time-consuming and expens…
Phytoplankton temporal dynamics in the coastal waters of the north-eastern Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) from 2010 t…
Phytoplankton community structure was analysed from 2010 to 2017 at C1-LTER, the coastal Long-Term Ecological Research station located in the Gulf of Trieste, which is the norther…
Revisiting Spanopoula islet: Podarcis erhardii (Bedriaga, 1886) population thriving 45 years after first recorded
The Erhard’s wall lizard Podarcis erhardii (Bedriaga, 1886) was first recorded on the tiny rocky islet of Spanopoula, near Kea (Aegean Archipelago, Greece), in 1980. Since then, t…
The herpetofauna of Despotiko Island (Cyclades, Greece)
The Aegean Islands are a known hotspot for herpetofauna and have been extensively studied in this area. However, there are still numerous islands that lack this research. This inc…
Update on the herpetofauna of Syros (Cyclades, Greece) and current land-use and climate change threats
The current knowledge on the herpetofauna of Syros is updated, whereby no publications on it have been made since 1975. I provide the results from a field trip in 2024 that focuse…
Lethal grip for an endangered endemic frog: The freshwater crab Potamon karpathos (Decapoda, Potamidae) preys on Karpat…
Invertebrate predation on amphibians is widespread, although unreported in Europe. Here, we present documented predation of the Karpathos water frog (Pelophylax cerigensis) by the…
The herpetofauna of the Sporades Islands (Aegean Sea, Greece): New discoveries and a review of a century of research
The Sporades are one of the most biologically important archipelagos in the Aegean Sea (Greece) and have received priority conservation over the last 50 years. However, despite nu…
First record of Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758) from Piperi Island, Northern Sporades, Greece
New records of species distribution help advance our understanding of species biogeographical dynamics and, potentially, local adaptations. Here, we report for the first time the …
First record of Anatololacerta pelasgiana (Mertens, 1959) in mainland Greece: another new species in Athens
Urban habitats receive an increasing number of species due to anthropogenic activities, mainly transportations. Here, we report a new addition to the herpetofauna of Athens (Greec…
Erythrism in the Eastern Grass Snake, Natrix natrix (Linnaeus, 1758)
We describe the unusual case of erythrism in the Eastern Grass Snake, Natrix natrix. This colour morph is very rare and has not been reported in the literature before. Despite hav…
Eat or be eaten? An observation of Podarcis erhardii consuming Scolopendra cingulata from Andros Island, Cyclades, Gre…
Podarcis wall lizards mainly feed on coleopterans, orthopterans, arachnids, and other small invertebrates. However, Aegean wall lizards, Podarcis erhardii, are widely distributed …
The Moorish gecko, Tarentola mauritanica Linnaeus, 1758 (Squamata, Phyllodactylidae), in Albania
We summarised the records of Tarentola mauritanica in Albania. The first record for the country was published in 1989 from Sazan Island; however, it was never confirmed again. Ano…
Thirty novel fungal lineages: formal description based on environmental samples and DNA
Molecular analyses of soil and water commonly reveal large proportions of fungal taxa that cannot be assigned to any taxonomic or functional groups. Some of these so-called dark t…
Paracorymbiglomus gen. nov., Diversispora conica sp. nov., and new combinations in Diversisporaceae (Glomeromycota)
The paper presents the results of morphological studies, as well as comparisons and phylogenetic analyses of sequences of the 45S (= 18S-ITS-28S) nuc rDNA region and the rpb1 gene…
Thyridium lauri sp. nov. (Thyridiaceae, Thyridiales): a new pathogenic fungal species of bay laurel from Italy
Laurus nobilis is an important Mediterranean tree and shrub native to Italy that is also commercially grown as spice and ornamental plant. Field surveys conducted since 2021 in Si…
Phylogenetic classification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: new species and higher-ranking taxa in Glomeromycota and M…
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi - Glomeromycota and Endogonomycetes - comprise multiple species and higher-level taxa that have remained undescribed. We propose a mixed morpholo…
Refining the picture: new records to the lichen biota of Italy
Based on the analysis of both historical and recent collections, this paper reports an annotated list of taxa which are new to the lichen biota of Italy or of its administrative r…
The fruticose genera in the Ramalinaceae (Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes): their diversity and evolutionary history
We present phylogenetic analyses of the fruticose Ramalinaceae based on extensive collections from many parts of the world, with a special focus on the Vizcaíno deserts in north-w…
Squamarina (lichenised fungi) species described from China belong to at least three unrelated genera
New collections of six Squamarina species from type localities in China were studied. The comparison of morphological characteristics and secondary metabolites with those of the t…
European species of Dendrostoma (Diaporthales)
European species of the genus Dendrostoma (Erythrogloeaceae, Diaporthales) occurring on Castanea sativa and Quercus spp. based on freshly collected material are presented. Using a…