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... The combined action of alien plants invasion and fire occurrence can strongly alter local biodiversity and soil functions especially in the Mediterranean area. In this context, the goal of the study was to assess the effects of the invasive black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) spread on soil characteristics, especially soil microbial community responses, in some Mediterranean shrublands and pine ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; analytical methods; chemometrics; detection limit; extra-virgin olive oil; food chemistry; isotope labeling; mineral content; principal component analysis; provenance; trace elements; Italy; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Extra virgin olive oil is a typical product of Mediterranean area, and its origin protection is continuously improved. 24 olive oil samples from different geographical origin were analyzed and 40 elements were evaluated with chemometric techniques. This study aims at elaborating a method to determine mineral composition of this matrix and at validating the method used to determine its reliability. ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; climate; climatology; dynamics; temperature; Show all 5 Subjects
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... This study considers a set of state-of-the-art seasonal forecasting systems (ECMWF, MF, UKMO, CMCC, DWD and the corresponding multi-model ensemble) and quantifies their added value (if any) in predicting seasonal and monthly temperature and precipitation anomalies over the Mediterranean region compared to a simple forecasting method based on the ERA5 climatology (CTRL) or the persistence of the ER ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; deformation; earthquakes; geophysics; kinematics; Show all 5 Subjects
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... We propose a procedure based on remote sensing Sentinel-1 InSAR data aiming at evaluating the variability of the moment tensor solutions provided by different agencies in case of light-to-moderate earthquake. We model the expected coseismic ground deformations from the available moment tensor solutions and compare them with the real ones retrieved with the InSAR data. Any differences between locat ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; biodiversity; ecosystems; evolution; human population; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Preserving biodiversity at the global and local scales is a challenge for the future decades, both for protecting species and habitats and to enhance the ecosystem services they provide to the human population [...] ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; byproducts; foods; income; olive oil; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Presently, olive oil production signifies a valuable economic income for Mediterranean countries, where approximately 98% of the world’s production is established [...] ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; data collection; fire suppression; forests; satellites; Show all 5 Subjects
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... The catastrophic impact of wildfires on the economy and ecosystems of Mediterranean countries in recent years, along with insufficient policies that favor disproportionally high funding for fire suppression, demand a more comprehensive understanding of fire regimes. Satellite remote sensing products support the generation of relevant burned-area (BA) information, since they provide the means for t ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; humidity; microbiome; physiology; solar radiation; summer; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Here, we examined the skin microbiome of two groups of healthy volunteers living on the Mediterranean coast with different exposures to sun radiation. One group, exposed to the sun in the summer, was compared with a group covered with clothing throughout the year. The seasonal effects on the skin microbiome of three body sites were determined before and after summer. Surprisingly, at the phyla lev ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; geophysics; landslides; uncertainty; water content; Italy; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Earthflows are widespread phenomena in the Mediterranean area. These landslides involve fine-grained soils and clay-bearing rocks, and despite their low speed are responsible for significant economic losses in vast areas. The dynamics of these landslides is still relatively obscure thus reducing our ability to forecast and mitigate their effects. In this study, we present a methodological approach ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; Turkey (country); climatology; time series analysis; Show all 4 Subjects
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... This paper focuses on spatiotemporal characteristics of precipitation indices of Turkey’s precipitation data for the periods 1966–2014. Seven precipitation indices include the number of extremely wet days, very wet days, heavy precipitation days (10 mm and 20 mm), simple daily intensity days, and consecutive dry and wet days. The indices are based on homogenized precipitation data. Besides, long-t ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; research; sea level; spring; summer; Egypt; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This paper used hourly data from the sea-level recorder installed in Port-Said Harbour on the Eastern Egyptian Mediterranean Coast. The data covered one decade (2002–2011) and were used to describe the temporal sea-level variability off Port Said including; its mean sea level (MSL), annual rate trend, seasonal behaviour, main tidal features, and the different water levels. The T_TIDE program was a ...
Isaura Castro; João Rocha; Maria Martins; Valdemar Carnide; Juan Pedro Martín; Pedro Veiga; Ana Beatriz Serafim; Francisco Amich; Rubén Ramírez-Rodríguez; Giacomo Colombo; António Luis Crespí
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; mountains; phenotype; France; Iberian Peninsula; Morocco; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This study describes the morpho-environmental fluctuations, and the haplotypic variability of a taxonomic group, in order to understand the phenotypic capacity to respond to environmental variations. The Dianthus pungens group was selected as the taxonomic cluster for the purpose of this study. One species and five subspecies occur along the western Mediterranean basin, between SE France and NW Mo ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; Fritillaria; chloroplasts; flora; light microscopes; mesophyll; sclerenchyma; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The micro-morphological features (anatomical) of the endemic Fritillaria taxa, i.e., F. melananthera, F. asumaniae, F. byfieldii, F. carica, F. elwesii, F. forbesii, F. milasense, F. mughlae, F. ozdemir-elmasii distributed in the Mediterranean region were investigated, and their valuable features were identified taxonomically. Anatomical investigations of taxa were made using a light microscope (L ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; Myrtus communis; RNA; genome; shrubs; transcriptome; trees; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) is a typical plant cover of the Mediterranean region. It is an evergreen perennial shrub or small tree belonging to Myrtaceae family with a natural spread in tropical and subtropical areas. RNA sequencing technique is a common method used to identify transcriptomes. Next-generation sequencing technologies have recently been used for identification and development of SSR ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; climate; climate change; climatology; research; research institutions; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Mediterranean Basin is expected to be one of the regions most severely impacted by global climate change. However, the complex interactions of driving forces of climate in the region create a challenge for climate projections for the future. Findings from climate change studies support the inter-model and inter-regional variability of projections on climate change impacts. On the other hand, the s ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; bioaccumulation; bioavailability; marine pollution; seawater; toxicity; Morocco; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The present research aimed to investigate the concentrations and patterns of six potentially toxic elements (PTEs) in three common sponge species collected along the Moroccan Mediterranean coast, as well as their levels in ambient seawater and sediments. Distinct inter-species variability in PTEs bioaccumulation was observed among the three species, suggesting that sponges have distinct selectivit ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; basins; geophysics; heat flow; lithology; models; Italy; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Several regions around the globe are characterized by a seismically active lower crust, at depths where lithological and thermal conditions suggest stress release by ductile flow. The Gargano Promontory (GP, southern Italy) is an example where a recently installed seismic network has recorded an intense seismic activity at depths between 20 and 30 km, i.e. in the lower crust. The GP is located in ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; Aquila fasciata; home range; microprocessors; wildfires; Spain; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Background Little is known about the interaction between predators and wildfires, in part because the large home range and scarcity of predators make their study difficult, and their response is strongly species-specific. Aims In this paper, we study, for the first time, the effect of wildfire on the behaviour of Bonelli’s eagles (Aquila fasciata) simultaneously tracked by GPS/GSM datalogge ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; greenhouse gases; models; research; socioeconomic development; temperature; Show all 6 Subjects
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... In this study, future projections of monthly total precipitation and monthly average temperatures are carried out using 22 global circulation models (GCMs) from phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6) of the Mediterranean region. The Multi-Model Ensembles (MME) are created with GCMs that best estimate observed values with the Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) based statistical ...
Mediterraneanregion, etc ; atmospheric precipitation; climate; climate change; heat; temperature; water; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The Mediterranean region is one of the most responsive areas to climate change and was identified as a major “hot-spot” based on global climate change analyses. This study provides insight into local climate changes in the Mediterranean region under the scope of the InTheMED project, which is part of the PRIMA programme. Precipitation and temperature were analyzed in an historical period and until ...