Abstract Overgrazing stands out as threat factors on biodiversity, being especially harmful in the Mediterranean, due to strong human pressure and an accelerated climate change acting synergistically. Fencing is a common tool used conservation biology tackle this problem. Advantages of fences are usually fast, intuitive, easy evaluate. However, disadvantages could also arise (increasing intersp...

Photo 1. The Sierra de Cazorla mountains in southeastern Spain, where the study was carried out. area is characterized by rugged topography, high habitat and species diversity, outstanding degree of preservation natural vegetation. credit: Carlos M. Herrera. 2. As many other mountain areas from mid-latitudes Holarctic realm, flowering season plant communities starts well before end winter, when...

Aims : The Vinschgau is the driest inner-alpine valley in Eastern Alps and harbours a unique steppe vegetation. We studied these dry grassland communities aimed to answer following questions: Which plant can be found currently? Do syntaxa described by Braun-Blanquet 1960s still prevail area? Has there been any change species composition over last 40–50 years? Study area Along an approximately 4...

BACKGROUND CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi - Memorial began an Emergency Medicine Residency Program in March 2007. During each of the three years of their residency, residents are required to complete a trauma surgery rotation. These emergency medicine residents are the only residents participating on this rotation as there is no surgical residency. The Department of Acute Care Surgery, ...

Aromatic plant species present in the natural Park of Tuscany Archipelago are used as flavoring agents and spices, as dietary supplements and in cosmetics and aromatherapy. The plants are usually collected from wild stands, inducing a depletion of the natural habitat. Therefore, micropropagation of these aromatic plants can play a role in the protection of the natural ecosystem, can guarantee a...

The organization of medical care is changing more rapidly now than at any point in the last century. For decades, health care was a cottage industry: physicians practiced independently or in small groups and had arms-length relationships with hospitals, imaging and laboratory facilities, and other health care entities. Those organizations alternately competed and cooperated as part of an inform...