Although studying the diet of threatened species is crucial in terms conservation, Madeiran Storm Petrel (Hydrobates castro) and vulnerable, Azores-endemic Monteiro's (H. monteiroi) mostly unknown. The only information available to date comes from anecdotal observations, analysis mercury levels stable isotopes. Here presented first insights into prey consumption by adults chicks two breeding Az...

The new CD-ROM based European Solar Radiation Atlas (ESRA) is now available. It is published by Les Presses de l’Ecole des Mines de Paris on behalf of the European Commission. This atlas, in 2 volumes, is an instrument dedicated to providing knowledge and aiding exploitation of the solar resources across a wide sweep of Europe, from the Urals to the Azores and from Northern Africa to Polar Circ...

PNA centers of action and differences in their magnitudes. In simulations of the future, both NAO and PNA magnitudes increase, with uncertainties related to the model response and emission scenarios. When assessing the influences of future NAO/PNA changes on regional winter temperature, it is found that the main factors are related to changes in the magnitude of the NAO Azores center and total ...

Luís Borda-de-Água ([email protected]) and H. M. Pereira, Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Faculdade de Ciências, Univ. de Lisboa, PT-1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal, HMP also at: Depto de Engenharia Civil e Arquitectura, Inst. Superior Técnico, PT-1049 001 Lisboa, Portugal. – P. A. V. Borges, Azorean Biodiversity Group (CITA-A), Univ. dos Açores, Angra do Heroísmo, PT-9700 Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Por...

An extensive literature review is made of the parasites in marine and freshwater fish in mainland Portugal, the Portuguese archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira, as well as in farmed fish. The host(s) of each parasite species, its location in the host, site of capture of the host, whenever possible, and all the available bibliographic references are described. The economic importance of some p...

1 Professor, University of Applied Sciences in Ferizaj, Universiteti, Kosovo; 2 Researcher, LNEC, Portugal; cE3c – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes/Azorean Biodiversity Group and University of Azores, Faculty of Agrarian and Environmental Sciences, Angra do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal; 3 Researcher, CEF Forest Research Centre, School of Agriculture, University of Lisbon, P...

T. J. Matthews ([email protected]), and R. J. Whittaker, Conservation Biogeography and Macroecology Programme, School of Geography and the Environment, Univ. of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK. – TJM and P. A. V. Borges, Azorean Biodiversity Group (ABG, CITA-A) and Portuguese Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research and Sustainability (PEERS), Depto de Ciências Agrár...