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The role of BioBlitzes in citizen science: insights from participants and experts
Tiago, Patrícia; Evaristo, I.; Pinto, B.Beyond its primary role in generating scientific knowledge, citizen science also carries a potent educational dimension. An example of citizen science activities is BioBlitzes, which are collaborative events that bring together both experts and citizens, all united by a common mission: to register species observations within a defined geographical area during a predetermined time frame. In addition to comprehen...
Pine wilt disease control in Portugal: synthesis of the scientific knowledge.
Sousa, Edmundo; Naves, Pedro; Bonifácio, Luís; Inácio, L.; Henriques, J.; Costa, R.; Carrasquinho, Isabel; Ribeiro, Bruno; Ribeiro, P.; Aguiar, A.Increased international transport of plants or plant-products have brought with them associated risks of dissemination of pests between countries and ecosystems. This was also the case in 1999 with the detection,for the first time in Portugal and in Europe,of the pine wood nematode (PWN) B.xylophilus in dead maritime pines (Pinus pinaster). This organism is the causal agent of Pine Wilt Disease (PWD)and a quara...
Pine wilt disease and the pinewood nematode: a threat to Mediterranean pine for...
Mota, Manuel; Ribeiro, Bruno; Carrasquinho, Isabel; Ribeiro, P.; Evaristo, I.; Costa, R.; Vieira, Paulo; Vasconcelos, MartaBursaphelenchus xylophilus, the pinewood nematode (PWN), is the causal agent of pine wilt disease (PWD). It was detected for the first time in Europe in 1999, in declining maritime pine (Pinus pinaster) in Portugal. The PWN has been detected in new pine (P. pinaster) forest areas in the center of the country, in 2008, despite efforts developed by the national forestry and quarantine authorities to control the n...
Are there any Pinus pinaster trees resistant to Bursaphelenchus xylophilus? Stu...
Costa, R.; Ribeiro, P.; Evaristo, I.; Ribeiro, B.; Aguiar, A.; Carrasquinho, I.; Santos, C.; Vasconcelos, Marta W.