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The evolution of critical thermal limits of life on Earth
Bennet, J.M.; Calosi, P.; Martínez, B.; Sunday, J.; Villalobos, F.; Araújo, Miguel B.; Algar, A.C.; Clusella-Trullas, S.; Hawkins, B.A.; Keith, S.Understanding how species’ thermal limits have evolved across the tree of life is central to predicting species’ responses to climate change. Here, using experimentally-derived estimates of thermal tolerance limits for over 2000 terrestrial and aquatic species, we show that most of the variation in thermal tolerance can be attributed to a combination of adaptation to current climatic extremes, and the existence...
Spotting intruders: Species distribution models for managing invasive intertida...
Blanco, A.; Larrinaga, A.R.; Neto, J.M.; Troncoso, J.; Méndez, G.; Domínguez-Lapido, P.; Ovejero, A.; Pereira, L.; Mouga, T.; Gaspar, R.; Martínez, B.Invasive macroalgae represent one of the major threats to marine biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and structure, as well as being important drivers of ecosystem services depletion. Many such species have become well established along the west coast of the Iberian Peninsula. However, the lack of information about the distribution of the invaders and the factors determining their occurrence make bioinvasions a...
The impact of climate change on the geographical distribution of habitat-formin...
Des, M.; Martínez, B.; deCastro, M.; Viejo, R. M.; Sousa, M. C.; Gómez-Gesteira, M.In the current scenario of climate change characterized by a generalized warming, many species are facing local extinctions in areas with conditions near their thermal tolerance threshold. At present, the southern limit of the geographical distribution of several habitat-forming algae of cold-temperate affinities is located in the Northwest Iberian Peninsula, and the Rías Baixas may be acting as contemporary re...
Results of the GEP-ISFG collaborative study on an X-STR Decaplex
Gusmão, L.; Alves, C.; Sánchez-Diz, P.; Zarrabeitia, M.T.; Abovich, M.A.; Aragón, I.; Arce, B.; Arrieta, G.; Arroyo, E.; Atmetlla, I.; Baeza, C.A collaborative work was carried out by the Spanish and Portuguese ISFG Working Group with a PCR multiplex for X chromosome STRs. Markers were selected among those described as polymorphic in humans and that have been used by some laboratories in forensics. Primers and various technical methods were investigated with the aim of optimizing a multiplex for the 10 selected X-STRs. Primer mix stock solutions were s...