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A spatial explicit agent based model approach to evaluate the performance of di...

A spatially-explicit dynamic modelling framework to assess habitat suitability ...

Evaluating the regional cumulative impact of wind farms on birds: how can spati...

Integrating land cover structure and functioning to predict biodiversity patter...

First isolation of Pseudogymnoascus destructans in bats from Portugal.

The psychrophilic fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans (formerly known as Geomyces destructans) is considered the etiological agent of white-nose disease (WND), an emerging disease which affects bats during their hibernation period. This disease is clinically characterized by the growth of a white fungus on muzzle, ears, and wings’ membranes of affected bats. This infection caused the death of several million ba...

Compensating the impact of large reservoirs in amphibian communities: a case st...

Hydropower, generated mainly from hydroelectric dams, is a renewable energy that provides electricity and helps in reducing carbon emissions. In the Mediterranean region the construction of dams is also considered fundamental for maintaining water supplies during summer, namely for irrigation and domestic consumption. The construction of dams implies the conversion of small temporary streams and ponds into perm...

DNA sampling from body swabs of terrestrial slugs (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): a si...

Studies on molluscan conservation genetics, phylogenetics and evolution provide important data to access the diversity, populations’ structure and dispersal patterns of these organisms (Barker, 2001). Current environmental changes associated to anthropogenic pressures may have several negative ecological impacts on molluscs (e.g. van der Meij, Moolenbeek & Hoeksema, 2009; Cameron, Pokryszko & Martins, 2012), in...

Next-generation sequencing and comparative analysis of Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax ...

The complete mitochondrial genomes of Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) and Yellow-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) were sequenced using the Ion Torrent PGM platform. These mitogenomes contain 16,889 bp (Red-billed Chough) and 16,905 bp (Yellowbilled Chough), including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes, 22 transfer RNA (tRNA) genes, and a control region (D-loop). The g...

Differential mortality of birds killed at wind farms in Northern Portugal.

The Skylark Alauda arvensis had the highest overall mortality in ten Northern Portuguese wind farms surveyed between 2006 and 2011. Analysis from the integration of conventional and molecular techniques suggest a sex and age biased mortality affecting mainly adult males (90.9%), which may be related to their characteristic breeding male song-flights making them highly vulnerable to collision with wind turbines....

High-resolution melting analysis for bird sexing: a successful

High-resolution melting (HRM) analysis is a very attractive and flexible advanced post-PCR method with high sensitivity/ specificity for simple, fast and cost-effective genotyping based on the detection of specific melting profiles of PCR products. Next generation real-time PCR systems, along with improved saturating DNA-binding dyes, enable the direct acquisition of HRM data after quantitative PCR. Melting beh...