High diversity of chickpea Mesorhizobium species isolated in a Portuguese agricultural region

M Laranjo, J Machado, JPW Young… - FEMS microbiology …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Chickpea rhizobia isolated from Portuguese soils were assigned to the genus
Mesorhizobium by 16S-rDNA sequencing. High species diversity was found within …

Crayfish invasion facilitates dispersal of plants and invertebrates by gulls

Á Lovas‐Kiss, MI Sánchez, A Molnár V… - Freshwater …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), originally from North America, is one of the
world's worst aquatic invaders. It is a favoured prey item for waterbirds, but the influence of …

[HTML][HTML] Participatory coastal management through elicitation of ecosystem service preferences and modelling driven by “coastal squeeze”

J Martínez-López, H Teixeira, M Morgado… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Baixo Vouga Lagunar (BVL) is part of Ria de Aveiro coastal lagoon in Portugal,
which is classified as a Special Protection Area under the European Habitats and Birds …

[HTML][HTML] Unveiling the future of relict Mediterranean mountain peatlands by integrating the potential response of ecological indicators with environmental suitability …

A Fonseca, J Santos, L Pádua, M Santos - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Mediterranean mountain peatlands are unique ecosystems because of their distinct
hydrology and environmental conditions, as well as being home to a vast array of rare and …

Survey of Chickpea Rhizobia Diversity in Portugal Reveals the Predominance of Species Distinct from Mesorhizobium ciceri and Mesorhizobium mediterraneum

A Alexandre, C Brígido, M Laranjo, S Rodrigues… - Microbial ecology, 2009 - Springer
Several Mesorhizobium species are able to induce effective nodules in chickpea, one of the
most important legumes worldwide. Our aims were to examine the biogeography of …

Geobotanical Study of the Microforests of Juniperus oxycedrus subsp. badia in the Central and Southern Iberian Peninsula

E Cano, CM Musarella, A Cano-Ortiz, JC Pinar Fuentes… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
We have studied Juniperus oxycedrus L. subsp. badia (H. Gay) Debeaux in the central and
southern Iberian Peninsula, where the macrobioclimate ranges from Mediterranean …

Phylogeny of Peronospora, parasitic on Fabaceae, based on ITS sequences

G García-Blázquez, M Göker, H Voglmayr… - Mycological …, 2008 - Elsevier
Species concepts are a notoriously difficult taxonomic problem in plant–parasitic fungal-like
organisms such as downy mildews (Peronosporomycetes, Peronosporales). This is …

The effect of altered flow regimes on aquatic primary producer communities: Diatoms and macrophytes

A Goldenberg‐Vilar, C Delgado, FJ Penas… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rivers are intensively managed worldwide through unprecedented flow regime alterations
on a global scale. This has led to an increasing interest in the development of quantitative …

Patterns of exotic and native plant species richness and cover along a semi-arid Iberian river and across its floodplain

FC Aguiar, MT Ferreira, A Albuquerque - Plant Ecology, 2006 - Springer
Patterns of native and exotic species richness and cover were examined together with the
composition of species assemblages along a typical Mediterranean river and across its …

Analysis of the Juniperus oxycedrus L. communities in the centre and south of the Iberian peninsula (Spain and Portugal)

E Cano, A Rodríguez-Torres, CP Gomes… - Acta Botanica …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The survey deals with juniper groves of Juniperus oxycedrus, ie the edaphoxerophilous
communities dominated by J. oxycedrus subsp. oxycedrus and J. oxycedrus subsp. lagunae …