• A new method for determining the sources of airborne particles 

      Oteros, José; García-Mozo, H.; Alcázar, Purificación; Belmonge, Jordina; Bermejo, Daria; Boi, Marzia; Cariñanos, P.; Díaz de la Guardia, C.; Fernández González, Delia; González-Minero, Francisco; Gutiérrez Bustillo, Adela M.; Moreno Grau, Stella; Pérez-Badía, Rosa; Rodríguez-Rajo, F.J.; Ruiz Valenzuela, Luis; Suárez Pérez, Julia; Trigo, M. Mar del; Domínguez Vilches, E.; Galán, Carmen (Springer, 2015)
      Air quality is a major issue for humans owing to the fact that the content of particles in the atmosphere has multiple implications for life quality, ecosystem dynamics and environment. Scientists are therefore particularly ...
    • Airborne Cupressaceae Pollen and Its Major Allergen, Cup a 1, in Urban Green Areas of Southern Iberian Peninsula 

      Linares, Concepción De; Plaza, María Pilar; Valle, Ana M.; Alcázar, Purificación; Díaz de la Guardia, Consuelo; Galán, Carmen (MDPI, 2021)
      Cupressaceae pollen is responsible for winter respiratory allergies in the Mediterranean area. Pollen grains of this diverse family share the same characteristics under light microscopy. Consequently, the partial ...
    • Allergenicity of the urban green areas in the city of Córdoba (Spain) 

      Velasco Jiménez, María José; Alcázar, Purificación; Cariñanos, P.; Galán, Carmen (Elsevier, 2020)
      Gardens provide from the antiquity a place of easing and leisure for the human being. The development of gardens in cities carries the creation of a green space that serves as support to the oXygenation of the air in these ...
    • Atmospheric pollutants and their association with olive and grass aeroallergen concentrations in Córdoba (Spain) 

      Plaza, María Pilar; Alcázar, Purificación; Oteros, José; Galán, Carmen (Springer, 2020)
      Cumulative data indicate that pollen grains and air pollution reciprocally interact. Climate changes seem also to influence pollen allergenicity. Depending on the plant species and on the pollutant type and concentration, ...
    • Cluster analysis of variations in the diurnal pattern of grass pollen concentrations in Northern Europe (Copenhagen) and Southern Europe (Cordoba) 

      Alcázar, Purificación; Viuf Orby, Pia; Oteros, José; Skjoth, Carsten; Hertel, Ole; Galán, Carmen (Springer, 2019)
      From an allergological point of view, Poaceae pollen is one of the most important type of pollen that the population is exposed to in the ambient environment. There are several studies on intra-diurnal patterns in grass ...
    • Elaboración de una clave botánica para la identificación de árboles y arbustos 

      García-Mozo, H.; Alcázar, Purificación; Velasco Jiménez, María José; García Llamas, Carmen (UCOPress, 2017)
      Dentro del Proyecto de Innovación Docente 2015-2-2003 se elaboraron y publicaron unas claves botánicas de identificación de árboles y arbustos del Campus de Rabanales. Este recurso docente está sirviendo de material de ...
    • Impacts of climate change on airborne Quercus pollen trends in Andalusia region (southern Spain) 

      Alcázar, Purificación; Torres, Carmen; Linares, Concepción De; González Minero, F.J.; Ruiz Valenzuela, Luis; Picornell, Antonio; Galán, Carmen (Springer, 2024)
      Quercus species are the most frequent autochthonous arboreal taxa in the natural areas of Andalusia region (southern Spain). Due to their abundance and anemophilous character, high airborne pollen concentrations are detected ...
    • Parietaria major allergens vs pollen in the air we breathe 

      Linares, Concepción De; Alcázar, Purificación; Valle, Ana M.; Díaz de la Guardia, Consuelo; Galán, Carmen (Elsevier, 2019)
      Background Parietaria and Urtica are the genera from the Urticaceae family more frequent in Mediterranean and Atlantic areas. Moreover, both genera share pollination periods, and their pollen (of the main species) is so ...
    • Pollen season trends in winter flowering trees in South Spain 

      Velasco Jiménez, María José; Alcázar, Purificación; Díaz de la Guardia, Consuelo; Trigo, María del Mar; De Linares, C.; Recio, Marta; Galán, Carmen (Springer, 2020)
      The present work has studied the trends in pollen seasons of winter flowering trees (Alnus, Cupressaceae, Fraxinus, Populus and Ulmus) in Córdoba, Granada and Málaga (Andalusian, Spain) over the years 1994-2017. The influence ...
    • Quality control in bio-monitoring networks, Spanish Aerobiology Network 

      Oteros, José; Galán, Carmen; Alcázar, Purificación; Domínguez Vílches, Eugenio (Elsevier, 2013)
      Several of the airborne biological particles, such as pollen grains and fungal spores, are known to generate human health problems including allergies and infections. A number of aerobiologists have focused their research ...
    • Recursos didácticos para la localización e identificación de musgos y hepáticas en la ciudad de Córdoba 

      Alcázar, Purificación; García-Mozo, H.; García Llamas, Carmen; Plaza García, María del Pilar; Márquez Serrano, José; Nieto-Lugilde, D.; Velasco Jiménez, María José; Martínez Bracero, Moisés; López Orozco, Rocío; Galán, Carmen (UCOPress, 2019)
      Este proyecto trata de utilizar la ciudad de Córdoba como recurso educativo para la enseñanza del mundo vegetal, en concreto musgos y hepáticas. Se trata de acercar al alumnado estos organismos, que aunque pasan desapercibidos ...