• The Self-Seeding of Anthemis arvensis L. for Cover Crop in Olive Groves under Intense Rabbit Grazing 

  Carpio Camargo, Antonio José; Soriano, María-Auxiliadora; Gómez, José A.; Sánchez Tortosa, Francisco (MDPI, 2020)

  Cover crops can be an effective means to protect soil and reduce risks of erosion in olive groves. However, for this protection to be significant, the vegetation must attain a significant amount of ground cover, which is ...

• General Microbiota of the Soft Tick Ornithodoros turicata Parasitizing the Bolson Tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus) in the Mapimi Biosphere Reserve, Mexico 

  Barraza-Guerrero, Sergio I.; Meza-Herrera, César A.; García De La Peña, Cristina; González-Álvarez, Vicente H.; Vaca-Paniagua, Felipe; Díaz-Velásquez, Clara E.; Sánchez Tortosa, Francisco; Ávila-Rodríguez, Verónica; Valenzuela-Núñez, Luis M.; Herrera-Salazar, Juan C. (MDPI, 2020)

  The general bacterial microbiota of the soft tick Ornithodoros turicata found on Bolson tortoises (Gopherus flavomarginatus) were analyzed using next generation sequencing. The main aims of the study were to establish the ...

• Regulation of Microclimatic Conditions inside Native Beehives and Its Relationship with Climate in Southern Spain 

  Gil-Lebrero, Sergio; Navas González, Francisco Javier; Gámiz-López, Victoria; Quiles-Latorre, Francisco Javier; Flores Serrano, J.M. (MDPI, 2020)

  In this study, the Wbee Sensor System was used to record data from 10 Iberian beehives for two years in southern Spain. These data were used to identify potential conditioning climatic factors of the internal regulatory ...

• From Transient to Sedentary? Changes in the Home Range Size and Environmental Patterns of Movements of European Eels (Anguilla anguilla) in a Mediterranean River 

  Herrera, Mercedes; Moreno Valcárcel, Raquel; Fernández-Delgado, Carlos; Miguel Rubio, Ramón José de (MDPI, 2019)

  The habitat use of eels during the development of sedentary behavior, which depends on the animals’ body size, is unknown. Our objective was to analyze, for two years, the changes in the home range of a population of ...

• Long-Term Assessment of Selective Pruning of Quercus Species for Controlling Populations of Coraebus florentinus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in Mediterranean Forests 

  Gallardo de la Torre, Patricia; Cárdenas, Ana M.; Soriano, Juan M. (MDPI, 2018)

  Coraebus florentinus (Herbst) is one of the most important wood borer pests damaging oak species in Mediterranean forests. Recently, the effect of temperature on the pre-imaginal development of this insect was established, ...

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