• 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 ...
    • Analysis of the Orchidaceae Diversity in the Pululahua Reserve, Ecuador: Opportunities and Constraints as Regards the Biodiversity Conservation of the Cloud Mountain Forest 

      Mites, Mariana; García-Mozo, H.; Galán, Carmen; Oña, Edwin (MDPI, 2022)
      The Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve is a protected natural area in the cloud mountain forest of Ecuador, so rich in orchid species despite being a volcanic area still under threat of volcanic activity. A comparative ...
    • Atmospheric Pathways and Distance Range Analysis of Castanea Pollen Transport in Southern Spain 

      López Orozco, Rocío; Hernández-Ceballos, Miguel Ángel; Galán, Carmen; García-Mozo, H. (MDPI, 2020)
      The sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) is the only native species of this genus in Europe, where it faces various threats that are causing a severe decrease in populations, with the resulting loss of genetic diversity. ...
    • Better prediction of Mediterranean olive production using pollen-based models 

      Oteros, José; Orlandi, Fabio; García-Mozo, H.; Aguilera, Fátima; Ben Dhiab, Ali; Bonofiglio, Tommaso; Abichou, Mounir; Ruiz Valenzuela, Luis; Trigo, M. Mar del; Díaz de la Guardia, C.; Domínguez Vílches, Eugenio; Msallem, Monji; Fornaciari, Marco; Galán, Carmen (Springer, 2013)
      Olive oil is a major economic resource of the Mediterranean region. Olive crop management can be improved by models that forecast the variable reproductive biology of olive tree. However, the processes controlling olive ...
    • Concentric Ring Method for generating pollen maps. Quercus as case study 

      Oteros, José; Valencia, Rosa María; Río, Sara del; Vega, Ana María; García-Mozo, H.; Galán, Carmen; Gutiérrez, Pablo; Mandrioli, Paolo; Fernández González, Delia (Elsevier, 2017)
      Mapping pollen concentrations is of great interest to study the health impact and ecological implications or for forestry or agronomical purposes. A deep knowledge about factors affecting airborne pollen is essential ...
    • Factors Driving Autumn Quercus Flowering in a Thermo-Mediterranean Area 

      García-Mozo, H.; López Orozco, Rocío; Oteros, José; Galán, Carmen (MDPI, 2022)
      The flowering period of plants is a critical time since it determines their reproductive success. Flowering is controlled by different factors including genetic regulation and environmental conditions. In the Mediterranean ...
    • 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 ...
    • Long-term trends in atmospheric Quercus pollen related to climate change in southern Spain: A 25-year perspective 

      López Orozco, Rocío; García-Mozo, H.; Oteros, José; Galán, Carmen (MDPI, 2021)
      Long-term trends of atmospheric Quercus pollen recorded for 25 years (1995–2019) in southern Spain (Cordoba city, Andalusia region) have been studied to determine the influence of climate fluctuations and other anthropogenic ...
    • Modelling olive phenological response to weather and topography 

      Oteros, José; García-Mozo, H.; Vázquez, Luis; Mestre, Antonio; Domínguez Vílches, Eugenio; Galán, Carmen (Elsevier, 2013)
      A detailed analysis was made of the response of olive floral phenology to climate and topography insouthern Spain. Field phenological, topographical and meteorological data collected at 12 sampling sitesin the province of ...
    • Modelo de base de datos para la elaboración de herbarios virtuales 

      Velasco Jiménez, María José; Delgado Marzo, Juan Manuel; Álvarez de Sotomayor Posadillo, Alberto; Villamandos de la Torre, Francisco; Galán, Carmen (UCOPress, 2018)
      En este proyecto se ha elaborado una base de datos adaptativa, y con aplicación a lo largo de la vida profesional del alumnado, con fines didácticos para ayudar a la identificación de características vegetativas de plantas ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • The duration and severity of the allergenic pollen season in Istanbul, and the role of meteorological factors 

      Zemmer, Franziska; Dahl, Åslög; Galán, Carmen (Springer, 2022)
      Information on the allergenic pollen season provides insight on the state of the environment of a region and facilitates allergy symptom management. We present a retrospective analysis of the duration and severity of the ...
    • Variations in cereal crop phenology in Spain over the last twenty-six years (1986–2012) 

      Oteros, José; García-Mozo, H.; Botey, Roser; Mestre, Antonio; Galán, Carmen (Springer, 2015)
      Over recent years, the Iberian Peninsula has witnessed an increase both in temperature and in rainfall intensity, especially in the Mediterranean climate area. Plant phenology is modulated by climate, and closely governed ...