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Historical and recent distribution of Lynx (Lynx lynx) in Northwestern Italy, during 19th and 20th Centuries
No full textLoggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) matrilines in the Mediterranean: further evidence of genetic diversity and connectivity
No full textWe re-sequenced 815 bp of the mtDNA of loggerhead turtles from a population nesting in Calabria (southern Italy), which was found recently. Non-invasive sampling was applied and information on deposition date and place was used to avoid possible resampling of nesting females. Among 38 nests laid by independent females, we found the common haplotype CC-A2.1 (57.9%) and two other haplotypes which have never been described in Mediterranean nesting grounds, CC-A20.1 (36.8%) and CC-A31.1 (5.3%). Calabria harbors the highest intra-population diversity among 11 Mediterranean nesting populations. Our findings narrow the gap between haplotypes recorded in feeding grounds and those found in nesting grounds. Analyses of population structure show a strong maternal isolation, with Calabria and east Turkey displaying far more diversity than expected considering their census size. These observations suggest that recurrent female founder effects from sources yet to be identified in the Atlantic or in the Mediterranean may have shaped the pattern of mtDNA diversity in this latter basin. Our results provide evidence that the Ionian Calabrian sites should be protected because of the high diversity found there
Mingozzi, T., Boano, G. & Pulcher, C. — Atlante degli Uccelli Nidificanti in Piemonte e Val d’Aosta 1980-1984. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monografia VIII, 1988
No full textBourlière F. Mingozzi, T., Boano, G. & Pulcher, C. — Atlante degli Uccelli Nidificanti in Piemonte e Val d’Aosta 1980-1984. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, Monografia VIII, 1988. In: Revue d'Écologie (La Terre et La Vie), tome 44, n°4, 1989. p. 404
Extrapair paternity as a cost of polygyny in the rock sparrow: Behavioural and genetic evidence of the 'trade-off' hypothesis
No full textFemale brood desertion increases with the number of available mates in the Rock Sparrow
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Data analysis on extinct and living Picidae in Sicily and Calabria (Southern Italy).
No full textSome species of animals related to forest habitats have disappeared or greatly decreased in the
first half of the last century. However, during the second half of the last century the forest areas have
increased and many forests have been protected. This produced conditions for a re-colonization or
reintroduction of extinct forest animal species. The present study is a complete overview of records
of extinct and still living Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius, European green Woodpecker Picus
viridis, Middle spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius and Lesser spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos
minor in Sicily and Calabria (Southern Italy). This study was carried out to show that these
woodpeckers, or at least some of them, may have existed in Sicily and are possible candidate for reintroduction
projects in the island. This explains the reasons of a historical and contemporary survey
on the presence of the above mentioned species in Calabria, that could be the place where these
birds could be recovered for possible reintroduction projects in Sicily
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