Taxonomic and functional diversity of noctuoid moths in a Mediterranean coastal area: implications for dune conservation in a long‐term ecological research eLTER site This study investigates the taxonomic and functional diversity of noctuoid moths in a protected coastal dune system in Central Italy, revealing strong ecological associations between moth assemblages...

We investigated the #taxonomic and #FunctionalDiversity of #NoctuoidMoths in a dune system in #CentralItaly, revealing strong ecological associations between moth communities and dune zonation 🦋

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A new perspective on the arrival of the Eastern Mediterranean genetic influx in Central Italy before the onset of the Roman Empire Abstract. Italian genetic history was profoundly shaped by the Romans. While the Iron Age Central Italian gene pool was comparable to that of other coeval

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#AncientDNA #Archaeogenetics #RomanRepublic #CentralItaly #GenomeHistory #VillaFalgari #Etruria #EasternMediterranean
#aDNA #genpop #populationgenetics

Cross-taxon analysis in the highly threatened Mediterranean dunes reveals consistent diversity patterns in butterfly and plant communities - Biodiversity and Conservation Butterflies and plant species are widely used as model systems in biodiversity and conservation research. However, little is known about spatial patterns of butterfly diversity linked to plant communi...

In this study, we investigated the relationship between butterfly and vegetation diversity in a Mediterranean protected dune system in #CentralItaly.

#Biodiversity #monitoring #Lepidoptera #VascularPlants #EnviXLab

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30 Oct 2022
🔔New paper alert🔔 Finally out on #WetlandsJournal "Vegetation Dynamics on a Restored salt Marsh Mosaic: a Re-Visitation Study in a #Coastal #Wetland in #CentralItaly"
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