Spread dynamics of Abutilon theophrasti in Central Europe

The spread of farming into Central Europe and its consequences: evolutionary models

Introduction The use of Darwinian evolutionary models to understand patterns of social, economic and cultural change in the prehistoric past is becoming increasingly well established [e.g. 35, 22, 11, 21, 23, 15, 32]. However, it remains the subject of many misconceptions [e.g. 19], both because of the erroneous assumptions that those unfamiliar with evolutionary theory bring to their reading o...

Spread of volunteer and feral maize plants in Central Europe: recent data from Austria

The occurrence of volunteer maize plants in subsequent crops as well as of feral maize plants in non-agricultural areas is an essential issue in risk assessments of genetically modified (GM) maize, with regard to possible contamination of natural habitats with GM material and as contribution to the total adventitious GM content of the non-GM final product. The appearance of feral maize plants h...

A migration-driven model for the historical spread of leprosy in medieval Eastern and Central Europe.

Leprosy was rare in Europe during the Roman period, yet its prevalence increased dramatically in medieval times. We examined human remains, with paleopathological lesions indicative of leprosy, dated to the 6th-11th century AD, from Central and Eastern Europe and Byzantine Anatolia. Analysis of ancient DNA and bacterial cell wall lipid biomarkers revealed Mycobacterium leprae in skeletal remain...

Central Europe & the USSR

Snow Service Central Europe

Information on snow cover and snow properties is an important factor for hydrology and runoff modeling. Frequent updates of snow cover information can help to improve water balance and discharge calculations. Within the frame of Polar View, snow products from multisensoral satellite data are operationally provided to control and update water balance models for large parts of Southern Germany. T...