On the basis of the digital edition of the “Atlas of the vascular flora of the Pyrenees” (www.florapyrenaea.org), the alpine flora of this mountain range is delimited in order to know its diversity and the different patterns of its spatial distribution, along with some other environmental characteristics. The Pyrenean alpine flora is made up of 645 taxa (630 species and 15 subspecies). All the ...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether intravaginal clindamycin cream reduces the incidence of abnormal pregnancy outcome in women with abnormal vaginal microbial flora graded as intermediate or BV and to investigate the effect of the antibiotic on vaginal microbial flora. METHODS A prospective cohort study of pregnant women in an antenatal clinic of a district general hospital. The subjects were 26...

Abstract The checklist includes 270 species that belong to 80 families and 183 genera. Each has been annotated with the following information: life form, wetland indicator status, location. In this checklist, Angiosperms are represented by 252 (93.3%), Bryophytes – 10 (3.7%), Pteridophytes 8 (3%), Gymnosperms 1 (0.4%). largest number of Cyperaceae 39 (14.4%), Poaceae 29 (10.7%), Rosaceae 19 (7....

Increasing awareness that the human intestinal flora is a major factor in health and disease has led to different strategies to manipulate the flora to promote health. The complex microflora of the adult is difficult to change in the long term. There is greater impact of diet on the infant microflora. Manipulation of the flora particularly with probiotics has shown promising results in the prev...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present study was to analyse the evolution of the Spanish population's global and regional adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) since 1987. DESIGN A cross-sectional study was conducted analysing food consumption from the Spanish Household Consumption Surveys administered by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. SETTING The Mediterranean Ad...

Abstract Marine protected areas provide cultural services including the aesthetic appreciation of landscape and performance recreational activities. In this study, we use photographs shared by users in a digital repository to describe distinctive characteristics two terrestrial-maritime natural parks Spain. total, 1041 photos 2342 tags generated 76 were analyzed. The results show greatest salie...

BACKGROUND Biogeographic patterns of species invasions hold important clues to solving the recalcitrant 'who', 'where', and 'why' questions of invasion biology, but the few existing studies make no attempt to distinguish alien floras (all non-native occurrences) from invasive floras (rapidly spreading species of significant management concern), nor have invasion biologists asked whether particu...

PREMISE OF THE STUDY A recent commentary by Edwards et al. (Am. J. Bot. 103: 975-978) proposed that constraints imposed by the packing of young leaves in buds could explain the positive association between non-entire leaf margins and latitude but did not thoroughly consider alternative explanations. METHODS We review the logic and evidence underlying six major hypotheses for the functional si...