Woody plants are spreading in many alpine and subalpine ecosystems and are expected to continue increasing in response to land abandonment and global warming. This encroachment threatens species diversity, and considerable efforts have been deployed to control it. In this study, we combined a lattice model and field data to investigate the efficiency of different management strategies in contro...

Due to the lack of information on influence environmental factors accumulation pyrrolizidine alkaloids and their content in certain species this family Boraginaceae, aim study was assess level aboveground under-ground parts Symphytum asperum Lepech., S. caucasicum M. Bieb., Echium vulgare L., Pulmonaria mollis Wulfen ex Hornem. depending climatic, orographic edaphic conditions. The localization...

We present results of the inventory spider mites Massane Forest Nature Reserve made during several field samplings from 2013 to 2017. Nineteen species have been recorded, which represents more than one third known mite fauna in France. Among them, three new were disclosed and are described: Bryobia (Bryobia) alberensis sp. nov. collected on Phyteuma spicatum Helichrysum stoechas, B. (Periplanob...

Mathias Boström,1,2,3,* Simen Å. Ellingsen,1 Iver Brevik,1 Drew F. Parsons,3,† and Bo E. Sernelius2,‡ 1Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway 2Division of Theory and Modeling, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden 3Department of Applied Mathematics, Australia...