An eco-epidemiological study was carried out in the region of the Alpujarras (southern Spain, Granada province). Nine villages were chosen at random in 5 bioclimatic zones. A study of leishmaniasis in the canine and human populations, was carried out concentrating especially upon schoolchildren. A total of 615 dogs were screened, which represents almost 100% of the canine census. Of the screene...

It has long been considered sufficient a single method or only a descriptive diagnosis to propose a new species. Recently, many works have proposed new theoretical paradigms to consider multiple sources of evidence to support the hypothesis of new taxa within an integrative approach. Despite this, many new described species continue to be merely descriptive and without any reproducible statisti...

Species Distribution Models (SDMs) combine information on the geographic occurrence of species with environmental layers to estimate distributional ranges and have been extensively implemented to answer a wide array of applied ecological questions. Unfortunately, most global datasets available to parameterize SDMs consist of spatially interpolated climate surfaces obtained from ground weather s...

Aim The environmental preferences of species are an important facet their response to changing conditions, and these have long been thought exhibit phylogenetic conservatism. However, bioclimatic envelopes not previously imputed from climate records at the date location occurrence, strength signal has studied a broad scale. Here, we combine global reconstructions with contemporaneous plant occu...

Aim It is important to understand the factors affecting community stability because ecosystem function increasingly at risk from biodiversity loss. Here, we evaluate how a key factor, position of local environmental conditions within thermal range species, influences butterfly communities continental scale. Location Spain, UK and Finland. Time period 1999–2017. Major taxa studied Butterflies. M...

Background: Bioclimatic design is an approach based on local climate which improves thermal qualities and indoor comfort. Buildings follow this process to minimize negative effects the environment. However, still not suitable in developed countries. This study aims investigate Mediterranean bioclimatic strategies’ impact comfort efficiency housing, by examining archi...

The evaluation of thermal bioclimate can be conducted employing either observational or modeling techniques. The advantage of the numerical modeling approach lies in that it can be applied in areas where there is lack of observational data, providing a detailed insight on the prevailing thermal bioclimatic conditions. However, this approach should be exploited carefully since model simulations ...