We show that the limiting distributions of the coefficients of the qCatalan numbers and the generalized q-Catalan numbers are normal. Despite the fact that these coefficients are not unimodal for small n, we conjecture that for sufficiently large n, the coefficients are unimodal and even log-concave except for a few terms of the head and tail. Introduction The main objective of this paper is to...

Approximately 3,000 Pyrenean chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica pyrenaica) died in northeastern Spain during 2005-2007. Border disease virus infection was identified by reverse transcription-PCR and sequencing analysis. These results implicate this virus as the primary cause of death, similar to findings in the previous epizootic in 2001.

Recently, some combinatorial properties for the the Catalan-Larcombe-French numbers have been proved by Sun and Wu, and Zhao. Recently, Z. W. Sun conjectured that the root of the Catalan-Larcombe-French numbers is log-concave. In this paper, we confirm Sun's conjecture by establishing the lower and upper bound for the ratios of the Catalan-Larcombe-French numbers.

Species distribution models (SDMs) are the main tool to predict global change impacts on species ranges. Climate change alone is frequently considered, but in freshwater ecosystems, hydrology is a key driver of the ecology of aquatic species. At large scale, hydrology is however rarely accounted for, owing to the lack of detailed stream flow data. In this study, we developed an integrated model...

The genetic structure of small semiaquatic animals may be influenced by dispersal across both rivers and land. The relative importance of these two modes of dispersal may vary across different species and with ecological conditions and evolutionary periods. The Pyrenean desman (Galemys pyrenaicus) is an endemic mammal of the Iberian Peninsula with a strong phylogeographic structure and semiaqua...

Mountain ranges may delimit the distribution of native species as well as constitute potential barriers to the spread of invasive species. The invasive pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, is a severe forest pest inducing pine wilt disease. It is vectored in Europe by a native long-horned beetle, Monochamus galloprovincialis. This study explored the potential of the Pyrenean chain to ...

This study used medium-term auditory repetition priming to investigate word-recognition processes. Highly fluent Catalan-Spanish bilinguals whose first language was either Catalan or Spanish were tested in a lexical decision task involving Catalan words and nonwords. Spanish-dominant individuals, but not Catalan-dominant individuals, exhibited repetition priming for minimal pairs differing in o...

Abstract Sebastián-Gallés et al. [The influence of initial exposure on lexical representation: Comparing early and simultaneous bilinguals. Journal of Memory and Language, 52, 240-255, 2005] contrasted highly proficient early Spanish-Catalan and Catalan-Spanish bilinguals, using Catalan materials in a lexical decision task (LDT). They constructed two types of experimental pseudowords, substitut...

Six nominal taxa ('Lacerta' monticola cantabrica, 'L. ' monücola monticola, 'L. ' aranica, 'L. ' aurelioi, 'L. ' bonnali, 'L. ' cyreni) of the Iberian-Pyrenean Mountain Lizards were investigated by allozyme electrophoresis with regard to IS enzymatic loci. 'L. ' horvathi was used as an outgroup for phylogenetic analysis. On the basts of our results which are in perfect agreement with karyologic...