Contribution to rust flora in China I, tremendous diversity from natural reserves and parks

As a first approach to the conservation status of the hypogeous environment we studied six troglobyte arthropods in 19 chasms and caves in four natural reserves in Catalonia: Garraf, Sant Llorenç del Munt i l’Obac, El Montseny, and El Montnegre i El Corredor. The target species were four leiodid beetles, Troglocharinus ferreri ferreri (Reitter), Troglocharinus kiesenwetteri sanllorensi (Zariquiey), Parvospeonomus canyellesi (Lagar), and Parvospeonomus urgellesi (Español), a pseudoscorpion, Troglobisium racovitzai (Ellingsen), and an isopod, Stenasellus virei Dollfus. Other findings of interest herein are the description of Dicranophragma relictum Mederos (Diptera: Limoniidae) and new citations for Catalonia of Troglobisium racovitzai, the beetle Linderia armata (Schaufuss), and the dipterans Dactylolabis sexmaculata (Macquart) i Elliptera hungarica Madarassy. Data published through GBIF (Doi: 10.15468/dl.y7gbdr)

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ETHANOL–BIODIESEL–DIESEL BLENDS AS A DIESEL EXTENDER OPTION ON COMPRESSION IGNITION ENGINES

Transport ◽

10.3846/16484142.2011.623824 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 303-309 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Máté Zöldy

Keyword(s):

Fossil Fuels ◽

Cetane Number ◽

Oil Industry ◽

Diesel Oil ◽

Compression Ignition ◽

Compression Ignition Engines ◽

Fuel Demand ◽

Oil Mixtures ◽

Increasing Demand ◽

Natural Reserves

Increasing fuel demand, decreasing natural reserves and environmental consciousness have together led to testing and implementing new fuels and blending components of compression ignition engines. Biofuels are very commonly added to fossil fuels, mostly ethanol to gasoline and FAME to diesel. Harmonizing their properties with engines is a great challenge for automotive and oil industry. Increasing demand for diesel oil in Europe raised the question about the possibility of increasing the amount of bio extenders. There were and certainly there are a number of experiments aimed at substituting or blending diesel with other fuels. One group of such fuels makes bioethanol– biodiesel–diesel oil mixtures. The paper proposes a global overview on literature and presents the obtained results. The article explores the possibility of using bioethanol–biodiesel–diesel oil mixtures in vehicles and agricultural compression ignition engines. The main aspect of researches was to find blends substitutable for compression ignition engines. Investigations were made to determine the maximum volume of a renewable part thus reaching the same or similar power output with lowering emissions. The received results were used for environmental and economical investigations. The valorisation of the results shows that bioethanol–biodiesel–diesel blends fulfil the cetane number, viscosity and lubricity requirements for standard diesel. Practical measurements and engine tests show that the utilization of a new fuel decreases emissions from the engine. The results of agricultural feedstock calculation indicate that in Hungary the biofuel part of the investigated fuels can be produced from an overflow.

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Orthoptera of the Komsomolsky Nature Reserve and the wildlife preserve «Udyl» in Khabarovsky krai

A I Kurentsov s Annual Memorial Meetings ◽

10.25221/kurentzov.32.6 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 32 ◽

pp. 81-87

Author(s):

O.V. Kuberskaya ◽

Keyword(s):

Nature Reserve ◽

Russian Far East ◽

Far East ◽

Amur Region ◽

Number Of Species ◽

First Time ◽

Natural Reserves ◽

The Russian Far East

Twenty species of Orthoptera in 19 genera and four families are recorded from the Komsomolsky Nature Reserve for the first time and only four species in two families are found in the wildlife preserve «Udyl». The species riches of Orthoptera recorded from the natural reserves in the Amur Region of the Russian Far East are compared. Number of species in Komsomolsky and Bastak reserves is almost the same (15–20 species), while 51 species of Orthoptera are known from Khingansky Reserve.

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Natural Reserves and Preserves ☆

Reference Module in Life Sciences ◽

10.1016/b978-0-12-809633-8.02239-1 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

A.N. Glazer

Keyword(s):

Natural Reserves

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The Gain or Loss of Ecosystem Services in the Changbai Mountain Natural Reserves under the Policy Intervention

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.864-867.1111 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 864-867 ◽

pp. 1111-1115

Author(s):

Dan Dan Yu ◽

Shi Jie Han

Keyword(s):

Ecosystem Services ◽

Forest Ecosystem ◽

Water Conservation ◽

Soil Conservation ◽

Carbon Fixation ◽

Changbai Mountain ◽

Policy Intervention ◽

Nutrient Accumulation ◽

Oxygen Release ◽

Natural Reserves

Based on the published studies and the data from multiple-year consecutive observation of the Long Term Ecological Research Station affiliated to the Chinese Forest Ecosystem Research Network (CFERN), the ecosystem services of carbon fixation and oxygen release, water conservation, soil conservation and nutrient accumulation of the Changbai Mountain Natural Reserve (CMNR), PR China, from 1985 to 1997 were evaluated using the Specifications for Assessment of Forest Ecosystem Services in China (LY/T17212008) promulgated by State Forestry Administration of China. The results show that the loss of ecosystem service value in CMNR was 59.76 million dollar under the policy intervention. These ecosystem services show trade-off/synergistic relationship. Carbon fixation and oxygen release, water conservation and soil conservation decreased greatly, while nutrient accumulation slightly increased from 1985 to 1997. This research could provide a scientific basis for policy-making in sustainable development of natural reserves.

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The family Lygistorrhinidae (Diptera: Sciaroidea) in Mexico and the description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1808.1.3 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1808 (1) ◽

pp. 44 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

HERON HUERTA ◽

SERGIO IBAÑEZ-BERNAL

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

National Park ◽

The State ◽

The Family ◽

Two New Species ◽

First Time ◽

Natural Reserves

The family Lygistorrhinidae is recorded for the first time in Mexico, based on adult morphological descriptions of two new species of the genus Lygistorrhina Skuse: L. (Probolaeus) alexi sp. nov. and L. (P.) borkenti sp. nov. A third species belonging to L. (Lygistorrhina) sp. was found, but it remains undescribed due to scarcity of specimens. The specimens were collected in two natural reserves of the state of Yucatan (Ría Lagartos and Ría Celestún), along the border of the states of Morelos and Mexico (National Park “Lagunas de Zempoala”), and in the state of Hidalgo (near the locality of Tlanchinol).Keys words: Diptera, Lygistorrhinidae, Mexico, Lygistorrhina, Probolaeus, new species

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New regulatory tool for the conservation of the geological heritage in France: the Prefectural Decree of the Protection of the Geotope (APPG). Application and feedback in the Yvelines department (Paris basin, Île-de-France)

BSGF - Earth Sciences Bulletin ◽

10.1051/bsgf/2018002 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 189 (1) ◽

pp. 3

Author(s):

Elise Auberger ◽

Jean-Pierre Gély ◽

Didier Merle

Keyword(s):

Geological Heritage ◽

Paris Basin ◽

Legal Proceedings ◽

The Past ◽

Local Stakeholders ◽

Form Part ◽

Rapid Destruction ◽

The 19Th Century ◽

Land Pressure ◽

Natural Reserves

In France, the conservation of geological heritage has a complex history that dates back to the middle of the 19th century. Two regulatory tools, “Site Classé”, established in 1906, and Natural Reserves, created in 1976, have served to protect geological sites in the past. Nonetheless, these tools are long to implement vis-à-vis to the rapid destruction of geological objects in the French territory. Due to this juridical void, the state created in 2015 two prefectural decrees for the protection of geological sites of interest. These tools allow the Prefect to: (i) determine a departmental list of geological sites of importance; (ii) define appropriate regulations for their conservation through the Prefectural Decree of the Protection of the Geotope (APPG). Their decentralised legal proceedings appear to be easy to administer, as they only require the advice of regional and departmental commissions as well as some local stakeholders. Our article reports the first enactment of the APPG in France, in a peri-urban to urban area, the Yvelines department. By relying on the programmes of Strategy of Creation of Protected metropolitan Areas (SCAP) and the National Inventory of the Geological Heritage (INPG), two geological sites of international value threatened by anthropic activities were selected for the APPG: the Lutetian fossil sites of Grignon and the Ferme de l’Orme. If successfully enacted, the APPG could prove advantageous because it is a tool adapted to the protection of geological objects and to its socio-economic and environmental context. However, after almost two years, the proceedings of the APPG have not been finalised. Optional yet beneficial steps, as well as unforeseen requests, delayed the process considerably. Given that the APPG do not confer protection to the geological sites during this period, their efficacy must be questioned in a fast-evolving region where land pressure is high and geological sites disappear quickly. However, the French juridical system has improved in the recent years in that it encourages Earth Sciences specialists to form part of local consultative instances (CSRPN, CDNPS) and thereby influence the decisions concerning the protection of these highly threatened sites.

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