Reviews: Futures for the Mediterranean Basin: The Blue Plan, the Environmental Program for the Mediterranean: Preserving a Shared Heritage and Managing a Common Resource, the Role of Time Function in City Spatial Structures Past and Present, the Role of Time Function in City Spatial Structures Past and Present, the Private Farmer: Transformation and Legitimation in Advanced Capitalist Agriculture, Recent Modelling Approaches in Applied Energy Economics, Natural Hazards: An Integrative Framework for Research and Planning, Wheat, Europe and the GATT: A Political Economy Analysis, the State and Rural Transformation in Northern Somalia, 1884–1986

1991 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 1077-1086
Author(s):  
D Sauri-Pujol ◽  
R Miller ◽  
L Wallace ◽  
J D Chapman ◽  
A Perry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Function ◽  
Spatial Structures ◽  
Rural Transformation ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
Common Resource ◽  
Political Economy Analysis ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Blue Plan

scholarly journals Mediterranean Heathland as a Key Habitat for Fire Adaptations: Evidence from an Experimental Approach

Forests ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 748
Author(s):  
Susana Gómez-González ◽  
Maria Paniw ◽  
Mario Durán ◽  
Sergio Picó ◽  
Irene Martín-Rodríguez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Shock ◽  
Seed Size ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Fire Ecology ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Plant Evolution ◽  
Fire Adaptations ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

Some fire ecology studies that have focused on garrigue-like vegetation suggest a weak selective pressure of fire in the Mediterranean Basin compared to other Mediterranean-type regions. However, fire-prone Mediterranean heathland from the western end of the Mediterranean Basin has been frequently ignored in the fire ecology literature despite its high proportion of pyrogenic species. Here, we explore the evolutionary ecology of seed traits in the generalist rockrose Cistus salviifolius L. (Cistaceae) aiming to ascertain the role of the Mediterranean heathland for fire adaptations in the Mediterranean Region. We performed a germination experiment to compare the relationship of seed size to (i) heat-stimulated germination, (ii) dormancy strength, and (iii) heat survival in plants from ‘high-fire’ heathland vs. ‘low-fire’ coastal shrubland. Germination after heat-shock treatment was higher in large seeds of both ‘high-fire’ and ‘low-fire’ habitats. However, dormancy was weaker in small seeds from ‘low-fire’ habitats. Finally, seed survival to heat shock was positively related to seed size. Our results support that seed size is an adaptive trait to fire in C. salviifolius, since larger seeds had stronger dormancy, higher heat-stimulated germination and were more resistant to heat shock. This seed size–fire relationship was tighter in ‘high-fire’ Mediterranean heathland than ‘low-fire’ coastal shrubland, indicating the existence of differential fire pressures and evolutionary trends at the landscape scale. These findings highlight the Mediterranean heathland as a relevant habitat for fire-driven evolution, thus contributing to better understand the role of fire in plant evolution within the Mediterranean region.

THE FRUIT INDUSTRY AND THE ROLE OF RESEARCH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN

2002 ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
C. Fideghelli ◽  
S. Sansavini
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

scholarly journals Intercomparison of intense cyclogenesis events over the Mediterranean basin based on baroclinic and diabatic influences

2006 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 333-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ll. Fita ◽  
R. Romero ◽  
C. Ramis
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Numerical Study ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
Relative Weight ◽  
High Impact ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

Abstract. A large number of high impact cyclones all over the Mediterranean basin have been reported on the data base of the MEDEX project (http://medex.inm.uib.es). A numerical study on the impacts and interactions of baroclinic and diabatic factors is carried out through a PV-based system of prognostic equations for 11 intense MEDEX cyclone episodes occurred in different zones of the basin (Western, Central and Eastern Mediterranean). The main aim of the study is to investigate the possible similarities and differences among the selected cases of the relative weight of the considered cyclogenetic factors on the cyclone evolutions as function of cyclone type and geographical area. A crucial role of the baroclinicity over the Mediterranean zone is obtained in most of the cases. A certain distinction can be also established in terms of the cyclogenesis areas (Africa, Mediterranean Sea, and Alpine region), and between west-central and eastern Mediterranean basins. It is generally observed that the considered baroclinic and diabatic factors cooperate most strongly for the cyclone deepening process when the disturbance reaches the Mediterranean sea.

The role of surface analysis in the strategies for conservation of metallic artefacts from the Mediterranean Basin

2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 754-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Angelini ◽  
A. Batmaz ◽  
T. de Caro ◽  
F. Faraldi ◽  
S. Grassini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Analysis ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Metallic Artefacts

scholarly journals Is Parental Longevity Associated With the Cardiovascular Risk and the Successful Aging of Their Offspring? Results From the Multinational MEDIS Study

Angiology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefanos Tyrovolas ◽  
Evangelos Polychronopoulos ◽  
Anargiros Mariolis ◽  
Suzanne Piscopo ◽  
Giuseppe Valacchi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Successful Aging ◽  
Mediterranean Islands ◽  
Cvd Risk ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Aging Index ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Parental Longevity ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of parental longevity and parental cardiovascular disease (CVD) history in CVD risk and successful aging of a random sample of older adults living in the Mediterranean basin and who participated in the MEDiterranean Islands (MEDIS) study. During 2005 to 2011, 2663 elders were voluntarily enrolled. A multidimensional successful aging index consisting of 10 components was used. Paternal and maternal longevity was defined as those older participants of whom both parents lived above the age of 90. The burden of CVD-related factors (CVD-RFs) was calculated as the total score of 4 major CVD-RFs (range 0-4). After adjustment, parental longevity was inversely associated with the burden of CVD-RFs ( P = .04). Moreover, parental longevity was positively associated with the older adults’ successful aging score (β-coefficient [95% confidence interval]: .38 [0.06-0.71]). Parent’s long living was revealed as an important factor for successful aging and for reduced CVD risk, suggesting that further research is needed in the genetic predisposition of longevity.

Byzantium on display

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 509-521
Author(s):  
Francesco Lovino
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Byzantine Art ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
Art Dealers ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
New Generation ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

Abstract In the early twentieth century, art dealers tailored their activities to the demands of a new generation of collectors who had turned to Byzantine art. The attention paid to Byzantium reached its peak with the Exposition Internationale d’Art Byzantin, at which more than 800 artefacts were displayed in the Pavillon de Marsan at the Musée du Louvre in 1931. This paper aims to investigate the role of private lenders to the exhibition, and particularly that of art dealers, who were instrumental in the founding of many collections of medieval and Byzantine pieces, selecting and importing from the Mediterranean basin fine objects for American and European collectors. The Exposition thus represented for them a prime occasion for the display of goods in a formal and officially recognized environment, and an opportunity to expand their network of clients.

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