New records and range expansion for Paspalum procurrens and P. volcanense in northwestern Argentina and southeastern Bolivia

Paspalum procurrens Quarin and P. volcanense Zuloaga, Morrone & Denham are two rare species of South American grasses inhabiting geographically restricted areas which are exposed to ecological degradation due to landscape transformation and biodiversity losses. We present new records for these species, from the provinces of Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán and Catamarca (Argentina) and departments of Tarija, Chuquisaca, and Santa Cruz (Bolivia). New geographic distribution maps and the biological relevance of these findings are discussed pinpointing the need for imperative and assiduous botanical explorations in biodiversity hotspots sensible to the impact of human activities. Ploidy levels in these two species are studied.

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Mammalia, Rodentia, Sigmodontinae Wagner, 1843: new Locality records, filling gaps and geographic distribution maps from La Rioja province, northwestern Argentina

Check List ◽

10.15560/7.5.614 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 7 (5) ◽

pp. 614

Author(s):

J. Pablo Jayat ◽

Pablo E. Ortiz ◽

Rodrigo González ◽

Rebeca Lobo Allende ◽

M. Carolina Madozzo Jaén

Keyword(s):

Geographic Distribution ◽

New Records ◽

First Record ◽

Northwestern Argentina ◽

Distribution Maps ◽

New Information ◽

Pellet Analysis ◽

Low Altitude ◽

La Rioja

Sigmodontine rodents are well represented in northwestern Argentina, but information regarding their distribution in La Rioja is scarce. We add new information for seven species from seven localities in the Famatina range. These new records were obtained using both captures and owl pellet analysis. We cite the first record of Neotomys ebriosus in La Rioja. The collection locality is unusual for this species because of its low altitude and xeric conditions. Other notable results include the second record of Abrothrix andinus and of the genus Oligoryzomys at the province.

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Contribution to Bee Fauna (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) of Poland. VI. The Genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775. PART 2

Journal of Apicultural Science ◽

10.2478/jas-2018-0020 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 62 (2) ◽

pp. 233-246

Author(s):

Bogdan Wiśniowski ◽

Ewelina Motyka ◽

Waldemar Celary ◽

Katarzyna Szczepko

Keyword(s):

Rare Species ◽

New Records ◽

General Distribution ◽

Museum Collections ◽

Sem Micrographs ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Distribution Maps

Abstract The paper presents new records of the following six very rare or scarcely recorded species of short-tongued bees of the genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775 in Poland: A. (Simandrena) congruens Schmiedeknecht, 1883; A. (Taeniandrena) lathyri Alfken, 1899; A. (Simandrena) lepida Schenck, 1861; A. (Poliandrena) polita Smith, 1847; A. (Suandrena) suerinensis Friese, 1884 and A. (Poliandrena) tarsata Nylander, 1848. This is the second contribution concerning the rare species of the genus Andrena Fabricius, 1775 in Poland. The studies were based on museum collections as well as the author’s own collections. During the research, approximately 21,000 specimens of mining bees of the genus Andrena from Poland were identified representing ninety-five taxa. The species discussed in the paper are known from just a few records in the country. The following information is provided for each species: short diagnosis, remarks on general distribution, bionomics, published records from Poland and confirmed Polish records based on studied collections. The text is accompanied by SEM micrographs showing diagnostic characters and distribution maps.

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Diversity and richness of small mammals at a well-conserved site of The Yungas in Jujuy Province, Argentina

Mammalia ◽

10.1515/mammalia-2014-0157 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 80 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Santiago Gamboa Alurralde ◽

M. Fernanda López Berrizbeitia ◽

Rubén M. Barquez ◽

M. Mónica Díaz

Keyword(s):

Small Mammals ◽

Small Mammal ◽

Human Activities ◽

New Records ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Species Accumulation Curve ◽

Northwestern Argentina ◽

Accumulation Curve ◽

High Diversity ◽

Yungas Forests

AbstractWe present the results obtained from 12 small-mammal surveys conducted between 1996 and 2013 in “Finca Las Capillas”, province of Jujuy, Argentina. This region has been formally recognized as an “Area of Importance for the Conservation of Bats” (AICOM) based on the diversity of species detected in our previous studies. This site in the Yungas forests of northwestern Argentina still maintains an excellent conservation status due to restrictions to human activities involving deforestation and limitations to cattle-raising imposed 50 years ago. A total of 39 species belonging to three orders, namely, Didelphimorphia, Chiroptera and Rodentia, were recorded. The species accumulation curve revealed that our records represent 83–95% of the community, and with high diversity indexes. Several of the genera and species that we recorded from our collection trips have been included in the fauna of Argentina. Our previous studies and the present findings provide new records for the province or significant extensions to previously known distributions of several taxa of small mammals. These results show that the site represents an icon for conservation in such a fragmented and exploited area as the Yungas in Argentina today.

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New records of bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) for a southern locality of the Argentine Yungas

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10.15560/13.3.2105 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

pp. 2105 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Santiago Gamboa Alurralde ◽

Rubén M. Barquez ◽

M. Mónica Díaz

Keyword(s):

Species Richness ◽

Human Activities ◽

New Records ◽

Field Surveys ◽

Northwestern Argentina ◽

Transition Area ◽

Southern Border ◽

The Village

The forests of northwestern Argentina represent one of the most diverse areas of the country, but also one of the most affected by human activities. The southern border of this region is a transition area with the Dry Chaco Ecoregion and represents a poorly studied zone. The aim of this study was to assess the diversity of bats at the village of Escaba, southern Tucuman. Seven field surveys were conducted at five different sites. A total of 120 specimens in three families and 14 species were recorded, 12 of them representing new records for the study area, increasing the species richness of Escaba from four to 16 species. The area will be recommended as an AICOM, a status given by the RELCOM, thereby promoting actions to preserve the species of bat in the area.

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New records of some rare species in the family Hyaloscyphaceae (Ascomycota, Helotiales) from Central Russia

Novosti sistematiki nizshikh rastenii ◽

10.31111/nsnr/2013.47.135 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 47 ◽

pp. 135-142

Author(s):

E. S. Popov

Keyword(s):

Rare Species ◽

New Records ◽

Moscow Region ◽

North Caucasus ◽

Central Russia ◽

The Family ◽

First Time

Three rare species of discomycetes in the family Hyaloscyphaceae are reported from Central Russia (Oryol and Bryansk Regions). Proliferodiscus tricolor is recorded for the first time in Russia. Comments are made on Aeruginoscyphus sericeus and Eriopezia caesia previously reported only from Moscow Region and North Caucasus respectively.

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The impact of Airbnb on a non-touristic city. A Case study of short-term rentals in Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Spain)

Erdkunde ◽

10.3112/erdkunde.2020.03.03 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 74 (3) ◽

pp. 191-204

Author(s):

Marcus Hübscher ◽

Juana Schulze ◽

Felix zur Lage ◽

Johannes Ringel

Keyword(s):

Santa Cruz ◽

Short Term ◽

Rental Market ◽

Rural Space ◽

Use Of Data ◽

Web Scraping ◽

Per Capita ◽

Per Se ◽

The Impact

Short-term rentals such as Airbnb have become a persistent element of today’s urbanism around the globe. The impacts are manifold and differ depending on the context. In cities with a traditionally smaller accommodation market, the impacts might be particularly strong, as Airbnb contributes to ongoing touristification processes. Despite that, small and medium-sized cities have not been in the centre of research so far. This paper focuses on Santa Cruz de Tenerife as a medium-sized Spanish city. Although embedded in the touristic region of the Canary Islands, Santa Cruz is not a tourist city per se but still relies on touristification strategies. This paper aims to expand the knowledge of Airbnb’s spatial patterns in this type of city. The use of data collected from web scraping and geographic information systems (GIS) demonstrates that Airbnb has opened up new tourism markets outside of the centrally established tourist accommodations. It also shows that the price gap between Airbnb and the housing rental market is broadest in neighbourhoods that had not experienced tourism before Airbnb entered the market. In the centre the highest prices and the smallest units are identified, but two peripheral quarters stand out. Anaga Mountains, a natural and rural space, has the highest numbers of Airbnb listings per capita. Suroeste, a suburban quarter, shows the highest growth rates on the rental market, which implies a linkage between Airbnb and suburbanization processes.

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Infoveillance based on Social Sensors to Analyze the impact of Covid19 in South American Population (Preprint)

10.2196/preprints.19337 ◽

2020 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Josimar E. Chire Saire

Keyword(s):

Text Mining ◽

Electronic Communication ◽

Spanish Speakers ◽

South American ◽

South American Population ◽

The People ◽

Data Source ◽

The Impact ◽

General Concern ◽

Social Sensors

BACKGROUND Infoveillance is an application from Infodemiology field with the aim to monitor public health and create public policies. Social sensor is the people providing thought, ideas through electronic communication channels(i.e. Internet). The actual scenario is related to tackle the covid19 impact over the world, many countries have the infrastructure, scientists to help the growth and countries took actions to decrease the impact. South American countries have a different context about Economy, Health and Research, so Infoveillance can be a useful tool to monitor and improve the decisions and be more strategical. The motivation of this work is analyze the capital of Spanish Speakers Countries in South America using a Text Mining Approach with Twitter as data source. The preliminary results helps to understand what happens two weeks ago and opens the analysis from different perspectives i.e. Economics, Social. OBJECTIVE Analyze the behaviour of South American Capitals in front of covid19 pandemics and show the helpfulness of Text Mining Approach for Infoveillance tasks. METHODS Text Mining process RESULTS - Argentina and Venezuela capitals are the biggest number of post during this period, opposite with Bolivia, Ecuador and Uruguay. - Most relevant users are related to mass media like radio, television or newspapers. - There is a general concern about covid19 but every country talks about different areas: Economics, Health, Environmental Impact. CONCLUSIONS Infoveillance based on Social Sensors with data coming from Twitter can help to understand the trends on the population of the capitals. Besides, it is necessary to filter the posts for processing the text and get insights about frequency, top users, most important terms. This data is useful to analyse the population from different approaches. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT RR2-https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.06.20055749

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Fluvial Geomorphology and River Management

Water ◽

10.3390/w13111608 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 1608

Author(s):

Salvatore Ivo Giano

Keyword(s):

Human Activities ◽

River Restoration ◽

Fluvial Geomorphology ◽

Landscape Evolution ◽

River Management ◽

Special Issue ◽

Fluvial Systems ◽

The Impact

This Special Issue deals with the role of fluvial geomorphology in landscape evolution and the impact of human activities on fluvial systems, which require river restoration and management [...]

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Beyond the Pandemic: COVID-19 Pandemic Changed the Face of Life

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18115645 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (11) ◽

pp. 5645

Author(s):

Shaden A. M. Khalifa ◽

Mahmoud M. Swilam ◽

Aida A. Abd El-Wahed ◽

Ming Du ◽

Haged H. R. El-Seedi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Human Activities ◽

Social Life ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Mental Wellbeing ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Population Movements ◽

Social Distancing ◽

The Face ◽

The Impact ◽

Positive Impacts

The COVID-19 pandemic is a serious challenge for societies around the globe as entire populations have fallen victim to the infectious spread and have taken up social distancing. In many countries, people have had to self-isolate and to be confined to their homes for several weeks to months to prevent the spread of the virus. Social distancing measures have had both negative and positive impacts on various aspects of economies, lifestyles, education, transportation, food supply, health, social life, and mental wellbeing. On other hands, due to reduced population movements and the decline in human activities, gas emissions decreased and the ozone layer improved; this had a positive impact on Earth’s weather and environment. Overall, the COVID-19 pandemic has negative effects on human activities and positive impacts on nature. This study discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on different life aspects including the economy, social life, health, education, and the environment.

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Mapping and Evaluating Human Pressure Changes in the Qilian Mountains

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs13122400 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (12) ◽

pp. 2400

Author(s):

Quntao Duan ◽

Lihui Luo ◽

Wenzhi Zhao ◽

Yanli Zhuang ◽

Fang Liu

Keyword(s):

Human Activities ◽

Qilian Mountains ◽

Western China ◽

Eastern Region ◽

Human Pressure ◽

Activity Intensity ◽

Human Footprint ◽

Illegal Activities ◽

The Qilian Mountains ◽

The Impact

Human activities have dramatically changed ecosystems. As an irreplaceable ecological barrier in western China, the Qilian Mountains (QLM) provide various ecosystem services for humans. To evaluate the changes in the intensity of human activities in the QLM and their impact on the ecosystem, the human footprint (HF) method was used to conduct a spatial dataset of human activity intensity. In our study, the NDVI was used to characterize the growth of vegetation, and six categories of human pressures were employed to create the HF map in the QLM for 2000–2015 at a 1-km scale. The results showed that the mean NDVI during the growing season showed a significant increasing trend over the entire QLM in the period 2000–2015, while the NDVI showed a significant declining trend of more than 70% concentrated in Qinghai. Human pressure throughout the QLM occurred at a low level during 2000–2015, being greater in the eastern region than the western region, while the Qinghai area had greater human pressure than the Gansu area. Due to the improvement in traffic facilities, tourism, overgrazing, and other illegal activities, grasslands, shrublands, forests, wetlands, and bare land were the vegetation types most affected by human activities (in decreasing order). As the core area of the QLM, the Qilian Mountains National Nature Reserve (NR) has effectively reduced the impact of human activities. However, due to the existence of many ecological historical debts caused by unreasonable management in the past, the national park established in 2017 is facing great challenges to achieve its goals. These data and results will provide reference and guidance for future protection and restoration of the QLM ecosystem.

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