The Red Alien vs. the Blue Destructor: The Eradication of Cherax destructor by Procambarus clarkii in Latium (Central Italy)

Cherax destructor is a crayfish endemic to south-eastern Australia and one of the last alien crayfish to be introduced in Italy. In the Laghi di Ninfa Natural Reserve (Latium region, Central Italy), the species was probably introduced in 1999, but only reported for the first time in 2008. Nearby this area, the most widespread alien crayfish is the red swamp crayfish Procambarus clarkii. In the Natural Reserve, between 2008 and 2013 and during spring and summer, crayfish sampling was carried out with baited traps to assess the distribution of C. destructor and its possible relationship with P. clarkii. Cherax destructor was first recorded in 2008; few P. clarkii were detected in the cultivation ponds where C. destructor was present in 2012 and 2013. Moreover, crayfish plague analyses evidenced a positive result in two out of the 12 sampled P. clarkii. Cherax destructor is now completely absent from the Natural Reserve, while P. clarkii has spread in the area and was probably responsible for this eradication since C. destructor is vulnerable to crayfish plague which was also detected in the area. An ecosystem restoration project in the area favoured the spread of. P. clarkii; the implications of this intervention are discussed.

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Gonipterus scutellatus s. l. in Montecristo Island (Tuscany): should its first introduction to the Palearctic region be backdated to the 19th century? (Coleoptera Curculionidae)

Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana ◽

10.4081/bollettinosei.2012.19 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 19-22 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Giuseppe Mazza ◽

Piero Abbazzi ◽

Luciana Andriolo ◽

Alberto Francesco Inghilesi ◽

Giorgio Marziaj ◽

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Keyword(s):

19Th Century ◽

Central Italy ◽

Natural Reserve ◽

Palearctic Region ◽

The 19Th Century ◽

First Time

Abstract - A population of Gonipterus scutellatus sensu lato (Coleoptera Curculionidae), a pest of Eucalyptus spp., was found on February 2011, for the first time in Tuscany, in the Integral Natural Reserve of Montecristo Island (Central Italy) as the possible result of a late 19thcentury introduction on eucalyptus trees from Australia.Riassunto - Gonipterus scutellatus s. l. nell’isola di Montecristo (Toscana): il suo arrivo nella regione Paleartica dovrebbe essere retrodatato al XIX secolo? (Coleoptera Curculionidae). Gonipterus scutellatus s. l. (Coleoptera Curculionidae), un insetto dannoso per varie specie di Eucalyptus, è stato trovato, per la prima volta in Toscana, nel Febbraio 2011, nella Riserva Naturale Statale Integrale di Montecristo, isola del Parco Nazionale dell’Arcipelago Toscano. L’introduzione di questa specie potrebbe risalire alla fine del XIX secolo, con l’importazione di piante di Eucalyptus direttamente dall’Australia.

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Determining habitability: which exoEarths should we search for life?

International Journal of Astrobiology ◽

10.1017/s1473550410000261 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 273-291 ◽

Cited By ~ 40

Author(s):

J. Horner ◽

B.W. Jones

Keyword(s):

Solar System ◽

Positive Result ◽

Habitable Zone ◽

Detailed Search ◽

First Time

AbstractWithin the next few years, the first Earth-mass planets will be discovered around other stars. Some of those worlds will certainly lie within the classical ‘habitable zone’ of their parent stars, and we will quickly move from knowing of no exoEarths to knowing many. For the first time, we will be in a position to carry out a detailed search for the first evidence of life beyond our Solar System. However, such observations will be hugely taxing and time consuming to perform, and it is almost certain that far more potentially habitable worlds will be known than it is possible to study. It is therefore important to catalogue and consider the various effects that make a promising planet more or less suitable for the development of life. In this work, we review the various planetary, dynamical and stellar influences that could influence the habitability of exoEarths. The various influences must be taken in concert when we attempt to decide where to focus our first detailed search for life. While there is no guarantee that any given planet will be inhabited, it is vitally important to ensure that we focus our time and effort on those planets most likely to yield a positive result.

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Alyssum desertorum Stapf (Brassicaceae), new for the Italian flora

Acta Botanica Croatica ◽

10.1515/botcro-2016-0006 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 75 (1) ◽

pp. 149-152 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Fabrizio Bartolucci ◽

Fabio Conti

Keyword(s):

National Park ◽

Central Italy ◽

The Other ◽

Italian Flora ◽

Surrounding Areas ◽

First Time

Abstract The occurrence of Alyssum desertorum, a species belonging to A. sect. Alyssum, is reported for the first time in Italy. It was found in Abruzzo (central Italy) in the territory of National Park of Gran Sasso and Laga mountains and surrounding areas. Morphological similarities with the other taxa recorded in Italy belonging to A. sect. Alyssum are briefly discussed. Information about the typification of the name, habitat, phenology and distribution in Italy are also provided.

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Results of Cultural Resources Survey for the Spring Lake Section 206 Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration Project, Texas State University-San Marcos, Hays County, Texas

Index of Texas Archaeology Open Access Grey Literature from the Lone Star State ◽

10.21112/ita.2011.1.10 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2011 (1) ◽

pp. Article 10

Author(s):

Carole Leezer ◽

David Yelacic ◽

Jon Lohse ◽

Frederick Hanselmann

Keyword(s):

Aquatic Ecosystem ◽

Ecosystem Restoration ◽

Cultural Resources ◽

State University ◽

Restoration Project ◽

San Marcos ◽

Spring Lake

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Environmental Governance and a Poor Local Community:The Development of a Flood Control and Ecosystem Restoration Project in Hamilton City, California

Kikan Chirigaku ◽

10.5190/tga.63.197 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 63 (4) ◽

pp. 197-213

Author(s):

Yoshitaka MIYAKE

Keyword(s):

Flood Control ◽

Environmental Governance ◽

Ecosystem Restoration ◽

Restoration Project

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Systematics of the Australian golden trapdoor spiders of the Euoplos variabilis-group (Mygalomorphae : Idiopidae : Euoplini): parapatry and sympatry between closely related species in subtropical Queensland

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/is20055 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jeremy D. Wilson ◽

Michael G. Rix

Keyword(s):

Species Delimitation ◽

Systematic Approach ◽

Sequence Data ◽

Future Research ◽

Populated Area ◽

Closely Related Species ◽

Taxonomic Description ◽

Eastern Australia ◽

First Time ◽

Adequate Data

The Australian golden trapdoor spiders of the tribe Euoplini (family Idiopidae) are among the most abundant and diverse of mygalomorph lineages in subtropical eastern Australia. Throughout this highly populated area, species in the monophyletic Euoplos variabilis-group are largely ubiquitous; however, species delimitation has long proven difficult in the group because species are morphologically very similar and have parapatric or even sympatric distributions. We address these challenges in the variabilis-group, and explore the phylogeny and taxonomy of species using an integrative systematic approach. In doing so, we apply a conservative, pragmatic methodology, naming only species for which adequate data are available (namely sequence data and unequivocally linked male specimens), and explicitly stating and mapping material that could not be linked to a species, to aid future research on the group. We describe five new species from south-eastern Queensland –E. booloumba sp. nov., E. jayneae sp. nov., E. raveni sp. nov., E. regalis sp. nov. and E. schmidti sp. nov.; we redescribe two previously named species – E. similaris (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918) and E. variabilis (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918); and we reillustrate the recently described E. grandis Wilson & Rix, 2019. The nominate species, E. variabilis, is shown to have a far smaller distribution than previously thought, and E. similaris is given a modern taxonomic description for the first time. A key to adult male specimens is also provided. This study further reveals a case of sympatry between two species within the variabilis-group; both E. raveni sp. nov. and E. schmidti sp. nov. occur in the Brisbane Valley, south of the Brisbane River – a notable result given that closely related mygalomorph species usually occur allopatrically. This work updates what is currently known of the phylogeny and diversity of one of the dominant mygalomorph lineages of subtropical eastern Australia, resolving a complex and highly endemic fauna. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A4FB92F6-EFFF-4468-B1D8-000D69923996

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Drosophilidae of Australia. 4. Mycodrosophila

Australian Journal of Zoology ◽

10.1071/zo9800261 ◽

1980 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 261 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

IR Bock

Keyword(s):

New South ◽

East Asian ◽

New South Wales ◽

The South ◽

Asian Species ◽

South Wales ◽

Eastern Australia ◽

First Time

The Australian Mycodrosophila fauna comprises 21 species distributed in northern and eastern Australia to southern New South Wales. Only one species, M. argentifrons Malloch, is previously described from Australia; the south-east Asian species M. separata (de Meijere) is recorded for the first time. The remaining 19 species are new: adequate material has been available to permit the description and naming of 18 of them.

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Toward a history of the Trecento diptych: Format, materiality, and mobility in a corpus of diptychs from Angevin Naples

Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte ◽

10.1515/zkg-2018-0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 81 (1) ◽

pp. 3-29

Author(s):

Sarah K. Kozlowski

Keyword(s):

Eastern Mediterranean ◽

Central Italy ◽

History Of ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

First Time

Abstract Laying the groundwork for a larger project, this essay brings together for the first time a working corpus of diptychs connected with the Angevin court in Naples in the later thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Comprising both surviving diptychs and diptychs now lost but recorded in inventories, this body of material reveals that objects of this type were commissioned and collected in significant numbers at the Neapolitan court, in a range of sizes, mediums, and subjects, and were produced by workshops linked not only to Naples but also to central Italy, Genoa, and the Eastern Mediterranean. In turn, diptychs in Naples raise larger questions about the histories, materialities, and meanings of the format in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in Europe and the Mediterranean. Above all, the objects brought together here press us to set diptychs in motion through networks of artworks, artists, and patrons on the move across the Mediterranean.

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