Una aproximación a la historia de la ciencia en la provincia de Albacete

The province of Albacete as we know it today is a recently created territory, a crossroads lands, whose most important population centers, have hardly influenced on knowledge. A remarkable investigation has been made about people deceased, born or settled in the province, who have put its stamp on any of the fields of science, ranging from medicine, mathematics, and pharmacy, to pedagogy, or architecture, throughout different periods of history. Through a process of historical, geographical, and biographical bibliographic review, information about up to 27 nationally and internationally-recognized authors in different fields has been compiled.

Efecto de los trabajos post-incendio sobre el suelo y la vegetación en la sierra de Los Donceles (Hellin, Albacete)

Postfire restoration practices encompass those, which aim to reduce negative wildfire impacts and to improve burned area rehabilitation. Soil and vegetation are highly affected by wildfires due to direct effect and subsequent erosion processes. This work aims to evaluate the effect on soil functionality and vegetation recovery after wildfire of two different soil restoration techniques (Contour-felled log erosion barrier and contourfelled log debris) used at slope scale and after 5 years of the wildfire event.

Plantas de interés del NE de la provincia de Albacete e inmediaciones. XI de la provincia de Valencia.

This paper studies 7 plants growing in the river valleys of Júcar and Cabriel in the territories bordering the provinces of Albacete and Valencia (SE of Spain).

Nuevas aportaciones al catálogo de macrolepidópteros de la provincia de Albacete. III

Nine species of Macrolepidoptera are recorded as new to the fauna of Albacete province in SE Spain. The UTM coordinates of the 1 x 1 km squares of the localities are given.

Miera y mereras de enebro (Juniperus oxycedrus L.) en Albacete

This article presents a study on the traditional use of the cade oil (miera in Spanish) and the cade oil ovens in the province of Albacete (Spain). Cade oil is the vegetable tar that is obtained by dry distillation of prickly juniper wood (Juniperus oxycedrus L.), used especially as a disinfectant by shepherds and ranchers. This process take place in specific ovens called mereras, miereras or miera ovens. These elements appear in various documentary sources, they are kept in the toponymy and even there are some ovens scattered in Albacete province, in different states of conservation.

Datos sobre la reproducción del flamenco común (Phoenicopterus roseus), en la laguna de Pétrola (Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha). Periodo 2017-2020

We are providing new data on the breeding of the Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) in Pétrola lagoon (Albacete, Castilla-La Mancha, SE Spain), during 2017-2020. The highest number was recorded in 2017, when there were 2600 breeding pairs, 2365 hatched chicks and 1973 fledged chicks. Breeding success in 2009 was extremely low 3 %. Only 18 chicks were born out of 400 pairs, of which 13 flew.

Prontuario de la naturaleza albacetense

El prontuario de la naturaleza albacetense pretende recoger aquellos conocimientos inéditos, o publicados en otros medios, sobre la naturaleza de Albacete que, por su carácter puntual (citas), no tienen cabida en otras secciones de la revista SABUCO. Los criterios de selección son difíciles de unificar para todos los grupos taxonómicos.