Redalyc.Applying an Integrated Landscape Characterization And
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Load more
Recommended publications
-
Informação Base De Biodiversidade Da Ilha Do Corvo E Do Ilhéu De Vila Franca Do Campo
LIFE+ Safe Islands for Seabirds Relatório Acção A1 - Informação Base de Biodiversidade da Ilha do Corvo e do Ilhéu de Vila Franca do Campo LIFE07 NAT/P/000649 Corvo, Dezembro 2009 O P r o j e c O O projecto LIFE+ Safe Islands for Seabirds é uma parceria da SPEA com a Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e do Mar (SRAM), a Câmara Municipal do Corvo e a Royal Society for Protection of Birds, contando ainda com o apoio das seguintes entidades enquanto observadoras na sua Comissão Executiva: Direcção Regional dos Recursos Florestais (DRRF) e Câmara Municipal de Vila Franca do Campo. Trabalhar para o estudo e conservação das aves e seus habitats, promovendo um desenvolvimento que garanta a viabilidade do património natural para usufruto das gerações futuras. A SPEA – Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves é uma organização não governamental de ambiente que trabalha para a conservação das aves e dos seus habitats em Portugal. Como associação sem fins lucrativos, depende do apoio dos sócios e de diversas entidades para concretizar as suas acções. Faz parte de uma rede mundial de organizações de ambiente, a BirdLife International, que actua em mais de 100 países e tem como objectivo a preservação da diversidade biológica através da conservação das aves, dos seus habitats e da promoção do uso sustentável dos recursos naturais. LIFE+ Safe Islands for Seabirds. Relatório Inicial Sociedade Portuguesa para o Estudo das Aves, 2009 Direcção Nacional: Ricardo Azul Tomé, Maria Ana Peixe, Pedro Guerreiro, Ana Leal Martins, João Jara, Paulo Travassos, Pedro Coelho, Miguel Capelo, Paulo Simões Coelho, Teresa Catry Direcção Executiva: Luís Costa Coordenação do projecto: Pedro Luís Geraldes Equipa técnica: Ana Catarina Henriques, Carlos Silva, Joana Domingues, Nuno Oliveira, Sandra Hervías, Nuno Domingos, Susana Costa e Vanessa Oliveira. -
Download Publication
Açores Açores Página 166 Azorina vidalii (H. C. Watson) Feer 168 Calacalles droueti (Crotch, 1867) 170 Calathus lundbladi Colas, 1938 172 Cheilolejeunea cedercreutzii (H. Buch et Perss.) Grolle 174 Cixius cavazoricus Hoch, 1991 176 Corema album (L.) D. Don ssp. azoricum P. Silva 178 Euphorbia stygiana H. C. Watson ssp. santamariae H. Schaefer 180 Gietella faialensis Menier & Constantin, 1988 182 Juniperus brevifolia (Seub.) Antoine 162 184 Laurus azorica (Seub.) Franco 186 Macarorchiestia martini Stock, 1989 188 Marsilea azorica Laun. & Paiva 190 Megabalanus azoricus (Pilsbry, 1916) 192 Pericallis malvifolia (L’Hér.) B. Nord. ssp. caldeirae H. Schaefer 194 Prunus azorica (Hort. Ex Mouil.) Rivas Mart., Lousa Fer. Prieto, E. Dias, J. C. Costa, C. Aguiar 196 Pseudoblothrus oromii Mahnert, 1990 198 Pyrrhula murina Godman, 1866 200 Silene uniflora Roth ssp. cratericola (Franco) Franco 202 Thalassophilus azoricus Oromí & Borges, 1991 204 Trechus isabelae Borges, Serrano & Oromí, 2005 206 Trechus jorgensis Oromí & Borges, 1991 208 Trechus oromii Borges, Serrano & Amorim, 2004 210 Turinyphia cavernicola Wunderlich, 2005 Madeira Madeira Página 212 Aichryson dumosum (Lowe) Praeger 214 Argranthemum thalassophilum (Svent.) Humphries 216 Asparagus nesiotes Svent. subsp. nesiotes 218 Beta patula Aiton 220 Chrysolina fragariae Wollaston, 1854 222 Columba trocaz (Heineken, 1829) 224 Euphorbia anachoreta Svent. 226 Geomitra turricula (Lowe, 1831) 228 Geranium maderense Yeo 230 Gonepteryx maderensis Felder, 1862 232 Goodyera macrophylla Lowe 163 234 Hymenophyllum maderense Gibby & Lovis 236 Idiomela subplicata (Sowerby, 1824) 238 Jasminum azoricum L. 240 Juniperus cedrus Webb & Berthel. subsp. maderensis (Menezes) Rivas Mart., Capelo, J. C. Costa, Lousã, Fontinha, Jardim & Sequeira 242 Monachus monachus (Hermann, 1779) 244 Monanthes lowei (A. -
Patterns of Colonization and Species Distribution for Azorean Arthropods: Evolution, Diversity, Rarity and Extinction
AÇOREANA, 2011, Suplemento 7: 93-123 PATTERNS OF COLONIZATION AND SPECIES DISTRIBUTION FOR AZOREAN ARTHROPODS: EVOLUTION, DIVERSITY, RARITY AND EXTINCTION Paulo A.V. Borges1, Clara Gaspar1, Ana M.C. Santos1, Sérvio Pontes Ribeiro1,2, Pedro Cardoso1,3, Kostas A. Triantis1,4 & Isabel R. Amorim1,5 1 Azorean Biodiversity Group (CITA-A), Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade dos Açores, Pico da Urze, 9700-042 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal e-mail: [email protected] 2 Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Biológicas, Lab. Ecologia Evolutiva de Herbívoros de Dossel/DEBIO, campus Morro do Cruzeiro, 35400-000, Ouro Preto, MG, Brasil 3Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA Department of Biology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA 4Biodiversity Research Group, Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QY, UK 5School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, England, UK ABSTRACT Here we address a list of questions based on long-term ecological and biogeographical studies performed in the Azores, a remote volcanic oceanic archipelago composed by nine islands. The target group are the arthropods, and the main habitat the Laurisilva, the Azorean native forest. Diversification of Azorean arthropod species is affected by island age, area and isolation. However, results obtained for over a decade show that distinct groups are differently affected by these factors, which has lead to the extreme diverse distribution patterns currently observed. Spatial distribution of arthropods in each island may be interpreted as caused by a typical “mass effect”, with many species following a “source-sink” dynamics. -
SJO BIOSFERA EN.Pdf
MESSAGE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE AZORES In a dispersed territory like the Azores, particularly in the smaller settlements, it is essential to encourage sustainable development since it is the route to economic progress, social cohesion, quality of life, and the preservation of natural heritage. In good time, the Government of the Azores has set inhabitants of São Jorge the challenge of jointly drawing up an application to UNESCO for the Fajãs de São Jorge to be designated a biosphere reserve. Right from the start, this process has been a very inclusive one. Indeed, only by being so can it succeed as it is up to individuals, communities and institutions to choose the foundations for their own development. The public authorities are responsible for establishing the conditions required for this development by enhancing knowledge of our existing natural and cultural assets, improving the conservation of these assets and fostering landmark projects that may serve to catalyse the aims of the Man and Biosphere (MAB) programme. The Fajãs de São Jorge are an example of a balanced but not always peaceful relationship between human beings and nature. As such, they offer clear evidence of perseverance and tenacity and are unique repositories of ways of life, landscapes and biodiversity that must be conserved and enhanced. The biosphere-reserve designation will confer international renown on São Jorge, placing the island and its fajãs in a network comprising over 600 sites around the world. It will also add economic value to the products and services produced there by allowing them to display a UNESCO seal of quality. -
Sheet1 Echinacea '12Th of July' £5.20 Unusual, Very Small East European Variety with Single, Dusky Purple-Pink Flowers with Fluted Petals
Sheet1 Echinacea '12th of July' £5.20 Unusual, very small East European variety with single, dusky purple-pink flowers with fluted petals. They are held on black stems during late summer. Rather large, dark pointed leaves. Sheltered, free draining soil in sun. (7-9) 35cm. Echinacea 'Cranberry Cupcake' £5.20 Much like a shorter, wider, more spreading form of 'Razzmattazz'. Anemone centred rich raspberry-pink flowers with a large central cone & narrow, gappy ray petals ;- late summer & early autumn. Light, free draining soil in sun or light shade. (7-9) 40cm. Echinacea 'Ferris Wheel' £5.20 Rather unusual single flowered form with strongly quilled & fluted petals. They emerge cream, ageing white with lemon tips. Large gold cone. The flowers are sweetly scented. Has a shorter, well branched habit. Best in a light, free draining soil in sun or light shade. (7-9) 50cm. Echinacea 'Greenline' £5.20 Surprisingly strong growing double form with a small row of drooping, green tinged white petals. Very large, anemone like cone of soft lime green, short quilled petals;- Late summer & autumn. Best in a retentive, sharply drained soil in sun. (7-9) 65cm. Echinacea 'Green Envy' £4.80 A very unusual form with the upward facing flowers a soft sage green around the bronze cone. As the flower ages a burgundy staining becomes stronger aroung the cone. Flowers;- late summer. Light, free draining soil in sun (7-9) 90cm. Echinacea 'Irresistible' £5.20 Much like an orange flowered 'Razzmattazz' the cone is a shaggy centre of salmon orange petals with slightly drooping soft orange petals;- late summer & autumn, all held on purple flushed stems. -
The Importance of Generalist Pollinator Complexes for Endangered Island Endemic Plants
Arquipelago - Life and Marine Sciences ISSN: 0873-4704 The importance of generalist pollinator complexes for endangered island endemic plants JULIE A. WEISSMANN & HANNO SCHAEFER Weissmann, J.A. & H. Schaefer 2017. The importance of generalist pollinator complexes for endangered island endemic plants. Arquipelago. Life and Marine Sciences 35: 23-40. To investigate whether endangered endemic plants of the Azores are threatened by pollinator limitation, we studied the insect pollinator communities of Azorina vidalii, Euphrasia azorica, Myosotis azorica and Solidago azorica on Corvo Island. We found no evidence for dependence on a specialised pollinator. Instead, we found five to 21 mostly generalist insect pollinators per plant species, six of them probably introduced species. Diptera, with at least 12 species, and Hymenoptera, with at least nine species, are the most important insect orders and also most important in visitation frequency. The relatively high pollinator diversity for each of the studied plants and the high proportion of generalists indicate that the pollination networks of the four study plant species are rather resilient, i.e. the loss of a species would not constitute an immediate threat. Seed counts and numbers of juvenile plants indicate that reproductive success of all four species is stable. Altogether, our results suggest that there is no pollinator limitation in the four study species. Conservation measures should therefore focus on other threats, on Corvo mainly on grazing pressure. Key words: generalist pollinators, island endemic plants, pollinator limitation, pollinator networks. Julie A. Weissmann (email: [email protected]) and Hanno Schaefer (email: [email protected]), Technical University of Munich, Dept. Ecology & Ecosystem Management, Plant Biodiversity Research, Emil-Ramann Str. -
Diapositivo 1
Distribuição das Plantas Vasculares Endémicas dos Açores Distribution of the Endemic vascular plants from the Azores Por / By Enésima Mendonça, Luís Silva & Paulo A. V. Borges Como citar / How to cite: Mendonça, E., Silva, L. & Borges, P.A.V. (2009). Distribution of the endemic vascular plants from the Azores. Univ. Azores, Angra do Heroísmo. Este documento foi produzido de forma a contribuir para informar o público em geral sobre a ocorrência de espécies e subespécies de plantas vasculares endémicas nas várias ilhas dos Açores. Os mapas de distribuição foram gerados através da sobreposição da distribuição das várias espécies. This document was produced to inform the general public about the occurence of endemic vascular plants species and subspecies on the their islands. The distribution maps are based on a superposition of the individual distribution of species. -
The Ecological Impact of Oceanic Island Colonization – A
1 1 The ecological impact of oceanic island colonization – a palaeoecological 2 perspective from the Azores 3 4 Connor, S.E., van Leeuwen, J.F.N., Rittenour, T.M., van der Knaap, W.O., 5 Ammann, B. and Björck, S. 6 7 8 This is a draft version of a manuscript published in Journal of Biogeography 39: 9 1007-1023 (2012). Please note that there may be differences between this 10 version and the final published version. The authors will be happy to provide 11 copies on request. 2 12 Strapline: Original Article 13 Running header: Palaeoecology of human colonization of the Azores 14 15 The ecological impact of oceanic island colonization – a palaeoecological 16 perspective from the Azores 17 Simon E. Connor1*, Jacqueline F.N. van Leeuwen2, Tammy M. Rittenour3, Willem O. 18 van der Knaap2, Brigitta Ammann2 and Svante Björck4 19 1Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, University of the Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal, 20 2Institute for Plant Sciences and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, 21 Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland, 3Department of Geology, Utah State University, 4505 Old 22 Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA, 4Department of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Division of Geology – 23 Quaternary Sciences, Lund University, Sölvegatan 12, 223-62 Lund, Sweden 24 25 *Correspondence: Simon Connor, CIMA-FCT, Campus de Gambelas, University of the 26 Algarve, Faro 8005-139, Portugal. E-mail: [email protected] 27 28 ABSTRACT 29 Aim 30 In many cases, human colonization drastically modified the ecosystems of remote 31 oceanic islands before scientists arrived to document the changes. -
Evaluation of Potential Plant Molluscicides from the Azores
Research and Reviews in Parasitology. 53 (3-4): 113-116 (1993) Editorial Fontalba, S.A. © 1993 Asociacion de Parasitologos Espanoles Printed in Spain EVALUATION OF POTENTIAL PLANT MOLLUSCICIDES FROM THE AZORES. LIST OF THE PLANT SPECIES TESTED ON LYMNAEA TRUNCATULA M.M. DE MENDONC;:A1, J. MEDEIROS2, M.C. BARATAI, E. LIMA2 & A.P. RAUTER3 ICentro de Zoologia, !JCT, Rua da Junqueira 14, 1300 Lisboa, Portugal 2Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Arores, 9500 Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, Arores, Portugal 3Departamento de Quimica, Faculdade de Ciencias, Universidade de Lisboa, 1700 Lisboa, Portugal Received 10 July 1992; accepted 15 February 1993 REFERENCE:MENDON<;A(M.M. DE), MEDEIROS (1.), BARATA(M.C.), LiMA (E.) & RAUTER (A.P.), 1993.- Evaluation of potential plant molluscicides from the Azores. List of the plant species tested on Lymnaea truncatula. Research and Reviews in Parasitology, 53 (3-4): 113-116. ABSTRACT:A list of twenty-one plants from the Azores, six endemic and fifteen non-endemic, assayed for their molluscicidal activity on Lymnaea truncatu/a, is presented. Aqueous and organic extracts (obtained by Soxhlet with dichlorometane, ethanol and toluene) were used. From all species tested, the endemic ones, Euphorbia stygiana and Monostroma sp., showed higher molluscicidal properties (LC 100 at 25 ppm in 8 hours and LC lOO at 20 ppm in 2 hours, respectively) than the others. Among the non-endemic species assayed, Rumex ob- tusijolius presented more efficacy (LC lOO at 1300 ppm in 8 hours for the boiled extract of seeds). Some considerations are made about the use of extracts from some plants at concentrations higher than those which are normally recommended. -
Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta)
4.2 LISTA DAS PLANTAS VASCULARES (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta) LIST OF VASCULAR PLANTS (Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta) Autores (Authors) Luís Silva1, Nuno Pinto,1 Bob Press2, Fred Rumsey2, Mark Carine2, Sally Henderson2 & Erik Sjögren3 1 Departamento de Biologia, Universidade dos Açores, Rua da Mãe de Deus, PT 9501-801 Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal. e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]. 2 Department of Botany, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]. 3 University of Uppsala. Evolutionary Biology Centre. Department of Plant Ecology. Villavagen, 14. SE-752 36 Sweden. e-mail: [email protected]. 131 Notas explicativas Explanatory notes A lista das plantas vasculares dos Açores é baseada The list of the Azorean vascular plants is based em toda a literatura conhecida, incluindo as refe- on all known published literature, including older rências mais antigas (i.e. Seubert & Hochstetter references (i.e. Seubert & Hochstetter 1843; 1843; Trelease 1897; Palhinha 1966), a Flora Trelease 1897; Palhinha 1966), the Flora Europaea Europaea (Tutin et al. 1964-1980), as publicações (Tutin et al. 1964-1980), the publications by de Franco (1971, 1984), Franco & Afonso (1994, Franco (1971, 1984) and Franco & Afonso (1994, 1998) e ainda em publicações mais recentes, em 1998), and also more recent publications, namely particular, as de Schäfer (2002, 2003). those from Schäfer (2002, 2003). No que diz respeito aos dados não publicados, Unpublished data were also used, namely from foram usadas várias fontes, nomeadamente os re- records at the Natural History Museum, and from gistos do Museu de História Natural e ainda obser- field observations (Silva 2001). -
9360 Macaronesian Laurel Forests
Technical Report 2008 23/24 MANAGEMENT of Natura 2000 habitats * Macaronesian laurel forests (Laurus, Ocotea) 9360 Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora The European Commission (DG ENV B2) commissioned the Management of Natura 2000 habitats. 9360 *Macaronesian laurel forests (Laurus, Ocotea) This document was prepared by Ana Guimarães & Concha Olmeda, ATECMA, Spain Comments, data and general information were generously provided by: Angel Fernández, Garajonay National Park, Spain José María Fernández-Palacios, Universidad de La Laguna, Spain Pascual Gil Muñoz, Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, Spain Eduardo Dias, Universidade dos Açores, Portugal Jorge Naranjo, Gobierno de Canarias, Spain Paulo Oliveira, Madeira National Park, Portugal Rafael Serrada, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros de Montes, Spain Suzana Fontinha, Madeira National Park, Portugal Coordination: Concha Olmeda, ATECMA & Daniela Zaghi, Comunità Ambiente ©2008 European Communities ISBN 978-92-79-08341-9 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged Guimarães A. & Olmeda C. 2008. Management of Natura 2000 habitat. 9360 *Macaronesian laurel forests (Laurus, Ocotea). European Commission This document, which has been prepared in the framework of a service contract (7030302/2006/453813/MAR/B2 "Natura 2000 preparatory actions: Management Models for Natura 2000 Sites”), is not legally binding. Contract realized by: ATECMA S.L. (Spain), COMUNITÀ AMBIENTE (Italy), DAPHNE (Slovakia), ECOSYSTEMS (Belgium), ECOSPHÈRE (France) -
Azores): a Protected Quaking Bog Habitat Cândida Mendes1,2 and Eduardo Dias1
Acta bot. bras. 23(3): 812-819. 2009. Characterisation of Sanguinhal Mire, Terceira Island (Azores): a protected quaking bog habitat Cândida Mendes1,2 and Eduardo Dias1 Received: June 27, 2008. Accepted: December 3, 2008 RESUMO – (Caracterização da Turfeira do Sanguinhal, ilha Terceira (Açores) um habitat protegido de turfeira ondulante). O Arquipélago dos Açores no Atlântico Norte é uma área importante em biodiversidade, rica em espécies e habitats raros em estado selvagem. A turfeira do Sanguinhal foi originalmente uma lagoa que evoluiu por paludificação para um habitat de turfa. Esta localiza-se na Rede Natura 2000 (União Europeia para a Proteção da Natureza e Biodiversidade, Directive do Conselho 92/43/EEC de 21 de Maio 1992 sobre a concervação de habitats naturais e da fauna e flora, Diretiva de Habitat Anexo I(b) habitat 7140) da Serra de Santa Bárbara e Pico Alto e é um bom exemplo de um tipo de turfeira de bacia, descoberto pela primeira vez em 1998. Este trabalho provê informações iniciais sobre a flora, as comunidades vegetais, a estrutura, as caracteristicas químicas da água e o regime hidrológico de superfície. Foram identificadas 41 espécies vegetais, incluindo 6 espécies do género Sphagnum, e 10 espécies de plantas vasculares endêmicas, forma identificadas oito comunidades vegetais. A profundidade máxima de turfa é de 2,5 m. A turfeira recebe água superficial de suas margens, além da precipitação interceptada e da névoa. Depois das chuvas, a água é drenada por vários pontos da turfeira onde o placic se rompeu. O pH e a condutividade das água foram medidos tendo-se verificado algumas tendências.