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Showing 1 to 20 of 169 for “"Sardinia"”.
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Plio-pleistocene tectonic evolution of Southern Sardinia
… to the Plio-Pleistocene tectonics in southern Sardinia, although tectonic activity during the latest million years is long since known in the Island. Then, the general aim of this research is to improve the understanding of the recent geological evolution of the southern Sardinian block, trying …
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Deep coral forests from the Island of Sardinia
… a roche du large ecosystem off Carloforte (SW Sardinia) revealed the presence of a pristine millennial black coral forest of Leiopathes glaberrima. The investigated site is a millennial deep coral oases as well as a nursery area for the spotted catshark Schyliorhinus canicula, which deserves …
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Extreme rainfall regime characterization in Sardinia using daily rainfall data
… characterizing extreme rainfall in the island of Sardinia (Italy). After a detailed review of the theoretical bases of existing methodologies, we compare the results obtained from the use of: a) a Generalized Extreme value (GEV) distribution model, and a Two component Extreme Value (TCEV) …
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Biology and conservation status of Juniperus macrocarpa Sm. in Sardinia
… spp. habitat; European priority habitat) in Sardinian coastal dunes, as well as to achieve results useful to support in situ and ex situ conservation actions. In particular, the specific aims of the thesis were: (1) to analyse morphological variation in seeds of Mediterranean Juniperus taxa …
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Characterization of the CRM occurrences in ore deposits of Sardinia
… of the CRM occurrences in ore deposits of Sardinia” and its aim is to further study the geological occurrence of economic raw materials in various mineral deposits of southern and central Sardinia, with a focus on a specific class of deposit named “skarns”. In the last decades concerns have …
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Distribution patterns of riparian plant species across river of Sardinia and Tuscany
… rivers belonging to two different regions (Sardinia and Tuscany). It focuses on the analysis of floristic differences, on distributional trends of functional and ecological groups, alien and endemic species, and also on the application of landscape classifications to be used as surrogate in …
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Eco-geomorphological and hydrodynamic analysis of Mediterranean microtidal beaches in Southern Sardinia
… aspects of the microtidal beaches of Southern Sardinia, Italy (Western Mediterranean Sea). Given the geomorphological variability along this coastal stretch, as well as the differing wave conditions and exposures, an initial morphometric analysis and classification was carried out on 79 …
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THE WISDOM OF THE FLIES. SOCIETY, ENVIRONMENT, AND METABOLIC JUSTICE IN RURAL SARDINIA.
… of a 12-month fieldwork in Barbagia, rural Sardinia, by living and working alongside local shepherds. It adds a socioecological analysis to the political economy of Southern Europe, showing how changes in the economic/political landscape provoked transformations in people’s subjectivities, …
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Seed germination requirements and salt stress tolerance of coastal rare species in Sardinia
To survive to adverse factors that characterize coastal environments, plant species often require special physiological or metabolic adaptations to overcome environmental stresses. Stress may be physical (e.g. temperature) or chemical (e.g. salinity). Many communities comprise highly specialized …
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Traditional Practices and Cultural Resilience: Exploring Pastoralism in Central Sardinia and Celtic Diet Practices
… and Adaptation: Pastoralism in Central Sardinia, which investigate the impact of sheep and shepherd relationships on human mobility and the landscape in central Sardinia, and Food and Fight: Diet Practices as a Form of Colonial Resistance by Celtic Tribes, which investigate diet …
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Seed dormancy and germination niches of Mediterranean species along an altitudinal gradient in Sardinia
… was evaluated. Target species, located in Sardinia along an altitudinal gradient, have been chosen giving priority to endemic species as well as to the taxa with a high phytogeographical interest. In total, seeds of 26 provenances of 18 species were collected and the effect of temperature …
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Language Maintenance and Shift in Sardinia: A Case Study of Sardinian and Italian in Cagliari
… These conclusions demonstrate that the use of Sardinian is sensitive to socio-demographic variables such as degree of urbanization, age, gender, and social distance, and to interactional variables such as the degree of familiarity with the interlocutor. As a result, CS and CM are regularly used …
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Development of scientifically base management towards a sustainable fishery of the common sea urchin, Paracentrotus Lividus, in Sardinia
… risk of collapse of the sea urchins stocks in Sardinia could be imminent, unless the fishery agencies take on immediate strategies for the species conservation. Considering such preconditions, the general aim of my PhD project have been to develop possible alternative strategies to improve the …
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Populations studies on two endemic taxa of southwestern Sardinia: Dianthus morisianus Vals. (Caryophyllaceae) and Anchusa littorea Moris (Boraginaceae)
… growing on coastal dune systems of southwest Sardinia. Anchusa littorea Moris is a short-lived species of open dunes and D. morisianus is a perennial species which grows on stabilized dunes. The only natural populations of these species are located in southwest Sardinia. Like many other rare …
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Ecology, Ecophysiology and Morpho-colorimetric analysis of wild grapevines populations of Sardinia and relationships with some autochthonous cultivars
Sardinia, with a surface of 24.084 Km2, is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and represents an interesting laboratory, from biological, historical and cultural perspectives, where studies on ecology, ecophysiology and morpho-colorimetric analysis of wild grapevines populations and …
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Environmental change and human interaction in the western Mediterranean over the long term: a comparative study from Sardinia
… geoarchaeological approach using the island of Sardinia as a comparative case study. This research targets critical periods of the Holocene within three diverse environmental settings as case studies, using micromorphological and geochemical data from off-site sediment cores, as independent …
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Identifying opportunities for flexible design of infrastructure : case studies of a space launch complex and LNG for Sardinia
… the Italian strategy to provide natural gas to Sardinia via Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) infrastructure. The space launch complex case shows that, in presence of market uncertainty, a flexible infrastructure that can support the implementation of different launchers (solid, liquid, or …
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The effect of marine protected areas of the biological environment. A case of study in southern Sardinia (Capo Carbonara (MPA)
… Area of Capo Carbonara located off the southern Sardinia Island. Samplings were performed to identify and quantify the benthonic fish stock and the composition of benthos in rocky shores at different depths and in different times of sampling. The composition of fish assemblages was evaluated both …
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Selected Famennian (Late Devonian) events (Condroz, Annulata, Hangenberg) in Sardinia and in the Carnic Alps: conodont biostratigraphy, magnetic susceptibility and geochemistry.
… three events were studied in the South East of Sardinia. A detailed biostratigraphic study is here provided from both areas. More than 28 000 conodonts have been collected and discriminated into 101 taxa. Each taxon is described and illustrated. Ten conodont Zones, from the Upper rhenana Zone …
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