A sensitivity study of the impact of dynamic vegetation on simulated future climate change over Southern Europe and the Mediterranean
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DOI: 10.1002/joc.4833
Abstract: Recent projections of climate change from general circulation and regional climate models over southern Europe and the Mediterranean basin show strong warming and pronounced decrease in precipitation over large portion of the region, especially in… read more here.
Keywords: europe mediterranean; climate; vegetation; southern europe ... See more keywords
The NATURA 2000 database as a tool in the analysis of habitat selection at large scales: factors affecting the occurrence of pine and stone martens in Southern Europe
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DOI: 10.1007/s10344-018-1168-z
Abstract: Most studies on habitat selection among animals are conducted at local scales, whereas reliable determination of species requirements at larger spatial scales can be problematic. We used data available for NATURA 2000 sites to determine… read more here.
Keywords: southern europe; natura 2000; habitat selection; stone martens ... See more keywords
Criticalities of district heating in Southern Europe: Lesson learned from a CHP-DH in Central Italy
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2016.09.149
Abstract: Abstract District heating (DH) in Southern Europe is a relevant energy sector to be improved in terms of efficiency, monitoring and metering systems, without underrating investments cost. Heat losses, poor technical conditions combined with high… read more here.
Keywords: district heating; heating southern; central italy; southern europe ... See more keywords
Chinese investments in Southern Europe's energy sectors: Similarities and divergences in China's strategies in Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.09.034
Abstract: China's Foreign Direct Investment in Europe has experienced a significant surge over the last decade. Southern European countries have not missed out on this trend and have gradually consolidated as important recipients of Chinese investments.… read more here.
Keywords: energy; chinese investments; europe energy; energy sectors ... See more keywords
Blue energy and marine spatial planning in Southern Europe
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111421
Abstract: Abstract The 2050 target of the European Union to decarbonize the economy by 80–90% will undoubtedly see marine renewable energies playing a key role. The deployment of offshore facilities within the framework of Blue Growth… read more here.
Keywords: energy; marine spatial; southern europe; blue energy ... See more keywords
Authentication of strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.) honeys from southern Europe based on compositional parameters and biological activities
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DOI: 10.1016/j.fbio.2020.100768
Abstract: Abstract Strawberry-tree (Arbutus unedo L.) honey is expensive and difficult to characterize by melissopalinology. This study aimed to authenticate strawberry-tree (A. unedo L.) honeys from southern Europe, determining arbutin, groups of polyphenols, volatile and semivolatile… read more here.
Keywords: tree arbutus; honeys southern; southern europe; unedo honeys ... See more keywords
Risk of damage by the pine weevil Hylobius abietis in southern Europe: Effects of silvicultural and landscape factors
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.04.027
Abstract: Abstract The pine weevil (Hylobius abietis) is one of the most devastating pests of regenerated coniferous forests in northern and central Europe. Although it is also present and potentially harmful in southern Europe, little attention… read more here.
Keywords: damage; southern europe; pine weevil;
The nZEB concept and its requirements for residential buildings renovation in Southern Europe: The case of multi-family buildings from 1961 to 1980 in Portugal and Spain
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101918
Abstract: Abstract Southern Europe has an old housing stock and has the challenge, as the rest of European Union Member States, to transform it into a decarbonized one, by means of transforming the existing buildings into… read more here.
Keywords: multi family; southern europe; portugal spain; renovation ... See more keywords
Food consumption contribution to nitrogen pollution of cities in Northern and Southern Europe
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2019.101655
Abstract: Abstract City-related nitrogen (N) loads pose a threat to the environment and alter its natural cycle. In this regard, citizen food consumption choices can have an essential impact on reducing N pollution. In this study,… read more here.
Keywords: southern europe; cities northern; consumption; food ... See more keywords
Late Quaternary range shifts of marcescent oaks unveil the dynamics of a major biogeographic transition in southern Europe
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78576-9
Abstract: Marcescent forests are ecotones distributed across southern Europe that host increased levels of biodiversity but their persistence is threatened by global change. Here we study the range dynamics of these forests in the Iberian Peninsula… read more here.
Keywords: marcescent forests; range; range shifts; southern europe ... See more keywords
Authoritarian legacies and mass left–right regime support in new democracies: The Baltic States and Southern Europe compared
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DOI: 10.1057/cep.2015.25
Abstract: The formation of left–right (LR) identities depends upon effective partisan and ideological differentiation at the supply level and is associated with the existence of free political competition. In a new democracy, however, does the type… read more here.
Keywords: left right; baltic states; evaluation authoritarian; southern europe ... See more keywords