Subfossil chironomid assemblages in surface sediments from Swiss mountain lakes show a strong, statistically significant relationship with lake depth and with parameters related to altitude, such as July temperature, ...

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1) The form boavistae is confined to the islands of Boa Vista and Maio; without any obvious reason explaining why it does not inhabit as well the other islands that have desert-like and sandy areas. 2) Behaviour and diet ...

The loss of weight of Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii of Selvagem Grande Island (30o 09' N, 15o 52' W) during the incubation fasts amounts to about 2.7 g/day in the males and 2.6 g/day in the females, that is to say about ...

This work is a critical catalogue of the flora and vegetation of the Salvage Islands. The literature is beyond of botany, since it was intended to provide a list as complete as possible of all publications on Natural History ...

Calocheirus mirus, Geogarypus minor and Apocheiridium ferum are reported as new for the island group. For several other species supplementary data about their distribution are given.

Coleoptera collected by the author and others, especially on excursions in 1988, 1989 and 1990 on Madeira are listed. 11 species are new to the Madeira Archipelago, 14 to one of its islands; 10 are even new to Macaronesia. ...

Corrections and supplements to "Contribution to the knowledge of the Madeira beetles" of 1988 are given.

As a result of a recent Zoological Expedition to the archipelago of the Salvages, between Madeira and the Canaries, Peragallia caboverdensis Lindberg, 1958 was found on Lycopersicon esculentum at the Great Salvage and is ...

The purpose of the study was to obtain information on the distribution, population density and habitat preferences of the Long-toed Pigeon. Eight weeks were spent on Madeira surveying laurel forest and associated habitats ...