4 results match your criteria: "Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET-URT Lecce)[Affiliation]"
Antiangiogenic Potential of Pomegranate Extracts.
Plants (Basel)
November 2024
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali (DiSTeBA), Università del Salento, Via Prov.le Lecce Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
Pomegranate ( L.) has long been recognised for its rich antioxidant profile and potential health benefits. Recent research has expanded its therapeutic potential to include antiangiogenic properties, which are crucial for inhibiting the growth of tumours and other pathological conditions involving aberrant blood vessel formation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFQuantifying intangible values of wetlands as instrument for conservation in the Po delta park (Italy).
J Environ Manage
June 2024
Department of Environmental and Prevention Sciences, University of Ferrara, via L.Borsari 42, 44121, Ferrara, Italy.
Article Synopsis
- Wetlands have overlooked intangible values that are essential in decision-making, focusing on both non-use and cultural values in the Po Delta Park, Northern Italy.
- A survey revealed that over 61% of participants were willing to pay an average of €95.8 for wetland conservation, with travel costs averaging €38.68, particularly higher among environmental experts.
- Results highlighted how demographic factors, distance, and future use preferences influenced perceptions of wetlands' intrinsic values, showing that while non-use values are generalized, cultural values are specific to individual wetlands, emphasizing their historical significance to communities.
Metabolic rate and climate change across latitudes: evidence of mass-dependent responses in aquatic amphipods.
J Exp Biol
November 2022
Laboratory of Ecology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, S.P. Lecce-Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
Predictions of individual responses to climate change are often based on the assumption that temperature affects the metabolism of individuals independently of their body mass. However, empirical evidence indicates that interactive effects exist. Here, we investigated the response of individual standard metabolic rate (SMR) to annual temperature range and forecasted temperature rises of 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe size dependency of foraging behaviour: an empirical test performed on aquatic amphipods.
Oecologia
June 2022
Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET-URT Lecce), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Campus Ecotekne, S.P. Lecce-Monteroni, 73100, Lecce, Italy.
The behavioural choices made by foragers regarding the use of resource patches have a direct influence on the energy balance of the individual. Given that several individual traits linked to the acquisition of spatially distributed resources increase with body size (e.g.
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