Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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A small change with a big impact.

If only a few faint geological events have been able to cause both immediate and radical change in ocean currents, climate and biological dibersidad around the globe, is probably the formation of the Isthmus of Panama The most surprising to intuition for its peculiar development.
The Miocene geological period had been a dry and cold, the appearance of the Antarctic ice sheet at the end of the Eocene and climate change consequential decimated marine and terrestrial biodiversity was his lasting mark on the global climate during the Oligocene and Miocene own. The plains and deserts were the dominant terrestrial ecosystems, where large mammals and birds had had a considerable amount of time to adapt and diversify, the two American continents, the North and South, remained separated by the Strait of Panama of which circulate freely through the waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Central Mighty exercised its thermoregulatory role in maintaining stable moving global ocean currents.
Only five million years ago, started the period Pliocene, a brutal tectonic plate Cocos sank beneath the Caribbean plate nearby, generating numerous earthquakes and tsunamis of great magnitude. The collapse of the subduction zone inevitably led to a frantic volcanic activity in the strait, where abundant eruptive cones archipelago formed a tight line between the two continents, partially blocking the ocean currents that eventually ended up closing the inter-spaces due to gradual accumulation of sediments. He was born on the Isthmus of Panama, and the world was never the same. With the narrow Panamanian
closed, recirculating currents of the Pacific Ocean towards This and end up bypassing the South American continent, interacting with the cold Antarctic waters. Across the Isthmus, the current Caribbean was diverted to find their usual pace truncated, leading the warm surface waters to the coast of Europe, crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The effect on the northern polar waters was not delayed, the more evaporation from the tropical waters on their way to North European notables induced precipitation increased disproportionately in the course of a few thousand years, resulting in a persistent cold polar atmosphere snowfall that lasted for much of the year, thus leading to an incipient polar cap, which was soon enlarged to cool the region, a result of increased refraction of sunlight on the white ice. The low salinity agglomerated ice on the North Sea further accelerated the process, brewing a real ice age. However, the polar cap would be over time a new mechanism for stabilizing the climate and ocean currents by causing the current largest salt water balloon, the great power that favors Thermohaline circulation of marine waters throughout the oceans.

current appearance of the Isthmus of Panama.
Perhaps
on to say that climate change resulting from an event so little noticed in the global assembly was the end for many species that failed to adapt and a new opportunity for the most favored, but at the continental level the consequences of the bridge emerged between the two bodies earth tube equally irreversible sequelae. Many large predators northerners, including highlighting the Felines, invaded the territories of South America, taking the top slot at the top of the food chain to the titanic native flightless bird. Also numerous plant species and phytophagous moved southward expanding populations, although only a few species South American managed to adapt and thrive in the competitive North continent, among those who were successful in expanding boreal predatory birds were cited by his opportunism.
Little things, big consequences.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

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invest and protect.

about to launch the summer season, the Spring we left behind many details and more than a promise to one of the most extensive mountainous interior, rich in the Levantine Iberian side, the sSerra of the sword; pending noble intentions that are not more than that, good words.
Natural Park which has been almost twelve years custody this mountain forest ecosystem has for the current year with a budget increase of fifteen percent of the stipulated earlier this year. Thus, the Department of the Environment (Ministry of Environment) gives the Park a gross budget of two and a half million Euros, so that the managing directors of the protected area now has more than four hundred thousand Euros in the year of 2,009, quite a surprise if we contemplate the international economic landscape, where the trends as regards public investments are carried out by cuts, delays and more cuts. It's money that hopefully know how to administer the benefit of the ecosystem.
For now, one of the most prominent from among those proposed for 2010 is the plan of protection and recovery of abundant cork oak forests (Quercus suber ) present in the mountains, one of the most important environments for the local biotope. The project aims to put the cork in value to apply the proper restoration of the habitat they create, combat soil erosion and forest fires and taking care of the diverse range of species that directly or indirectly depend on them. Alcornoques planting new shrubs and associated silvicultural work reorganization of mature and the insertion of native conifers in deforested areas also complement the work will employ specialists and trainees. Since then, the purpose more than justifies the four hundred seventy thousand euros to the Department and the Ministry will invest in an equitable manner.
Of course there will be plenty this year the actions that follow from the agreement signed between the Ministry of Environment and Social Work at La Caixa, which will again bear fruit in the form of reforestation of areas affected by frequent fires unfortunately still every summer forest ecosystem destroyed so enviable. Another project, more education is the one hundred and fifty thousand Euros used in the preparation of a recreational area which has the Park and as updating its Visitors Center. Interest is not lacking.


Some forest areas need restoration.

All this seemingly protectionist fervor has resurfaced as a backdrop the XVI edition of the State Parks, the most important event for the competent authorities in Environment and technicians and other professionals, which has made of Segovia, a small city located in the southwestern margin of the said Park, its elected seat, thanks in part to the efforts of the same Department of the Environment.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

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The Eleonor Flyway. Postal

Although much less widespread and is less popular than its parent Peregrine F alco peregrinus , Eleonora's Falcon, Falco scientifically called eleonorae is equally amazing, in fact, far less known.

Eleonora's Falcon.

Ave This is a slightly smaller, graceful and lighter than the famous peregrine falcon as it belongs to the genus Falco , cladistically classified in the family Falconidae, specifically in the subfamily Falconinae, located in the Order Falconiformes . Falco eleonorae has a length of between thirty-five and forty-five centimeters, its size usually does not exceed eighty-five centimeters in adulthood minimum and maximum five hundred. It is known to nest in coastal environments of the Mediterranean Sea during the migration period of the Passeriformes and the International Union for Conservation of Nature finds that global population has a lower risk, so the concern about conservation of the species is small but necessary preventive track. The world's wild population has been estimated Eleonor twenty thousand breeding pairs, which breed in Autumn being the European Raptor nest later on due to this adjustment to intercept migratory birds.
Ignorance about the ecology and biology of this unusual predatory bird described by the Italian Naturalist Carlo Giuseppe Gené in the first half of the nineteenth century is widespread, little has been documented its hunting technique, the details of their reproduction and enclaves nesting along the Mediterranean coast and islands, but that almost nothing was known, at least until a few months ago, it was about their migration, since it is known that the Raptor a journey that takes you to the areas registered southern Madagascar and southeast Africa. However, this lack of has dissipated in part thanks to the work carried out by the University of Alicante English, through its Research Group of Vertebrate Zoology, sponsored by the regional government of Valencia. Biologists
team began its work in the year 2007, capturing three copies in the Balearic Islands (Spain) and installations in record time GPS tracking system attached to the torso ultralight Animal with a Teflon harness, hygienic and low abrasion to avoid any discomfort or injury Ave 2008 macadas with this technique were eight birds, two in the same area and six in the archipelago Columbretes. Other five were under surveillance satellite Raptors last year, this time all caught in that Park. To retrieve the electronic systems was necessary to install a strategic trap destination in the region in Madagascar, using a "Japanese fabric" modified and using a nocturnal bird of prey taxidermy as bait.
The result of the operation is as revealing as amazing. Monitoring indicates that after childbearing, Birds fly over the Mediterranean and directly across the African continent rather than following the coastal strip as had been hypothesized, they do so deep into the Sahara through Algeria and across the desert, stopping only for descarsar in the dark of night. This is the least expected way, since it requires great effort and significant investment of energy flying over the arid region and that they just have to prey to predators, which is why its migration occurs almost linearly without deviation. Arrived at the southeast tip of the Sahara, the Falcons diminish their flight height and speed to hunt and feed in the more benign Sahel ecosystem, this attitude is reflected in the most irregular and wandering path of Birds for prey . With renewed strength and is still a long way to go, the Raptor flying at higher speeds on the forests of equatorial Africa to find the fabulous Lake Victoria; geo-referenced visual and apparently is of vital importance for the orientation of Birds, because from here vary significantly due to cross the plains to the savannahs of Tanzania Mozambique Channel, last ride in their migration to Madagascar.

flyway.

In total, Eleonora's Falcon performed a migration of more than ten thousand kilometers from their nesting areas until the autumn of southern enclaves Winter, traveling between two and three hundred miles a day during daylight hours at a speed half from seventy to eighty miles per hour. Satellite tracking has revealed further that the birds do not stop at any point in the Mozambique channel, so for the first time all the way immigration should fly day and night without rest, effort worthwhile given the proximity their winter destination.
More logic is, however, the path back to the Mediterranean, as the Falcons directly cross the stretch of Indian Ocean to Somalia to make the trip after the trip spent on the Sahara. After reaching the said territory at the height of spring, the birds move between Europe and the Mediterranean islands in search of food until the autumn once again announce the time procreate.
The results of this study, which has not finished but already provides important details, can be compared with those obtained by a group of German Ornotólogos installed on the Italian island of Sardinia, another enclave vital for the reproduction of eleonorae . Both studies are pioneers of what constitutes the first reliable record of the migration of this tenacious bird of prey, which had so far only a few widely scattered observations and some guesswork. This means that in the near future will be possible to determine the real impact of changing land and ecosystems in the flyway, while appreciating the threats which are pressing that beset the species in order to preserve the taxa for the future.
Despite the enormous progress made, this project is part of a larger study and long, it's about time we get more details about this fascinating bird of prey, Eleonora's Falcon.