Terrestrial snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Gyaros Island (Cyclades, Greece)

Vardinoyannis, K.; Tzatzi, Maria; Mylonas, M.

doi:10.12657/folmal.023.005

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“…Their fauna consists mostly of Mediterranean species (13 of 18 species), which is in agreement with [33]. Other studies [44,45] also report that mollusk assemblages found in cultivated or formerly cultivated areas in the Aegean islands are dominated by Mediterranean species.…”

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Land Snail Assemblages of Olive Orchards in Crete, Greece

2022

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Land snail biodiversity research in agroecosystems is limited, if non-existent. Here we investigate the land snail assemblages of olive orchards in Messara plain, Crete, Greece. Land snails were collected from 16 olive orchards. In addition, we performed a literature survey and recorded all species reported in the surrounding area. We found 18 species in the olive orchards among the 37 species found in the area and reported in the literature. Xerotricha conspurcata (Draparnaud, 1801) and Caracollina lenticula (Michaud, 1831) are reported for the first time in the study area. Their presence is probably a result of human-mediated dispersal. Olive orchards proved to be an important refuge for land snail diversity as they host 43% of the species found in the surrounding area. We highlight the importance of olive orchards as habitats with increased land snail richness. We suggest that land snails should be included in future biodiversity research in agricultural areas.

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Land Snail Assemblages of Olive Orchards in Crete, Greece

2022

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“…We extend our analysis to include Gyaros Island, an uninhabited landmass spanning approximately 21 km 2 , characterized by an arid environment and covered uniformly with numerous shrubs (Vardinoyannis et al., 2015). The slope‐area analysis for the island (see Figure S1b in Supporting Information ) reveals the presence of two dominant regimes of sediment transport, namely a debris‐dominated regime at small spatial scales and the fluvial erosion regime at large spatial scales.…”

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Eikonal Equation Reproduces Natural Landscapes With Threshold Hillslopes

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Bertagni,

Singh

et al. 2023

Geophysical Research Letters

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Many natural landscapes maintain steep planar hillslopes bounded at a typical angle, beyond which shallow landslides or slope failures remove the excess sediment volume by mass wasting. Here we show that the celebrated eikonal equation, derived from a landscape evolution model in conditions of negligible soil diffusion and fluvial erosion, accurately portrays the organization of these topographies. Referred to as “eikonal landscapes,” such solutions feature constant‐slope hillslopes originating from downstream boundary conditions and culminating in sharp upstream ridges. We demonstrate that the eikonal landscapes reproduce well a variety of natural landforms, including small islands, a volcano, and an extended mountain ridge. The boundary condition for the eikonal representation is specified through the natural landscape's slope‐area relation. Going beyond merely representing landscape statistical features, the present results provide a first‐of‐kind direct match of mathematical and natural landscapes.

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Terrestrial snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of the Gyaros Island (Cyclades, Greece)

Cited by 2 publications

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Land Snail Assemblages of Olive Orchards in Crete, Greece

Land Snail Assemblages of Olive Orchards in Crete, Greece

Eikonal Equation Reproduces Natural Landscapes With Threshold Hillslopes

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