The Imprint of Geologic History on Within‐Island Diversification of Woodlouse-­Hunter Spiders (Araneae, Dysderidae) in the Canary Islands.

Geological processes and ecological adaptation are major drivers of diversification on oceanic islands. Although diversification in these islands is often interpreted as resulting from dispersal or island hopping rather than vicariance, this may not be the case in islands with complex geological histories. The island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, emerged in the late Miocene as 3 precursor islands that were subsequently connected and reisolated by volcanic cycles. The spider Dysdera verneaui is endemic to the island of Tenerife, where it is widely distributed throughout most island habitats, providing an excellent model to investigate the role of physical barriers and ecological adaptation in shaping within-island diversity. Here, we present evidence that the phylogeographic patterns of this species trace back to the independent emergence of the protoislands. Molecular markers (mitochondrial genes cox1, 16S, and nad1 and the nuclear genes ITS-2 and 28S) analyzed from 100 specimens (including a thorough sampling of D. verneaui populations and additional outgroups) identify 2 distinct evolutionary lineages that correspond to 2 precursor islands, each with diagnostic genital characters indicative of separate species status. Episodic introgression events between these 2 main evolutionary lineages explain the observed incongruence between mitochondrial and nuclear markers, probably as a result of the homogenization of their ITS-2 sequence types. The most widespread lineage exhibits a complex population structure, which is compatible with either secondary contact, following connection of deeply divergent lineages, or alternatively, a back colonization from 1 precursor island to another.

The Imprint of Geologic History on Within‐Island Diversification of Woodlouse-­Hunter Spiders (Araneae, Dysderidae) in the Canary Islands.

Geological processes and ecological adaptation are major drivers of diversification on oceanic islands. Although diversification in these islands is often interpreted as resulting from dispersal or island hopping rather than vicariance, this may not be the case in islands with complex geological histories. The island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, emerged in the late Miocene as 3 precursor islands that were subsequently connected and reisolated by volcanic cycles. The spider Dysdera verneaui is endemic to the island of Tenerife, where it is widely distributed throughout most island habitats, providing an excellent model to investigate the role of physical barriers and ecological adaptation in shaping within-island diversity. Here, we present evidence that the phylogeographic patterns of this species trace back to the independent emergence of the protoislands. Molecular markers (mitochondrial genes cox1, 16S, and nad1 and the nuclear genes ITS-2 and 28S) analyzed from 100 specimens (including a thorough sampling of D. verneaui populations and additional outgroups) identify 2 distinct evolutionary lineages that correspond to 2 precursor islands, each with diagnostic genital characters indicative of separate species status. Episodic introgression events between these 2 main evolutionary lineages explain the observed incongruence between mitochondrial and nuclear markers, probably as a result of the homogenization of their ITS-2 sequence types. The most widespread lineage exhibits a complex population structure, which is compatible with either secondary contact, following connection of deeply divergent lineages, or alternatively, a back colonization from 1 precursor island to another.

The Imprint of Geologic History on Within‐Island Diversification of Woodlouse-­Hunter Spiders (Araneae, Dysderidae) in the Canary Islands.

Geological processes and ecological adaptation are major drivers of diversification on oceanic islands. Although diversification in these islands is often interpreted as resulting from dispersal or island hopping rather than vicariance, this may not be the case in islands with complex geological histories. The island of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, emerged in the late Miocene as 3 precursor islands that were subsequently connected and reisolated by volcanic cycles. The spider Dysdera verneaui is endemic to the island of Tenerife, where it is widely distributed throughout most island habitats, providing an excellent model to investigate the role of physical barriers and ecological adaptation in shaping within-island diversity. Here, we present evidence that the phylogeographic patterns of this species trace back to the independent emergence of the protoislands. Molecular markers (mitochondrial genes cox1, 16S, and nad1 and the nuclear genes ITS-2 and 28S) analyzed from 100 specimens (including a thorough sampling of D. verneaui populations and additional outgroups) identify 2 distinct evolutionary lineages that correspond to 2 precursor islands, each with diagnostic genital characters indicative of separate species status. Episodic introgression events between these 2 main evolutionary lineages explain the observed incongruence between mitochondrial and nuclear markers, probably as a result of the homogenization of their ITS-2 sequence types. The most widespread lineage exhibits a complex population structure, which is compatible with either secondary contact, following connection of deeply divergent lineages, or alternatively, a back colonization from 1 precursor island to another.

Utilização de Gigaspora margarita em plantas micropropagadas de bananeira em diferentes estádios de enraizamento

Visando a avaliar o efeito de fungos micorrízicos arbusculares (FMA) na diminuição do tempo de formação de mudas de bananeira micropropagadas, foi conduzido um experimento em estufa de aclimatação da Biofábrica CAMPO - CPA/Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura, Cruz das Almas, Bahia. Foram testadas plântulas em três diferentes estádios de desenvolvimento do sistema radicular, inoculadas ou não com o fungo Gigaspora margarita e cultivadas em dois diferentes substratos à base de turfa, vermiculita e esterco. A inoculação foi realizada no momento do transplantio para a estufa e as plantas, cultivadas por 55 dias, quando foram coletadas para obtenção dos dados de avaliação. O fungo Gigaspora margarita colonizou intensamente e mostrou- se benéfico para o desenvolvimento das mudas de bananeira, sendo seu efeito modulado pelo substrato de crescimento; o substrato turfa + vermiculita + 5% de esterco, quando associado à inoculação do FMA, promoveu a formação de mudas normais e sadias; o início da fase de aclimatação de mudas micropropagadas de bananeira pode ser antecipado pelo uso da inoculação com fungos micorrízicos arbusculares, em substrato adequado.

The measurement of ice velocity, mass balance and thinning-rate on Johnsons Glacier, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

A network of twenty stakes was set up on Johnsons Glacier in order to determine its dynamics. During the austral summers from 1994-95 to 1997-98, we estimated surface velocities, mass balances and ice thickness variations. Horizontal velocity increased dow nstream from 1 m a- 1 near the ice divides to 40 m a- 1 near the ice terminus. The accumulation zone showed low accumulation rates (maximum of 0,6 m a- 1 (ice)), whereas in the lower part of the glacier, ablation rates were 4,3 m a- 1 (ice). Over the 3-year study period, both in the accumulation and ablation zones, we detected a reduction in the ice surface level ranging from 2 to 10 m from the annual ve rt ical velocities and ice-thinning data, the mass balance was obtained and compared with the mass balance field values, resulting in similar estimates. Flux values were calculated using cross-section data and horizontal velocities, and compared with the results obtained by means of mass balance and ice thinning data using the continuity equation. The two methods gave similar results.

Mesozoic geology of Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Al Cap de Shirr e ff (Fig. 1) hi aflora una successió volcànica de com a mínim 450 m de potència, constituïda principalment per laves i, en menor proporció, bretxes vulcanoclàstiques (Fig. 2). Les laves són basalts olivínics subalcalins i andesites basàltiques, que generalment tenen un aspecte massiu. Tot i això, la successió volcànica localment forma una alternança decimètrica de nivells durs i tous, amb potències va r i a bles i presència local de discordances angulars i onlaps, que reflecteixen geometries deposicionals complexes. A la zona nord del Cap de Shirr e ff hi ha aflorament de bretxes vulcanoclàstiques d"aspecte massiu, que localment tenen intercalacions de laves...

Roman et théorie, Boulgakov et Bakhtine : éclairages réciproques : Le Maître et Marguerite, le carnaval, la ménipée = Roman i teorii︠a︡, Bulgakov i Bakhtin : vzaimnoe osveshchenie : Master i Margarita, karnaval, menippei︠a︡

Cette thèse met en lumière les relations réciproques entre les deux artefacts‐clés de la culture russe et mondiale du XXe siècle : la théorie du carnaval et de la ménippée de Mikhaïl Bakhtine et le dernier roman de Mikhaïl Boulgakov. Les chercheurs n'ont pas tardé à remarquer leur étonnante synthonie après leur sortie de l'oubli qui a eu lieu presque en même temps et qui a été marquée par la publication des ouvrages de Bakhtine Problèmes de la poétique de Dostoïevski (1963), L'oeuvre de François Rabelais et la culture populaire au Moyen Âge et sous la Renaissance (1965) et par la parution du roman de Boulgakov Le Maître et Marguerite (1966-1967). C'est déjà dans la postface de la première édition du roman que Le Maître et Marguerite reçoit le nom de «ménippée de Bakhtine». Un tel rapprochement entre la théorie de Bakhtine et le roman de Boulgakov s'explique par leur intérêt simultané pour différentes manifestations de la poétique du carnaval qui s'appuie sur des traditions portant l'empreinte des conceptions du temps cyclique et de l'éternel retour par le biais de la mort, propres aux rituels agraires de l'époque archaïque et aux fêtes du Nouvel An de l'Antiquité. A partir du début du XXe siècle et jusqu'aux années 40, la notion de carnavalesque en Russie est un ensemble d'idées unique, un concept doté d'un caractère d'universalité culturelle de son temps: le carnavalesque attire l'attention non seulement de Bakhtine et de Boulgakov, mais aussi de presque tous les modernistes russes et de certains philologues de l'époque. Dans notre travail, l'étude de la ressemblance des approches du problème du carnaval chez Boulgakov et chez Bakhtine s'organise selon deux axes de recherche. Le premier est lié à la théorie des genres moderne et à son développement dans la philosophie de Bakhtine. C'est dans ce contexte que nous examinons la notion antique de la satire ménippée (ou de la ménippée), considérée par Bakhtine en tant que genre littéraire qui reflète le mieux la poétique du carnaval. C'est également ce contexte qui nous permet d'analyser l'évolution de la théorie du carnaval et de la ménippée chez Bakhtine depuis ses travaux des années 30 jusqu'à la parution du « quatrième chapitre célèbre » de la deuxième édition de son ouvrage consacré à Dostoïevski. Le même contexte sert à délimiter l'emploi de la théorie du carnaval et de la ménippée dans la critique littéraire et à déterminer l'efficacité de cet outil théorique que nous utilisons lors de l'analyse du roman Le Maître et Marguerite. Le second axe de notre recherche est lié à l'étude des traditions du carnaval, à l'examen de leurs sources mythologiques et de leurs sources relatives aux mystères. Ces sources sont considérées telles qu'elles se présentent dans les manières de concevoir le carnaval propres à Bakhtine et à Boulgakov que nous avons nommées, respectivement, le carnaval de Bakhtine et le carnaval de Boulgakov. La reconstruction du carnaval de Bakhtine a permis de mettre en évidence plusieurs approches du thème du carnaval présentes dans ses ouvrages. La distinction de ces approches est d'autant plus importante que son oubli peut causer de fausses interprétations des idées de Bakhtine exprimées dans L'oeuvre de François Rabelais et mener à des critiques injustes de son auteur. Nous avons également tenu compte des théories avec lesquelles dialogue la philosophie du carnaval de Bakhtine : nous l'avons examinée en relation avec des études de la fête, du carnaval et du sacrifice caractéristiques du paysage scientifique des premières décennies du XXe siècle. Nous avons également comparée la philosophie du carnaval aux théories des philosophes européens contemporains de Bakhtine qui se sont intéressés à la même problématique, mais qu'on n'a pas l'habitude de mentionner à ce propos. En ce qui concerne l'étude du roman Le Maître et Marguerite et l'analyse du carnaval de Boulgakov, nous avons tâché d'unir deux approches. D'une part, nous avons mis au jour les sources de l'auteur ; d'autre part, nous avons examiné cette oeuvre dans une perspective dont le but est d'aider à comprendre la spécificité du carnavalesque chez Boulgakov en s'appuyant sur des travaux d'éminents spécialistes du folklore, de la mytho-archéologie, de la mytho-critique et de la sémiotique moderne. Notre recherche a permis de mettre en évidence les manifestations caractéristiques de la poétique du carnaval dans Le Maître et Marguerite, auparavant négligées par la critique. En outre, nous avons prêté une attention particulière à la façon dont Boulgakov utilise des éléments et modèles mythologiques « pré-carnavalesques » qui n'ont pas été étudiés de manière suffisante dans l'oeuvre de Bakhtine. Cela nous a permis non seulement de voir sous un autre jour les scènes-clés du roman, mais aussi d'avoir la connaissance plus approfondie du carnaval de Bakhtine à travers le carnaval de Boulgakov.

First records and potential palaeoecological significance of Dianella (Xanthorrhoeaceae), an extinct representative of the native flora of Rapa Nui (Easter Island).

Easter Island, a remote island in the Pacific Ocean, is currently primarily covered by grasslands, but palaeoecological studies have shown the former presence of different vegetation. Much of its original biota has been removed during the last two millennia, most likely by human activities, and little is known about the native flora.Macrofossil and pollen analyses of a sediment core from the Raraku crater lake have revealed the occurrence of a plant that is currently extinct from the island: Dianella cf. intermedia/adenanthera (Xanthorrhoeaceae), which grew and disappeared at the Raraku site long before human arrival. The occurrence of Dianella within the Raraku sedimentary sequence (between 9.4 and 5.4 cal. kyr B.P.) could have been linked to the existence of favorable palaeoenvironmental conditions (peatland rather than the present-day lacustrine environment) during the early to mid Holocene. This finding contributes new knowledge about indigenous plant diversity on Easter Island and reinforces the usefulness of further macrofossil and pollen analyses to identify native species on Easter Island and elsewhere.

Macrofossils in Raraku Lake (Easter Island) integrated with sedimentary and geochemical records towards a palaeoecological synthesis for the last 34,000 years

Macrofossil analysis of a composite 19 m long sediment core from Rano Raraku Lake (Easter Island)was related to litho-sedimentary and geochemical features of the sediment. Strong stratigraphical patterns are shown by indirect gradient analyses of the data. The good correspondence between the stratigraphical patterns derived from macrofossil (Correspondence Analysis) and sedimentary and geochemical data (Principal Component Analysis) shows that macrofossil associations provide sound palaeolimnological information in conjunction with sedimentary data. The main taphonomic factors in fluencing the macrofossil assemblages are run-off from the catchment, the littoral plant belt, and the depositional environment within the basin. Five main stages during the last 34,000 calibrated years BP (cal yr BP) are characterised from the lithological, geochemical, and macrofossil data. From 34 to 14.6 cal kyr BP (last glacial period) the sediments were largely derived from the catchment, indicating a high energy lake environment with much erosion and run-off bringing abundant plant trichomes, lichens, and mosses into the centre of Raraku Lake.

Study of Johnsons Glacier (Livingston Island, Antarctica) by means of shallow ice cores and their tephra and by analysis of 137Cs content

With the aim of monitoring the dynamics of the Livingston Island ice cap, the Departament de Geodinàmica i Geofísica of the Universitat de Barcelona began ye a r ly surveys in the austral summer of 1994-95 on Johnsons Glacier. During this field campaign 10 shallow ice cores were sampled with a manual ve rtical ice-core drilling machine. The objectives were: i) to detect the tephra layer accumulated on the glacier surface, attributed to the 1970 Deception Island pyroclastic eruption, today interstratified; ii) to verify wheter this layer might serve as a reference level; iii) to measure the 1 3 7Cs radio-isotope concentration accumulated in the 1965 snow stratum; iv) to use the isochrone layer as a mean of verifying the age of the 1970 tephra layer; and, v) to calculate both the equilibrium line of the glacier and average mass balance over the last 28 years (1965-1993). The stratigr a p hy of the cores, their cumulative density curves and the isothermal ice temperatures recorded confi rm that Johnsons Glacier is a temperate glacier. Wi n d, solar radiation heating and liquid water are the main agents controlling the ve rtical and horizontal redistribution of the volcanic and cryoclastic particles that are sedimented and remain interstratified within the g l a c i e r. It is because of this redistribution that the 1970 tephra layer does not always serve as a ve ry good reference level. The position of the equilibrium line altitude (ELA) in 1993, obtained by the 1 3 7Cs spectrometric analysis, varies from about 200 m a.s.l. to 250 m a.s.l. This indicates a rising trend in the equilibrium line altitude from the beginning of the 1970s to the present day. The va rying slope orientation of Johnsons Glacier relative to the prevailing NE wind gives rise to large local differences in snow accumulation, which locally modifies the equilibrium line altitude. In the cores studied, 1 3 7Cs appears to be associated with the 1970 tephra laye r. This indicates an intense ablation episode throughout the sampled area (at least up to 330 m a.s.l), which probably occurred synchronically to the 1970 tephra deposition or later. A rough estimate of the specific mass balance reveals a considerable accumulation gradient related to the increase with altitude.