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Determining the effectiveness of conservation actions is a priority in conservation biology, especially in island ecosystems which can host large numbers of endemic and often threatened species. In this study, we have brought together a genetic, body condition and breeding success assessment with the aim of evaluating the viability of a newly founded population of the endangered Gran Canaria blue chaffinch (Fringilla polatzeki), the forest passerine species with the most restricted distribution in the Western Palearctic. The species occurs exclusively in the Canary pine forests (Pinus canariensis) of the island of Gran Canaria, with the Inagua nature reserve harbouring the highest number individuals. In 2010, a translocation program was initiated within the same island in the nearby pine forests of La Cumbre with the goal of establishing a viable breeding population. Genetic results revealed that La Cumbre shows genetic parameters (diversity, inbreeding, and relatedness) similar to the core source of Inagua, which contrasts with the reduced genetic diversity expected due to the small size of the newly founded population. The biometric and body condition results (wing and tarsus length, body mass, and length asymmetry of the tail feathers), together with the breeding success (nest survival and number of fledglings per successful breeding attempt), were also similar in both populations. Overall, these findings suggest that the translocation program has been successful and provide insights on the effectiveness of the actions performed. Our evaluation also delivers future avenues for the conservation planning in other upland forest endangered avian species inhabiting island ecosystems, especially those threatened by the effects of global warming. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The porcelain crab Porcellana africana was originally identified as a subspecies of Porcellana platycheles , a species widely distributed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. A study characterizing the recent invasion of P. africana in South Africa places doubts on the identification and previously reported distribution of populations of the two species of Porcellana , which could have implications for the conservation and management of the species. Here, we aimed to delineate the Porcellana species from the East Atlantic to gain a better understanding of their distribution, which will help in conservation decision-making. Molecular analyses based on two mitochondrial genes and a nuclear gene confirmed that P. africana is a well-defined species and that its distribution extends further north, including the Canary Islands. A time divergence estimation indicates the cladogenesis between P. platycheles and P. africana occurred during the Neogene, likely linked to drastic climatic and environmental changes that took place during the Pliocene. Both species are morphologically very close, but can be distinguished by the shape of the third thoracic sternite. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a comprehensive assessment of the bell inventories from the islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, and Lanzarote, conducted over recent years. It primarily addresses the list of bell founders or craftsmen recorded, along with the chronology and origins of those pieces of significant heritage interest. It also explores aspects such as the ornamental motifs and the epigraphic legends or inscriptions commonly found on these instruments. Additionally, the paper suggests attributing some instruments to bell founders Juan Felipe de Rivas and Gaspar Antonio de Alvear, who were active during the 17th and 18th centuries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, Julio Antonio Yanes Mesa proposes a methodology to expand the contents of classic Spanish journalism stories to the entire national territory, including peripheral regions such as the Canary Islands. The author argues that this proposal enriches knowledge by considering people's experiences and reflecting the reality of different regions of Spain. The importance of considering the influences of both Europe and America on the communicative model of the Canary Islands is highlighted. In addition, the history of journalism in the Canary Islands and its treatment in various works is analyzed, as well as the British presence on the islands and the relationship with Latin America. The article also discusses the dynamics of journalism in the Canary Islands during different periods, such as the period from 1868 to 1874 and the Second Republic in Spain. Canarian newspapers that carried out their work with freedom and independence during the Second Republic are mentioned, and the financial autonomy of Canarian newspapers during that period is highlighted. The document provides a list of books and articles related to the history of journalism in Spain and the Canary Islands. In summary, the author proposes a methodology from the "periphery" of the Canary Islands to address the history of Spanish journalism and avoid the reductionism of stories developed from the "center". [Extracted from the article]

Introduction: Sea urchin diseases have been documented in several locations worldwide, with reported occurrences of bacterial, protozoan, fungal, and algal infections. Objective: This study aimed to investigate pathogen agents in populations of Arbacia lixula and Paracentrotus lividus along the coast of Gran Canaria Island (Central-East Atlantic, Spain). Methods: Sampling was conducted at San Cristobal beach, on the Northeast side of the island, where sea urchins were manually collected from depths of 1-3 m during June, July, and October 2022. Swab samples were taken from the external and internal areas of the lesions and cultured on various media plates. Results: Eight different pathogen agents, including bacteria and fungi, were identified, with Vibrio alginolyticus being the most frequently observed bacteria in all diseased sea urchin samples. Additionally, ciliated protozoans were found within the tests, potentially acting as opportunistic parasites. Conclusions: This research provides a unique perspective on bald sea urchin disease by identifying a significant number of associated pathogens, including Candida, previously unreported in diseased organisms. Furthermore, the study highlights the presence of an inflammatory response in tissues with bacterial colonies, offering crucial insights into understanding this sea urchin disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this article is to clarify the actions and circumstances that were present in the cases of scandal in the western Canarian manor in the 18th century from a legal historical approach. The primary sources examined are the judicial files of the Documentary section of the Casa Fuerte of Adeje (Adeje Strong House), kept in the Archive of the Canarian Museum (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria). These documents concern Adeje (island of Tenerife), the islands of La Gomera and El Hierro. Likewise, this paper takes into account the legal and doctrinal postulates of the most widespread jurists in the archipelago, as guidelines for judicial administration in the local sphere. This work highlights the consideration of scandal as a conduct that undermined the established sexual norms and altered the moral order in the affected neighborhood. Not surprisingly, pragmatic treaties, such as the widespread Política para corregidores, contemplated the disposition that local authorities should show towards the preservation of tranquility in their jurisdictions, punishing dishonest and notorious behaviors in the neighborhood. In his sense, the Canary Islands belonged to the Castilian legal model, while the relevance of discretion was appreciated in the judicial practice. At the same time, the reading of the records shows the projection of the social and economic circumstances in the transgressive behaviors. In summary, this study aims to contribute to current knowledge on the exercise of justice in the manorial territories in the aforementioned century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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These past decades have seen an emergence of studies on speech acts. Condolences, however, are among the least addressed out of them. Bibliography on this subject is scarce if compared to that of petitions, promises, offers, and so on, more so in Spanish, where papers on this subject are few and far between. This gap is especially notable in diachronic studies. This paper aims to offer a first approach to strategies for delivering condolences in 18th and 19th century letters written in the Canary Islands, Spain. Its goal is to describe which are the most common semantic formulas used to give condolences, and how much they resemble those described by different authors regarding this speech act in modern languages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A new species from the Canary Islands is described and illustrated: Micrambe humboldti n. sp. A differential key to the Canarian endemic species is presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Background: This work analyzed the impact of COVID-19 on antidepressant consumption during the first year of the pandemic (2020) taking as a baseline the prescribing trends during the previous 4 years (2016-2019). For this, the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and the 4 islands that make it up were taken as a geographical area. Methods: Sales data in community pharmacies were taken as an aggregated database. The dose per inhabitant and day was used as an indicator of consumption. Results: In the islands of EL Hierro and La Gomera, the increase in population does not in itself justify the relevant increases observed in the consumption of antidepressants and possibly COVID-19 and its consequences on the health of the population could be responsible for these increases. On the island of Tenerife, the increase in population could justify, to a large extent, the slight increase in consumption observed. The island of La Palma presents an increase of 1.40%, but lower than the expected value taking as baseline the prescribing trends in the last 4 years, despite an increase in population of 0,95%. All the islands present the same trends in the consumption of the different subgroups of antidepressants and active pharmaceutical ingredients, although with slight variations, with the exception of the island of La Palma which presents a statistically different behavior and trends. Conclusions: These differences could be related to the socio-sanitary and demographic characteristics of each of the islands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Anagyrus fusciventris (Girault, 1915) (Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae) is recorded for the first time in the Canary Islands (Spain) and the Macaronesian region. One specimen was observed on 2nd May 2020 in the municipality of Candelaria (Tenerife). Samples of Coccoloba uvifera L. (Magnoliopsida, Polygonaceae) infested by Paracoccus burnerae (Brain, 1915) (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae) were collected from perimeter gardens of the observation point and placed in insect evolutionaries between May and June 2020. One specimen of A. fusciventris was then collected on 12th June 2020. Parasitoid and mealybug were identified using morphological and molecular methods based on the DNA barcode sequencing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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As well as bringing to light some of the archaeological work carried out at the site at La Restinga Telde, Gran Canaria), the present article reviews and assesses the protocols for analysing patterns of breakage and erosion of the ceramic fragments found there. The article examines, on the one hand, how the archaeological remains came to be there where they were identified, while on the other, it also considers the taphonomic characterization and restoration of ceramics found in two distinct structural spaces: one residential and another a waste area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The creation of the Canarian Councils was the first establishment of the Castilian municipal system outside of mainland Spain. Among these Islands' institutions, La Palma and Tenerife had the peculiarity of sharing a governing council throughout the centuries-long existence of the combination of island-as-municipality. The present article examines the post of "Justicia Mayor" in La Palma by means of a quantitative analysis of the Libros de Actas del Cabildo de La Palma, delving into the governor's presence on the island and the importance to the territory of his lieutenant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the features and practices of military command during a war of conquest, as exhibited by Castilian captains at the dawn of Iberian Atlantic expansion between the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age. Focusing on Castilian royal chronicles of military campaigns against the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, such texts demonstrate continuities with the military discourse developed during the war against the Muslims in medieval Spain, as well as adaptation to a new geographical, social and cultural context, embodied in the experiences of the conquest of the Americas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Irregular migration is a complex phenomenon that defies the sole concepts of movement restriction and lockdown introduced by the pandemic. Accordingly, 2020 was a particularly tense year for migratory fluxes from Africa to Europe. The Canary islands route saw a reactivation after almost a decade of low activity, with 23,023 registered arrivals in 2020. Similarly to other European islands, such as Lesbos or Lampedusa, the Canary islands have limited state assistance resources for immigrants. The pandemic is, thus, a cause of the massive emigration in the Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa, but is also a decisive factor for the human rights violations before, during and after the immigrants’ arrival at the islands. Under these circumstances, Spain is obliged to comply with international, European, and national law regarding migrants’ fundamental rights. This paper argues that Spain must always guarantee the health protection of refugees and asylum seekers during the legal procedures of intervention, assistance and detention. Furthermore, the enforcement of sanitary measures is not a valid cause for omitting certain guarantees such as the right to legal assistance, the freedom of movement within national territory, the compliance with detention times, and the use of clean and safe reception centers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick, 1917) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is a pest that causes significant losses to tomato production all over the world. Recently, it has been reported that the eulophid parasitoid, Necremnus tutae Ribes & Bernardo, 2015 (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae), has great potential as a biocontrol agent of this pest. Herein, we obtained and make available the reference DNA barcode sequence of N. tutae. and report on its occurrence in the Canary Islands for the first time. The possible consequences that this new record could have on the biological control of the tomato leaf miner in tomato producing greenhouses in the Canary Islands are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New material enables the author to complete the catalogue of the Cryptophagus Herbst, 1792 (Coleoptera, Cryptophagidae) form Canary Islands. A new species of Cryptophagus: Cryptophagus angelinii n. sp. from the Canary Islands is described and illustrated. A differential key is established with the species of the genus from the Canary islands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The strategic position of the Canary Islands made the archipelago a prominent enclave of the First World War. The war disrupted the island's communication, sparking a broad sociocultural debate that also took in international diplomatic and propaganda organizations, shipping companies and foreign colonies. This article analyses the efforts made by foreign powers to direct Canarian public opinion between 1914 and 1918, describing the messages and propaganda apparatus of France, Germany, and Great Britain, as well as the instruments of dissemination employed on the islands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Orthophrys pygmaeum is recorded first time for the Spanish fauna from Tarifa (Cadiz) and Lanzarote (Canary Islands). New data about its biology, taxonomy and hypothesis about its distribution are given. An annotated Appendix of the ibero-macaronesian Saldidae and a check list of the Iberian Leptopodomorpha are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Nowadays The Canary Islands represent one of the best known “Sun & Sea tourist destinations” amongst European citizens, which has undergone an increase in tourist numbers from scarcely seventy thousand in 1960 to more than fourteen million in 2017. These numbers, per se, show the significance of the tourist phenomenon for these islands in which the economic, social and cultural bases have been completely modified in the last 70 years. History of mass tourism in the Canary Islands is an important tool to understand, among other things, the gradual break up with the strict ideological and moral framework imposed by Franco dictatorship. Here, we provide a reading that is much closer to the social and work impact of tourists from the European Welfare States over the locals and to detect the contradictions, immediately emerged, in the dictatorship political context.

Melanoleuca tristis and Psathyrella carminei are reported as new records for the mycobiota of the Canary Islands. In addition, chorological and ecological data of ten taxa are given for the islands of Tenerife and El Hierro. The most interesting taxa are described and illustrated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]