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This study is aligned with United Nations, Sustainable Development Goal 11, concerned about making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable, in particular, in line with resilience to disasters, and protecting the world's cultural heritage targets. Focused on a small sample of rammed earth residential dwellings in the city of Mula, one of the areas of highest seismic hazard in Spain, the seismic vulnerability has been assessed adapting the Vulnerability Index Method (Risk-UE) to tackle the specificities of earthen residential buildings. The majority of this humble earthen heritage, despite being an essential part of the Spanish Culture, suffers from the effects of abandonment and insufficient maintenance. As a consequence, these genuine buildings will be seriously damaged in the event of an earthquake of intensities from VII to VIII, with heritage losses representing 17% to 43% of the built area. These research outcomes can be used to define repair and strengthening priorities among the buildings in the sample when financial resources are limited. The proposed indices and coefficients can be applied to similar earthen structures, widely built in the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Petrocoptis montsicciana and P. pardoi are two Iberian endemic taxa of Caryophyllaceae family with an unclear taxonomic delimitation, being variously treated as independent species, subspecies or even synonyms. In the present study, allozyme raw data obtained in the early 2000s have been reused with improved tools to survey genetic structure, and complemented with modeling and niche comparative analyses to shed light on species delimitation. Genetic structure was investigated using four approaches: Bayesian clustering, Monmonier's algorithm, Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA), and Analysis of Molecular Variance (AMOVA). Ecological niche differences have been assessed through Ecological Niche Modeling (ENM) using MaxEnt, and Principal Component Analysis using both occurrence records and background climate (PCA-env). Genetic analysis confirms the distinction between both taxa, and the scenario of a progenitor–derivative (P–D) is suggested. In agreement with genetic data, niche analysis shows clear differences between their climate regarding species occurrences and background spaces. Climate divergence could be explained, at least partially, by the abundance of rocks where species live although differences at the microclimate instead of the regional climate should be explored in future research. Given the genetic distinction between P. montsicciana and P. pardoi, both taxa should be regarded as separate 'Management Units' (MUs). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This new species grows in the Pre-Pyrenees (Iberian Peninsula) and belongs to Centaurea section Lepteranthus. These populations have been reported twice till date and were identified once as C. emigrantis and once as C. pectinata. Morphological data reveal that these individuals should be described as a new species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This new species grows in the Pre-Pyrenees (Iberian Peninsula) and belongs to Centaurea section Lepteranthus. These populations have been reported twice till date and were identified once as C. emigrantis and once as C. pectinata. Morphological data reveal that these individuals should be described as a new species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]