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Leopoldo Castro
Publications - 4
Citations - 214
Leopoldo Castro is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Global warming. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications receiving 167 citations.
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Climatic Risk and Distribution Atlas of European Bumblebees
Pierre Rasmont,Markus Franzén,Thomas Lecocq,Alexander Harpke,Stuart K. Roberts,Jacobus C. Biesmeijer,Leopoldo Castro,Björn Cederberg,Libor Dvorak,Úna Fitzpatrick,Yves Gonseth,Eric Haubruge,Gilles Mahé,Aulo Manino,Denis Michez,Johann Neumayer,Frode Ødegaard,Juho Paukkunen,T. Pawlikowski,Simon G. Potts,Menno Reemer,Josef Settele,Jakub Straka,Oliver Schweiger +23 more
TL;DR: In this paper, maps depicting potential risks of climate change for bumble bees are shown together with informative summary statistics, ecological background information and a picture of each European species, thanks to the EU FP7 project STEP, the authors gathered over one million bumblebee records from all over Europe.
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Distribution of bumblebees across Europe
Chiara Polce,Joachim Maes,Xavier Rotllan-Puig,Denis Michez,Leopoldo Castro,Björn Cederberg,Libor Dvorak,Úna Fitzpatrick,Frédéric Francis,Johann Neumayer,Aulo Manino,Juho Paukkunen,T. Pawlikowski,Stuart P. M. Roberts,Jakub Straka,Pierre Rasmont +15 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the predicted distribution of 47 species of bumblebees across 28 Member States of the European Union (EU-28) was analyzed and the value of pollination as an ecosystem service was estimated.
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Social wasps in Spain: the who and where.
J. M. Vega,F. Javier Ortiz-Sánchez,Ana Martínez-Arcediano,Leopoldo Castro,Teresa Alfaya,F. Carballada,S. Cruz,L Marqués,Arantza Vega,Berta Ruiz-Leon +9 more
TL;DR: A noteworthy finding is the wide presence of Polistes dominula and Vespula germanica in Spain and the appearance of Vespa velutina allergy in the northern part of the country.
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First Confirmed Record of the Smalltooth Sand Tiger, Odontapis Ferox, in Galicia (NW Spain)
Gonzalo Mucientes,Nair Vilas-Arrondo,Giulia Secci-Petretto,Uxía Vázquez,Xabier Pin,Alfredo Figueroa López,Leopoldo Castro,Elsa Froufe +7 more
TL;DR: The first confirmed record of O. ferox in Galician waters was reported in this paper , which complements the knowledge of the geographic distribution and occurrence of this rare and sparse species in the Northeastern Atlantic.