Javier Bobo-Pinilla

• PhD
• Profesor Ayudante Doctor at University of Valladolid

The aim of this research was to evaluate and compare the efficiency of the flipped learning strategy with that of a conventional teaching method with respect to learning outcomes, cognitive gain, and perception and satisfaction with regard to the methodology used. The research was carried out during the 2021-2022 academic year and focused on a mole...

The aim of this study is to assess the application of inquiry as a teaching strategy during the practicum of a pre-service teacher and to verify the acquisition of scientific skills by her students. The importance of this study is the application of inquiry as a teaching strategy at lower levels of basic education to contribute to scientific skills...

INTRODUCCIÓN. El desarrollo de la competencia digital y de la competencia digital docente son aspectos necesarios en los maestros en formación. Los avances tecnológicos hacen que surjan una serie de estrategias e iniciativas nacionales e internacionales dirigidas al desarrollo de las competencias digitales de la ciudadanía. En este propósito son fu...

Studies on the origin and evolutionary history of closely related plants help to understand patterns of diversity of the mountain flora in addition to providing the basis for their identification. The genus Tephroseris includes three endemic taxa with small and disjoint distributions in the high mountains of the Iberian Peninsula and on the Maritim...

Inquiry as a strategy for science teaching has become widespread in the classroom and has various applications. But whether teachers are sufficiently trained to carry it out in pre-university classrooms would need to be determined. The objective of this study is to determine the inquiry knowledge of preservice primary teachers and their ability to...

The aim of the research was to analyze the learning difficulties and alternative conceptions that Spanish pre-service teachers have about digestive physiology and anatomy. The study was conducted on a primary education bachelor’s degree biology course during the 2021/2022 academic year (n=91). The participants were asked to complete a conceptual te...

Preserving the genetic diversity of forest species is critical for maintaining their adaptive potential and allowing for generation turnover in forest ecosystems. Considering an uncertain future, it is necessary to establish reliable genetic conservation strategies to optimize the genetic variation preserved within populations in a spatially explic...

Plant awareness disparity (PAD), formerly known as plant blindness, refers to the fact of overlooking or failing to perceive plants, perhaps due to poor 'species literacy'. Despite numerous efforts made by scientists and educators over the years, PAD is still present in students at all educational levels. An assessment was carried out on 259 studen...

During the last decades, phylogeography has transformed the ways to analyze and understand plant diversity and biogeography. The repeated and increasingly detailed articles made from DNA data with phylogeographical procedures and algorithms have revolutionized biodiversity research, particularly on biodiversity conservation. This paper presents a s...

The experience of the pioneering vineyard venture of M. Boutari & Co Ltd in Gansu Province is presented as supporting evidence to our thesis that Tianshui could be considered as an optimal place to grow Pinot Noir in China. The original investment was based on the idea that Tianshui has an untypically temperate macroclimate extremely rarely encount...

Astragalus edulis (Fabaceae) is an endangered annual plant species from the western Mediterranean region. It occurs in the Iberian Peninsula (SE), Morocco (two main locations in the NE and SW), and the easternmost Canary Islands (Lanzarote and Fuerteventura). After a thorough study assessing genetic diversity and phylogeographic patterns, and a pro...

Implications of the differences in leaf life span are still subject to debate in the field of ecophysiology. Since leaf traits associated with these differences may be decisive for determining the distribution of tree species, this topic is particularly relevant in the context of climate change. This study analyzes the effects of the differences in...

Hybridization is an important mechanism in plant evolution, which contributes to the adaptability and biological diversity of species in fundamental ways. Based on morphological data, Veronica × gundisalvi Sennen (Veronica orsiniana × V. tenuifolia subsp. tenuifolia) is an Iberian endemic taxon of presumably polytopic hybrid origin restricted to fi...

Conservation genetics is a well‐established and essential scientific field in the toolkit of conservation planning, management, and decision‐making. Within its framework, phylogeography allows the definition of conservation strategies, especially in threatened endemic plants. Gypsum and salt-rich outcrops constitute a model example of an edaphic is...

The Balkan Peninsula is recognized as one of the hotspots of biodiversity in Europe. This area has shown since the Last Glacial Maximum appropriate conditions for species diversification and hybridization, which has led to the existence of numerous taxonomically unresolved entities. Here, we focus on the Western Balkans and explore the genetic stru...

Background – Biodiversity loss is a problem that needs to be urgently addressed, particularly with the uncertainties of climate change. Current conservation policies principally focus on endangered species but they often give little consideration to the evolutionary processes, genetic diversity, or the rarity of non-endangered species. Endemic spec...

The monotypic genus Podofomes, with the species Podofomes trogii, is a stipitate polypore with annual, reniform to infundibuliform pilei with a black crust, concentrically zonate, irregularly decurrent pores, a trimitic hyphal system, clamped generative hyphae, absence of cystidial elements, and ellipsoid, smooth, non-reacting in Melzer’s reagent b...

Phylogeographic and evolutionary studies are necessary to establish solid taxonomic treatments and for the implementation of effective conservation programs. Unfortunately, a well‐argued and well‐founded taxonomic framework is still lacking for some Mediterranean taxa. This is the case of Arenaria section Pseudomoehringia, a group that currently co...

The experience of the pioneering vineyard venture of M. Boutari & Co Ltd in Gansu Province is presented as supporting evidence to our thesis that Tianshui could be considered as an optimal place to grow Pinot Noir in China. The original investment was based on the idea that Tianshui has an untypically temperate macroclimate extremely rarely encount...

Polyploidization and hybridization are important sources of variation that may lead to species formation, but -at the same time- they frequently blur phylogenetic relationships among lineages, which may also prevent speciation. Polyploid complexes represent therefore challenging research subjects in phylogenetics. Veronica subsect. Pentasepalae com...

Quaternary glacial cycles appear to have had a consistent role in shaping the genetic diversity and structure of plant species. Despite the unusual combination of the characteristics of the western Mediterranean-Macaronesian area, there are no studies that have specifically examined the effects of palaeoclimatic and palaeogeographic factors on the...

Se señalan y comentan 15 táxones silvestres de la familia Orchidaceae que presentan interés corológico, biogeográfico o conservacionista en la provincia de Zamora y otras provincias limítrofes (España). Todos ellos están escasamente citados en el NW ibérico y algunos son novedades o aportaciones interesantes para las provincias de Zamora, Orense y...

Although it has been traditionally accepted that Arenaria balearica (Caryophyllaceae) could be a relict Tertiary plant species, this has never been experimentally tested. Nor have the palaeohistorical reasons underlying the highly fragmented distribution of the species in the Western Mediterranean region been investigated. We have analysed AFLP dat...

GenBank accession numbers

Raw data sequences MatK.fasta file : Sequences corresponding to psbA-3’trnK-matK (Shaw et al., 2005); Rps16.fasta file: Sequences corresponding to Rps16 (Shaw et al., 2005); TabC and TabF files: Sequences corresponding to trnL-trnF (Taberlet et al., 1991).

AFLP data

AFLP matrix.

Appendix. Appendix 1. Probabilities of loss of rare alleles when all populations of Astragalus edulis are considered as one single management unit and preferred sampling area.

GenBank Accession Numbers.

Astragalus edulis (Fabaceae) is an endangered annual species from the western Mediterranean region that colonized the SE Iberian Peninsula, NE and SW Morocco, and the easternmost Macaronesian islands (Lanzarote and Fuerteventura). Although in Spain some conservation measures have been adopted, it is still necessary to develop an appropriate managem...