RT Conference Proceedings
T1 Preliminary study of the atmospheric pollen in Ronda (south Spain)
A1 Picornell Rodríguez, Antonio
A1 Recio-Criado, María Marta
A1 Trigo-Pérez, María del Mar
A1 Cabezudo-Artero, Baltasar
K1 Botánica
K1 Biología Vegetal
AB Since 1991, the aerobiology research team of the University of Malaga has been samplingand studying the atmospheric pollen content in different localities of Malaga province (SWSpain) (Recio et al. 1998, 2006). Nevertheless, the northwest part of the province had notbeen studied yet. In order to complete this missing information, a pollen trap was installedin Ronda in December 2016. This locality, the biggest city in the northwest of Malagaprovince, is located in a rural area close to the natural Parks Sierra de las Nieves and Sierrade Grazalema, surrounded by crops, natural and semi-natural vegetation. The objectives ofthis preliminary study were to determinate the atmospheric pollen behaviour of the maintaxa registered during winter and spring months in Ronda, as well as compare them withthe data obtained by Malaga city sampling station during the same period in order to searchfor significant differences.The samplings were made by means of two Hirst-type volumetric pollen traps (Hirst 1952).One of them was placed on the roof of the Perez de Guzman High School (Ronda) and theother was located on the roof of the Faculty of Sciences building (Malaga). Samplesobtained were mounted and counted according to the methodology proposed by the SpanishAerobiology Network, the REA (Galán et al. 2007).Significant differences (α = 0.05) between Ronda and Malaga were found regarding thedaily concentration of pollen. These differences were particularly detected for some pollentypes such as Mercurialis, Fraxinus, Urticaceae and Cupressaceae. In general, we foundhigher pollen concentration levels in Ronda. We can see a delay for some taxa in Ronda.The higher concentrations of pollen detected in Ronda can be justified by the abundantsurrounding vegetation. The differences in concentration and seasonal behaviour detectedfor some taxa can be explained by the different thermotype and ombrothype of the twosampling sites and the natural distribution and abundance of these taxa in the province.
PB De Linares C & Belmonte J
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10630/14484
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10630/14484
LA eng
NO ISBN: 978-84-945378-7-5 (Book)ISBN: 978-84-945378-8-2 (e-Book)Available inhttp://lap.uab.cat/aerobiologia/es/bibliography#organizedcongresses
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 4 mar 2026