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Diversity, Volume 14, Issue 12

December 2022 - 133 articles

Cover Story: Island wetlands are considered crucial to biodiversity; however, they are particularly vulnerable to invasive species. Α striking example is the Common slider Trachemys scripta, one of the most important invasive species worldwide, which occurs both in the mainland and insular Greece. In our study, we report for the first time, this invasive species on the island of Lesvos, Greece. During the 12-year monitoring of Lesvos native terrapins, we found T. scripta in three wetlands. Although we found stable populations of the two native freshwater terrapins, the T. scripta presence raises concerns regarding its future effects on the local terrapin populations. We propose the systematic monitoring of insular wetlands, with priority on those where T. scripta occurs. View this paper
 
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Articles (133)

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,655 Views
18 Pages

Distribution Pattern of Fish Richness in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin

  • Kai Li,
  • Jishan Wang,
  • Xiaoai Wang,
  • Mengjun Wang,
  • Ruchuan He and
  • Mo Wang

19 December 2022

Global warming significantly affects plateau glaciers and surface runoff, and fish are bound to be severely affected. Additionally, an increasing number of human activities (e.g., free captive animals, aquaculture) have led to vulnerable plateau ecos...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,880 Views
16 Pages

Factors Affecting Plant Composition in Abandoned Railway Areas with Particular Emphasis on Forest Proximity

  • Agnieszka Hutniczak,
  • Alina Urbisz,
  • Andrzej Urbisz and
  • Łukasz Strzeleczek

19 December 2022

Abandoned railway areas are places for the spontaneous spread of plants and the formation of specific plant communities. However, only limited information on this subject is available in the literature. The study aimed to determine the direction and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,230 Views
20 Pages

Genetic Detection and a Method to Study the Ecology of Deadly Cubozoan Jellyfish

  • Scott J. Morrissey,
  • Dean R. Jerry and
  • Michael J. Kingsford

19 December 2022

Cubozoan jellyfish pose a risk of envenomation to humans and a threat to many businesses, yet crucial gaps exist in determining threats to stakeholders and understanding their ecology. Environmental DNA (eDNA) provides a cost-effective method for det...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,479 Views
16 Pages

Diversity of Volatile Compounds in the Inula candida / I. verbascifolia Group (Asteraceae-Inuleae) and Its Impact on Species Delimitation

  • Aikaterini Koutsaviti,
  • Maria Eleftheria Zografaki,
  • Nikolaos M. Fyllas,
  • Olga Tzakou and
  • Theophanis Constantinidis

19 December 2022

The members of the Inula candida / I. verbascifolia group are perennial and chasmophytic plants attributed to four species and eleven entities at subspecific or varietal level. They are mostly confined to Greece. Volatile compounds of above-ground fl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,259 Views
17 Pages

18 December 2022

(1) The intercorrelated effects of climatic processes and anthropogenic land use changes have been shown to govern the population declines in several bird species, which have led to global extinctions. Ground-nesting birds are especially sensitive to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,368 Views
23 Pages

18 December 2022

Himantoglossum affine is a threatened terrestrial orchid. We aimed to optimize asymbiotic seed germination and direct embryogenesis and to analyze the phytochemical profile and physico-biochemical analysis of leaf and tuber. The individual use of org...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,126 Views
13 Pages

Selection of Nesting Habitat and Insular Niche Separation of Two Sympatric Aquila Species

  • Maria Solanou,
  • Eirini Trypidaki,
  • Elisavet Georgopoulou,
  • Konstantinos Damianakis,
  • Afroditi Kardamaki and
  • Stavros M. Xirouchakis

18 December 2022

Aquila chrysaetos and Aquila fasciata are two congeneric eagle species distributed in the Mediterranean region which are supposed to compete for similar breeding and foraging resources. In the present study, bioclimatic, topographic, and human-relate...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,273 Views
12 Pages

17 December 2022

The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is an endangered migratory raptor species that migrates in winter to Pakistan and neighbouring countries. In Pakistan, the species migrate at the end of autumn and utilise different habitats across the country. Ve...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,192 Views
14 Pages

Analysis of Prey Composition in Eurasian Reed Warblers’ Acrocephalus scirpaceus Droppings at Four Breeding Sites in Italy

  • Renzo Ientile,
  • Beniamino Tuliozi,
  • Daniela Campobello,
  • Stefano Borghi,
  • Luigi Sala,
  • Matteo Dal Zotto and
  • Bruno Massa

17 December 2022

Our aim was to investigate the among-populations diversity of prey composition in Eurasian Reed Warblers’ diets via their droppings, both to assess the ecological validity of this sampling method and to test whether the prey species most abunda...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,894 Views
16 Pages

Biology, Genetic Diversity, and Ecology of Nitzschia acidoclinata Lange-Bertalot (Bacillariophyta)

  • Veronika B. Bagmet,
  • Shamil R. Abdullin,
  • Arthur Yu. Nikulin,
  • Vyacheslav Yu. Nikulin and
  • Andrey A. Gontcharov

17 December 2022

The diatom Nitzschia acidoclinata is a widespread eurybiontic alga. There is little information on its life cycle properties and cardinal points. To fill this gap, we analyzed six N. acidoclinata clones from a range of habitats in Asiatic Russia rega...

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