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Diversity, Volume 15, Issue 12

December 2023 - 69 articles

Cover Story: Ocinebrellus inornatus and Rapana venosa, two exotic marine gastropods of the family Muricidae originating from the northwest Pacific, are reported in Galician waters (NW Spain). Live specimens of O. inornatus were found on Illa de Arousa, in the Ría de Arousa, southern Galicia. Two new specimens of R. venosa are recorded in Galicia, one of them for the first time out of the Ría de Arousa, representing a range expansion for the species. The DNA barcoding analysis confirms the previous morphological identifications. The importation of clams and oysters for further cultivation seems to be the most likely route of introduction. The continuous arrival of marine exotic species strongly supports the need to establish a monitoring program in Galician waters. View this paper
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Articles (69)

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18 December 2023

The authors would like to make the following corrections to the published paper [...]

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18 December 2023

Natural history museum collections are essential for understanding biodiversity and environmental changes, especially in large cities with rapid urbanization. While the collaboration between curators and taxonomists with ecologists becomes more frequ...

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Functional Morphology as an Indicator of European Eel Population Status

  • Oliver Barić,
  • Tena Radočaj,
  • Alexis Conides,
  • Nevena Kitanović,
  • Jurica Jug-Dujaković and
  • Ana Gavrilović

17 December 2023

In the area of the Neretva delta in the eastern Adriatic, where the European eel, Anguilla anguilla (Linnaeus, 1758) has been traditionally fished for centuries, a decline in its population has been observed, as in most of Europe. Despite several stu...

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25 Pages

17 December 2023

Nemacheilid fishes in the genus Turcinoemacheilus are physically small members of the ichthyofauna communities of high-altitude and mountainous freshwater ecosystems. They are all distributed in Western Asia apart from a single species, described in...

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Plant Diversity Responses of Ulmus pumila L. Communities to Grazing Management in Hunshandak Sandy Land, China

  • Wenda Huang,
  • Yuanzheng He,
  • Xueyong Zhao,
  • Hongxiao Yang,
  • Honghao Gan and
  • Xin Zhao

16 December 2023

Biodiversity is sensitive to climate change and human activity. Grazing management practices have a profound impact on plant species–genetic diversity in grassland and woodland communities. In this study, we explored the responses of species an...

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6 Citations
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23 Pages

Land Use and Land Cover Trends and Their Impact on Streamflow and Sediment Yield in a Humid Basin of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest Biome

  • Jussara Freire de Souza Viana,
  • Suzana Maria Gico Lima Montenegro,
  • Raghavan Srinivasan,
  • Celso Augusto Guimarães Santos,
  • Manoranjan Mishra,
  • Ahmed Mukalazi Kalumba and
  • Richarde Marques da Silva

16 December 2023

Understanding the trends in land use and land cover (LULC) is crucial for modeling streamflow and sediment yield, particularly in hydrological basins. This study examined the impact of LULC on the dynamics of streamflow and sediment yield within a hu...

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6 Citations
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48 Pages

The Diversity of Larvae with Multi-Toothed Stylets from About 100 Million Years Ago Illuminates the Early Diversification of Antlion-like Lacewings

  • Florian Braig,
  • Timo Popp,
  • Ana Zippel,
  • Gideon T. Haug,
  • Simon Linhart,
  • Patrick Müller,
  • Thomas Weiterschan,
  • Joachim T. Haug and
  • Carolin Haug

15 December 2023

Neuroptera, the group of lacewings, is well known to have been more diverse in the past, offering to study patterns of biodiversity loss over time. This loss of diversity has been quantitatively established by the morphological diversity of lacewing...

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Identification of Floral Resources Used by the Stingless Bee Melipona beecheii for Honey Production in Different Regions of the State of Campeche, Mexico

  • Román Alberto León-Canul,
  • Juan Bautista Chalé-Dzul,
  • Arely Anayansi Vargas-Díaz,
  • Juan Javier Ortiz-Díaz,
  • Kelly Cristina Durán-Escalante,
  • Eugenio Carrillo-Ávila and
  • Alberto Santillán-Fernández

14 December 2023

The stingless bee Melipona beecheii is experiencing colony decline due to floral resource scarcity caused by deforestation. A study was conducted to identify the floral resources used by M. beecheii using honey samples collected in four regions of th...

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1 Citations
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Effects of Clothianidin Pesticide Application on the Strength of Honey Bee Colonies and Stress-Related Genes in the Vicinity of Rice Fields in the Republic of Korea

  • Minwoong Son,
  • Jisoo Kim,
  • Dongwon Kim,
  • Chang-Hoon Lee,
  • Peter Njukang Akongte,
  • Daegeun Oh,
  • Yong-Soo Choi and
  • Bo-Sun Park

14 December 2023

The honey bee, a crucial organism that provides ecological and economic value to humans, is currently facing threats from various environmental factors including pesticides. Numerous studies have been conducted to demonstrate the risks associated wit...

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14 Pages

Mapping Potential Regions of Human Interaction with Acuminate Horseshoe Bats (Rhinolophus acuminatus) in Thailand

  • Nutthinee Sirichan,
  • Aingorn Chaiyes,
  • Cecilia A. Sánchez,
  • Supaporn Wacharapluesadee,
  • Kornsorn Srikulnath and
  • Prateep Duengkae

14 December 2023

Bats are reservoirs for various pathogens, including SARS-like coronaviruses (CoVs). Understanding the distribution of bat species is crucial to identifying areas where viral spillover from bats to other animals or humans might occur. In this study,...

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