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Diversity, Volume 16, Issue 12

2024 December - 75 articles

Cover Story: Cavernicolous scorpions have evolved unique morphological adaptations to thrive in dark, humid, and low-energy input environments. The Balkans, particularly the Dinaric Karst region, host a diverse cave-adapted fauna, including scorpions. The first truly troglobitic European scorpion, Euscorpius studentium, was only described a few years ago, based on two immature specimens from a cave in Montenegro. In the present contribution, this unique species is redescribed based on the first adult specimens (photo); the ecological classification of all currently known cavernicolous Euscorpiidae is updated; a key to the identification of cavernicolous scorpions occurring in the Dinaric Karst is provided; and the historical and geographical factors affecting the distribution and conservation of cavernicolous scorpions in the Balkans are reviewed. View this paper
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Articles (75)

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,107 Views
16 Pages

23 December 2024

Given the growing interest in sustainable tourism and the need to preserve ecological integrity, understanding how tourism resource development can coexist with biodiversity conservation is crucial, especially in ecologically sensitive regions. The D...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,345 Views
15 Pages

Simulated Herbivory Induces Volatile Emissions of Oak Saplings, but Parasitoid Communities Vary Mainly Among Forest Sites

  • Freerk Molleman,
  • Priscila Mezzomo,
  • Manidip Mandal,
  • Soumen Mallick,
  • Martin Moos,
  • Petr Vodrážka,
  • Andreas Prinzing and
  • Urszula Walczak

23 December 2024

We know little about how parasitoids of herbivorous insects use herbivore-induced volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to locate potential hosts on saplings in forests, and how this depends on tree composition. Therefore, we performed an experiment in a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 2024 Feature Papers by Diversity’s Editorial Board Members)
  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,763 Views
23 Pages

Knowledge Gaps on the Effectiveness of Seed Dispersal by Mammals and the Effect of Human Disturbances: A Review

  • Onaylis Triay-Limonta,
  • Gerardo G. Hechavarría-García,
  • Carlos E. Valdivia and
  • Constanza Napolitano

23 December 2024

Seed dispersal by frugivorous mammals is crucial for plant reproduction, but anthropogenic disturbances can disrupt this process. However, there is a lack of research on mammalian seed dispersal in anthropogenic habitats, with few systematic literatu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,856 Views
24 Pages

Ecological Security Patterns Based on Ecosystem Services and Local Dominant Species in the Kunlun Mountains

  • Jianglong Yuan,
  • Ran Wang,
  • Xiaohuang Liu,
  • Jiufen Liu,
  • Liyuan Xing,
  • Xinping Luo,
  • Ping Zhu,
  • Junnan Li,
  • Chao Wang and
  • Honghui Zhao

23 December 2024

Constructing an ecological security pattern in ecologically fragile areas is crucial for maintaining regional ecological stability. This study focuses on the Kunlun Mountain region, identifying ecological sources based on habitat suitability assessme...

(This article belongs to the Topic Environmental Monitoring and Environmental Restoration for the Arid Lands and Wetlands)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,434 Views
19 Pages

Effects of a Microbial Vetch Fertilizer on the Disease Resistance, Yield, and Quality of Sweet Waxy Corn

  • Xiangtao Meng,
  • Zhuangzhuang Li,
  • Han Wu,
  • Haiming Duan,
  • Li Yu,
  • Cheng Zhou,
  • Meng Wang,
  • Kun Zhang,
  • Chaofan Hu and
  • Haibing Yu
  • + 1 author

22 December 2024

This study aimed to address stalk rot in sweet waxy corn while simultaneously decreasing the chemical fertilizer usage without affecting the crop yield. The investigators implemented an innovative approach that integrated disease management with envi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,228 Views
19 Pages

22 December 2024

Invasive species are a major driver of environmental change and pose a significPant threat to native biodiversity due to their ability to invade and establish themselves in natural or semi-natural ecosystems. This study analyzed the presence, abundan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ecology and Evolution of Invasive Plant Species)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,358 Views
16 Pages

20 December 2024

We report the discovery of a novel free-living marine nematode, Dracognomus elongatus sp. nov., from the genus Dracognomus Allen & Noffsinger, 1978 (Nematoda: Draconematidae), collected from geniculate coralline algal assemblages in the intertida...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamics of Marine Communities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,137 Views
22 Pages

Plant Species Diversity Assessment in the Temperate Grassland Region of China Using UAV Hyperspectral Remote Sensing

  • Hong Wang,
  • Chunyong Feng,
  • Xiaobing Li,
  • Yalei Yang,
  • Yao Zhang,
  • Jingru Su,
  • Dingsheng Luo,
  • Dandan Wei and
  • Yixiao He

20 December 2024

Biodiversity conservation is a critical environmental challenge, with accurate assessment being essential for conservation efforts. This study addresses the limitations of current plant diversity assessment methods, particularly in recognizing mixed...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,193 Views
7 Pages

19 December 2024

There are numerous reports of animals being struck by lightning, but the number of science-oriented studies in which a necropsy is performed, and the findings are documented, is relatively few and mostly focused on mammals. In contrast, analogous inf...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Conservation and Ecology of Raptors—2nd Edition)
  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
9,066 Views
18 Pages

19 December 2024

Robinia pseudoacacia is native to North America and has been introduced into many other countries in Europe, South and South East Asia, South America, Africa, and Oceania. The species has been planted intensively in a large area of these countries be...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Diversity Hotspots in the 2020s)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,317 Views
12 Pages

19 December 2024

Dam construction disrupts river continuity, and alters hydrological dynamics and the distributional composition of aquatic organisms. Understanding the spatial distribution of aquatic communities following dam construction is crucial for the effectiv...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Freshwater Zoobenthos Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,268 Views
20 Pages

19 December 2024

The Chihuahuan Desert biogeographic province in Mexico is the largest of the fourteen biogeographic provinces of the country. This biogeographic province hosts a diverse array of amphibian and reptile species, with 262 native species, including 53 am...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,357 Views
11 Pages

Length–Weight Relationships of Commercial Species in the Eastern Australian Sea Cucumber Fishery

  • Kristen L. McSpadden,
  • Vincent Raoult,
  • Matthew Koopman,
  • Ian A. Knuckey and
  • Jane E. Williamson

18 December 2024

Biological data, such as length–weight relationships, are essential for the management and stewardship of harvested individuals. Sea cucumbers are a lucrative industry globally but many of the associated fisheries lack species-level biological...

(This article belongs to the Topic Marine Ecology, Environmental Stress and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,601 Views
22 Pages

Beta Diversity Is Better—Microhabitat Diversity and Multiplet Diversity Offer Novel Insights into Plant Coexistence in Grassland Restoration

  • Sándor Bartha,
  • Judit Házi,
  • Dragica Purger,
  • Zita Zimmermann,
  • Gábor Szabó,
  • Zsófia Eszter Guller,
  • András István Csathó and
  • Sándor Csete

18 December 2024

Quantifying within-community variability and understanding the related assembly rules are important in developing and assessing grassland restoration. Beta diversity has great potential, revealing mechanisms behind community-level changes in successi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Ecology and Restoration of Grassland)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,996 Views
13 Pages

A New Species of Herpetoreas Günther, 1860 (Serpentes: Natricidae) from Yunnan, China

  • Shuo Liu,
  • Mian Hou,
  • Hongxin Zhou,
  • Changsheng Zuo,
  • Fawang Yin and
  • Dingqi Rao

17 December 2024

A new species of the genus Herpetoreas is described from Yunnan Tongbiguan Provincial Nature Reserve, Yingjiang County, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. The new species can be separated from its congeners by a combination of the following c...

(This article belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,188 Views
23 Pages

Biodiversity of Sweet Cherry in Sardinia

  • Luciano De Pau,
  • Ana Fernandes de Oliveira,
  • Alessandra Fabiana Frau,
  • Maria Pia Rigoldi,
  • Riccardo Di Salvo,
  • Giandomenico Scanu and
  • Daniela Satta

17 December 2024

The study of biodiversity is of fundamental importance in the context of environmental protection and eco-sustainable agriculture management. Its preservation has a key role and an extraordinary importance not only for the protection of potential gen...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,897 Views
26 Pages

17 December 2024

The Banks grass mite/New World date mite, Oligonychus pratensis (Banks) (Acari: Prostigmata: Tetranychidae), is a globally distributed and economically significant agricultural pest. The present study comprehensively addresses the morphotaxonomic ide...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diversity and Ecology of the Acari)
  • Correction
  • Open Access
809 Views
5 Pages

17 December 2024

The authors realized that there were critical inaccuracies in their environmental data analysis, specifically related to chlorophyll (chl) and nutrient concentrations [...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,316 Views
15 Pages

Genetic Structure and Diversity of Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) in Northern Eurasia and Caucasus: Are There Any Differences Between the Two Subspecies?

  • Nadezhda A. Sokolova,
  • Aleksey Yu. Oleynikov,
  • Nikolay P. Korablev,
  • Pavel N. Korablev,
  • Gor A. Kaloyan,
  • Andranik A. Gyonjyan,
  • Andrey N. Korolev,
  • Jose Antonio Hernandez-Blanco and
  • Pavel A. Sorokin

16 December 2024

The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) is a widespread semiaquatic carnivorous mammal in Eurasia. The nominate subspecies (L. l. lutra) occupies vast areas between Western Europe and the Russian Far East, but its phylogeography and genetic diversity are st...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Population Genetics and Phylogeography of Mammals: Molecular Applications for the Conservation and Monitoring of Genetic Diversity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,137 Views
19 Pages

16 December 2024

Ecologists have long sought to identify the scales at which avian species select habitats from their surroundings. However, this is a challenging undertaking given the complex hierarchical nature of the processes involved in avian habitat selection a...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5,106 Views
34 Pages

Fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) of Peru: A Review of Their Diversity and the Host Specificity in the Country

  • David Minaya,
  • Carolina Flores-Bancayan,
  • Juan J. Pellón,
  • José Iannacone and
  • Marcela Lareschi

13 December 2024

In the Neotropical biogeographic region, there are about 290 known species and subspecies of fleas, which have as their main hosts to the rodent subfamily Sigmodontinae. In Peru, more than 22 years have passed since the last list of known flea specie...

(This article belongs to the Section Phylogeny and Evolution)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,386 Views
20 Pages

Conservation Strategies for Xishuangbanna: Assessing Habitat Quality Using the InVEST Model and Human–Elephant Conflict Risk with Geographic Information System

  • Haixia Tang,
  • Li Li,
  • Chunping Pang,
  • Timothy James Slate,
  • Patrick Giraudoux,
  • Eve Afonso,
  • Hongyan Guo,
  • Gongsheng Wu and
  • Li Zhang

13 December 2024

Xishuangbanna, located in southern Yunnan, China, is a vital tropical rainforest reserve supporting rich biodiversity, including the endangered Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). Increasing human activities, such as urbanization and agricultural expan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Conflict and Coexistence Between Humans and Wildlife)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,164 Views
18 Pages

Revision of the Global Fauna of Leptochela Stimpson, 1860 (Crustacea: Decapoda), Highlighting Phylogenetic Clades and a New Species

  • Alexander L. Vereshchaka,
  • Anastasiia A. Lunina,
  • Dmitry N. Kulagin,
  • Jørgen Olesen and
  • Laure Corbari

12 December 2024

Leptochela Stimpson (1860) is a shallow-water, benthopelagic genus within the predominantly pelagic superfamily Pasiphaeoidea. We inventoried a global fauna of 17 currently valid species of Leptochela and identified a newly discovered eighteenth spec...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 2024 Feature Papers by Diversity’s Editorial Board Members)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,303 Views
19 Pages

Assessing the Biodegradation of Low-Density Polyethylene Films by Candida tropicalis SLNEA04 and Rhodotorula mucilaginosa SLNEA05

  • Randa Harrat,
  • Ghania Bourzama,
  • Gaëtan Burgaud,
  • Emmanuel Coton,
  • Aymen Bourezgui and
  • Boudjema Soumati

12 December 2024

Environmental pollution resulting from the accumulation of plastic waste poses a major ecological challenge. Biodegradation of these polymers relies on microorganisms capable of decomposing them, generally through the biodeterioration, biofragmentati...

(This article belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,276 Views
26 Pages

Variability of Zooplankton in Two Neighboring Tropical High-Mountain Lakes

  • Javier Alcocer,
  • Rocío Fernández and
  • Luis A. Oseguera

12 December 2024

High-mountain lakes (HMLs) El Sol and La Luna are located 600 m apart in the crater of the Nevado de Toluca volcano, yet they display distinct differences in their morphometry and limnology. This study aimed to compare the zooplankton communities in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diversity, Ecology and Conservation of Zooplankton)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,947 Views
13 Pages

Keystone Species and Driving Factors of Artificial Grassland on the Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau, China

  • Yunfei Xing,
  • Jianjun Shi,
  • Yuan Ma,
  • Weiyou Ou,
  • Qingqing Liu,
  • Liangyu Lyu,
  • Hairong Zhang and
  • Zongcheng Cai

12 December 2024

In order to investigate the characteristics and driving factors of keystone species change in vegetation communities, we conducted a network analysis to analyze the complexity of grassland plant communities and keystone species. We conducted a study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,129 Views
21 Pages

Anthropogenic Effects on Amphibian Diversity and Habitat Similarity in the Yoko Forest Reserve, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Loving Musubaho,
  • Léon Iyongo,
  • Jean-Claude Mukinzi,
  • Alain Mukiranya,
  • Jasmin Mutahinga,
  • Marc Dufrêne and
  • Jan Bogaert

12 December 2024

Anthropogenic disturbance of natural environments has negative impacts on biodiversity. Amphibians are especially sensitive to deforestation, and there is a high rate of this phenomenon in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. We studied the effects...

(This article belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,646 Views
14 Pages

12 December 2024

Understanding the spatial distribution of herbaceous vegetation is critical for assessing how biodiversity may respond to climate change, particularly in high-elevation ecosystems. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China is a hotspot of biodiversity resea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,624 Views
17 Pages

Exploring the Diversity and Ancestry of Fine-Aroma Cacao from Tumaco, Colombia

  • Paola Delgadillo-Duran,
  • Jhon A. Berdugo-Cely,
  • Julián Mejía-Salazar,
  • José Ives Pérez-Zúñiga and
  • Roxana Yockteng

12 December 2024

The cacao plant, Theobroma cacao, is economically significant, as its beans are essential for chocolate production. Cacao from Tumaco on Colombia’s Pacific coast is renowned for its distinct flavor and aroma, accessing specialty markets. Howeve...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,623 Views
32 Pages

Mesophotic and Bathyal Echinoderms of the Italian Seas

  • Margherita Toma,
  • Giorgio Bavestrello,
  • Francesco Enrichetti,
  • Andrea Costa,
  • Michela Angiolillo,
  • Alessandro Cau,
  • Franco Andaloro,
  • Simonepietro Canese,
  • Silvestro Greco and
  • Marzia Bo

11 December 2024

Echinoderms are among the most charismatic megabenthic taxa in mesophotic and deep waters. However, they generally have a scattered distribution and are difficult to collect, especially on hardgrounds, so defining their abundance, distribution and ec...

(This article belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,076 Views
42 Pages

8 December 2024

The liverwort flora in Zov Tigra National Park in southern Sikhote-Alin (Primorye Territory, south of the Russian Far East), which has one of the richest regional floras, was studied to assess its taxonomic diversity, and analyzed using a new approac...

(This article belongs to the Section Plant Diversity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,665 Views
15 Pages

8 December 2024

Due to the complexity of taxonomic classification based on the classical morphological characters of copepods, phylogenies have been ambiguous. In this study, we investigate the phylogeny of copepods, including four species from three orders, in the...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in Phylogeny and Evolution)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,740 Views
24 Pages

Impacts of Microplastics, Cadmium, and Their Mixtures on Biochemical Biomarkers in the Freshwater Bivalve Corbicula fluminea (Bivalvia, Corbiculidea)

  • Susana Parra,
  • Dércia Santos,
  • Ana Luzio,
  • Edna Cabecinha,
  • Maria José Saavedra,
  • Jesús Gago,
  • Simone Varandas and
  • Sandra Mariza Monteiro

6 December 2024

Microplastics (MPs) are a worldwide contaminant of significant environmental concern due to their persistence, widespread distribution, and toxic potential. These plastic particles are taken up by invertebrates such as bivalves. Previous studies have...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Freshwater Mollusk Research)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,416 Views
18 Pages

Evaluating the Impact of Environmental Factors on Bacterial Populations in Riverine, Estuarine, and Coastal Sediments

  • Ramganesh Selvarajan,
  • Ming Yang,
  • Henry J. O. Ogola,
  • Timothy Sibanda and
  • Akebe Luther King Abia

6 December 2024

Aquatic ecosystems, including rivers, estuaries, and coastal environments, are crucial for maintaining biodiversity, regulating nutrient cycles, and supporting human livelihoods. However, these ecosystems are increasingly being threatened by urbaniza...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,090 Views
38 Pages

Additions to the Marine Mastogloia (Bacillariophyceae) from Cuban Coasts; Remarks on Misidentified Taxa

  • David Alfaro Siqueiros Beltrones,
  • Erisbel Echevarría Herrera and
  • Francisco Omar López-Fuerte

5 December 2024

During a floristic inspection of sediment samples from Playa Las Gaviotas, 69 specific and infra-specific taxa of Mastogloia were identified in the diatom taxocenosis, including 42 unrecorded taxa for the Cuban coasts. These are added to the 59 Masto...

(This article belongs to the Section Marine Diversity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,965 Views
10 Pages

Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Ecological Stoichiometry of Shrub Fine Roots in the Alpine Region of Northwest China

  • Jian Ma,
  • Qi Feng,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Bin Chen,
  • Meng Zhu,
  • Chengqi Zhang,
  • Feng Ta,
  • Xiaoping Tian,
  • Yufang Zhan and
  • Xiaopeng Li

5 December 2024

Understanding the relationships between nutrient content in plant roots and ecological stoichiometry is crucial for elucidating nutrient utilization strategies and material cycling in alpine plant communities. However, data characterizing the stoichi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,668 Views
19 Pages

5 December 2024

Coastal areas are biodiversity hotspots, providing essential ecosystem services, yet they are among the most threatened systems, particularly by alien species invasion. The European regulation on invasive alien species (IAS) highlights early detectio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biodiversity in Italy: Past and Future Perspectives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,363 Views
19 Pages

Bacterial Diversity Profiles of Desert Sand and Salt Crusts from the Gran Desierto de Altar, Sonora, Mexico

  • Cristal Ramos-Madrigal,
  • Esperanza Martínez-Romero,
  • Yunuen Tapia-Torres and
  • Luis E. Servín-Garcidueñas

4 December 2024

The Gran Desierto de Altar, located in Sonora, Mexico, represents an arid region that offers an opportunity to study microbial life under extreme conditions. This study analyzed the bacterial diversity present in two distinct types of desert sediment...

(This article belongs to the Section Microbial Diversity and Culture Collections)
  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,598 Views
9 Pages

3 December 2024

Here I examine the overexploitation of Artemisia granatensis, a narrow endemic medicinal plant species from Sierra Nevada, Spain, and the consequences for its conservation. With over 50,000 flowering plant species used for medicinal purposes worldwid...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 2024 Feature Papers by Diversity’s Editorial Board Members)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,507 Views
18 Pages

Can High Temperatures Affect Body Size in Insects? The Case of Rubyspot Damselflies in the Colombian Western Andes

  • Cornelio A. Bota-Sierra,
  • Adolfo Cordero-Rivera,
  • Rodolfo Novelo-Gutiérrez,
  • Melissa Sánchez-Herrera and
  • Gustavo A. Londoño

30 November 2024

Basal metabolic rates (BMRs) increase with temperature and body mass. Environmental temperatures rapidly change in tropical mountains due to elevation (macro scale) and vegetation structure (micro scale). Thus, tropical mountains are good settings fo...

(This article belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,419 Views
20 Pages

Dramatic Enhancement of Macrozoobenthic Species β-Diversity in Response to Artificial Breakwater Construction Along a Tropical Coastline

  • Huan Chiao Lee,
  • Christopher J. Glasby,
  • Anja Schulze,
  • Han Raven,
  • Siong Kiat Tan,
  • Takaomi Arai,
  • Amirah Md Jin,
  • Nurun Nazihah Tal’ah,
  • Ainina Zarifi and
  • David J. Marshall

30 November 2024

The beneficial or detrimental effects of human-built marine structures (piers, breakwaters, and seawalls) on macrozoobenthic assemblages and diversities are currently underexplored. The present study investigated the enhancement of β-diversity o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,740 Views
17 Pages

30 November 2024

Well-conserved herbarium specimens of marine macroalgae represent a valuable resource for multiple types of investigation. When algal herbaria host specimens collected over long time spans from a certain geographic area, they have the potential to do...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Herbaria: A Key Resource for Plant Diversity Exploration)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,466 Views
14 Pages

Effects of Surrounding Landscape Context on Threatened Wetland Bird Diversity at the Global Scale

  • Lihe Li,
  • Yiwen Liu,
  • Haokun Wang,
  • Yemeng Zhu,
  • Yuxiang Li,
  • Chi Xu and
  • Shuqing N. Teng

29 November 2024

Wetland birds are undergoing severe population declines globally, primarily attributed to extensive wetland loss and degradation. The attributes of the landscape surrounding a focal locality, referred to as ‘landscape context’, have been...

(This article belongs to the Section Biogeography and Macroecology)
  • Data Descriptor
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,964 Views
11 Pages

Biodiversity of Coleoptera (Insecta) in Central European Russia

  • Leonid V. Egorov,
  • Aleksey S. Sazhnev,
  • Sergey V. Dedyukhin,
  • Alexander B. Ruchin,
  • Olga S. Trushitsyna,
  • Anna M. Nikolaeva,
  • Mikhail N. Esin and
  • Evgeniy A. Lobachev

29 November 2024

(1) Background: Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) are the most diverse order of insects. The beetle species live in many ecosystems around the globe and their roles in ecosystems are very diverse; therefore, it is important to know the local and regional...

(This article belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,553 Views
21 Pages

29 November 2024

Protists inhabit marine, brackish and fresh waters. The salt barrier plays an important role in the origin of their diversity. Salinity tolerance differs among species and sometimes even among different strains of the same species, indicating local a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,630 Views
26 Pages

29 November 2024

Cavernicolous scorpions are difficult to collect and study due to their often inaccessible habitats. Some have evolved unique morphological adaptations, known as troglomorphies, including reduced sclerotization and pigmentation, reduction and/or loss...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in the Diversity and Taxonomy of Subterranean Arthropods)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,704 Views
19 Pages

Ecological Niche Modeling of Five Azorella Species in the High Andean Páramo Ecosystem of South America: Assessing Climate Change Impacts Until 2040

  • Carlos Rolando Rosero-Erazo,
  • Catherine Frey,
  • Freddy Armijos-Arcos,
  • Paula Abdo-Peralta,
  • Andrea Damaris Hernández-Allauca,
  • Cristian García-Pumagualle,
  • John Ortega-Castro,
  • X. L. Otero and
  • Theofilos Toulkeridis

29 November 2024

The current study aims to analyze the fundamental ecological niches of five páramo species in the high Andean zones of South America. Hereby, the research focuses on the typical flora species of this ecosystem, such as Azorella aretioides, Azo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,247 Views
19 Pages

29 November 2024

The Pacific Lowlands (PL) of Mexico hosts a rich diversity of amphibians and reptiles, comprising 326 native species (76 amphibians and 250 reptiles) across 45 families. This region is significant from a biodiversity standpoint, accounting for 23.3%...

(This article belongs to the Section Biodiversity Conservation)
  • Review
  • Open Access
216 Citations
52,447 Views
26 Pages

Soil Microorganisms: Their Role in Enhancing Crop Nutrition and Health

  • Qingxia Chen,
  • Yingjie Song,
  • Yuxing An,
  • Yinglin Lu and
  • Guohua Zhong

29 November 2024

Maintaining soil health is fundamental to sustaining agricultural productivity, however, the intricate role of soil microbial diversity in this process is not fully understood. Current research acknowledges that soil microorganisms including bacteria...

  • Reply
  • Open Access
905 Views
3 Pages

29 November 2024

We acknowledge and value the feedback provided by Narayanan et al [...]

(This article belongs to the Section Animal Diversity)

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