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Biology and Life Sciences Forum, Volume 15, Issue 1

IECD 2022 2022 - 36 articles

The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Diversity (IECD 2022)—New Insights into the Biodiversity of Plants, Animals and Microbes

Online | 15–31 March 2022

Volume Editors:
Michael Wink, Heidelberg University, Germany
Ben-Erik Van Wyk, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Ipek Kurtboke, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Matthieu Chauvat, Université de Rouen Normandie, France

Cover Story: The 2nd International Electronic Conference on Diversity (IECD 2022)—New Insights into the Biodiversity of Plants, Animals and Microbes was held from 15 to 31 March 2022 in Sciforum. The Conference gave an opportunity for researchers in the field of the science of biodiversity to present their research and exchange ideas with colleagues and aimed to promote research and communication in the field of animals, plants and microbes. There were three sessions chaired by experts: A. Animals Diversity; B. Plants Diversity; C. Microbials Diversity. The topics of interest included but were not limited to marine diversity, animal diversity, plant diversity, microbial diversity and culture collections, chemical biodiversity and chemical ecology, biodiversity conservation, etc.
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Articles (36)

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
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Statement of Peer Review

  • Michael Wink,
  • Ben-Erik Van Wyk,
  • Ipek Kurtboke and
  • Matthieu Chauvat

In submitting conference proceedings to Biology and Life Sciences Forum, the volume editors of the proceedings certify to the publisher that all papers published in this volume have been subjected to peer review administered by the volume editors [.....

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,919 Views
6 Pages

Non-bovine milk is gaining more international acceptance for research and commercialization due to its usefulness as bovine milk is now reported as hypersensitive to infant’s serum due to the high concentration of the casein protein, which may...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,403 Views
7 Pages

Diversity and Abundance Patterns of Benthic Invertebrate Assemblages on Intertidal Estuarine Seagrass Beds in Aveiro (Portugal)

  • Raúl Marín-Aragón,
  • Leandro Sampaio,
  • Laura Guerrero-Meseguer,
  • Puri Veiga and
  • Marcos Rubal

Seagrass meadows are productive ecosystems and many animal species are dependent on them, including a wide diversity of invertebrates. This study aims to explore spatial diversity patterns of benthic invertebrates associated with Zostera noltei. Thre...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,911 Views
5 Pages

Exploring Lampenflora of Resavska Cave, Serbia

  • Slađana Popović,
  • Marija Pećić and
  • Gordana Subakov Simić

Lampenflora, a complex phototrophic community that develops near artificial light in show caves, is recognized as a major concern for cave management and its regular monitoring has become necessity. For the purpose of this work, the monitoring was pe...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
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2 Pages

Invasive Rosa rugosa Reduces the Species Richness of Yellow Dune Vegetation and Causes a Shift in the Species Composition of Grey Dune Vegetation

  • Marcin Wiktor Woch,
  • Paweł Kapusta,
  • Małgorzata Stanek,
  • Irena Grześ,
  • Elżbieta Rożej-Pabijan and
  • Anna Monika Stefanowicz

This study aimed to determine the impact of invasive Rosa rugosa Thunb. on the plant communities of the Baltic coastal dunes. The study was carried out in 22 sites scattered along the Hel Peninsula (Poland). Each site consisted of a pair of plots: a...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,487 Views
6 Pages

To examine the role of soil properties in influencing tropical fungal communities, soils were collected from Barito Ulu in central Borneo across an edaphic gradient ranging from clay-rich ultisols to sandy spodosols and from the upper and lower horiz...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1,376 Views
4 Pages

Pollination and pollinators are major keys in the working of almost all terrestrial ecosystems. Bumblebees are the key pollinators belonging to the family Apidae. Their large and fuzzy body makes them more efficient pollinators than any other bee. Be...

  • Abstract
  • Open Access
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Terrapins are turtle types that live in freshwater or brackish water. There are 12 species of terrapin worldwide. A total of 26 COI sequences from worldwide terrapins were used in this study. The study aims to determine the global utility of terrapin...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
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7 Pages

Rediscovering the Richness and Endemism of the Tetrapod Fauna within the Utcubamba River Key Area for Biodiversity, in Northwestern Peru

  • Cristóbal Torres Guzmán,
  • Antonio García-Bravo,
  • Lleydy Alvarado Chuquizuta,
  • Manuel Oliva,
  • Iván Alexander Mejía Castillo,
  • Alexander Cotrina Sánchez and
  • Fernando Angulo

The tropical Andes in South America stand at the top of the world’s list of endemism hotspots, due to their high species richness per unit area. Thus, our study focuses on the Key Biodiversity Area (KBA) of the Utcubamba River (PER-84), one of...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
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7 Pages

In a comparison of two measurement methods using nonparametric criteria, we established that the measurement results for some exterior features obtained through one method were significantly different from the results obtained using another measureme...

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