Detecting the effect of intensive agriculture on Odonata diversity using citizen science data [PDF]
Ecological Applications, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2025.Abstract Agricultural areas represent one of the major ecosystems of the world. Intensification of agricultural practices produced openfields characterized by low biological diversity. Nevertheless, the distance up to which intensive agricultural fields alter surrounding natural systems is rarely quantified.
Renaud Baeta +3 more
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Paleopteran molecular clock: Time drift and recent acceleration [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2024.Constant evolution rates, which form the foundation of the strict molecular clock model, do not apply in the case of Paleoptera, highlighting a notable bias in the molecular clock hypothesis. The current biodiversity may be the outcome of a relatively recent, exponential increase in base substitution rates.
Soichi Osozawa, André Nel
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Comparative Analyses and Phylogenetic Dependence in Traits and Trends of the Dipterocarpaceae [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 1, January 2025.ABSTRACT The role of trait evolution in shaping the functional and ecological diversity of tropical forests remains poorly understood. Analyses of trait variation as a function of evolutionary history and environmental variables should reveal the drivers of species distributions, as well as generate insights valuable to conservation.
Nazrin Malik +2 more
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Resource use, niche width, and trophic position reveal diverse trophic structure in a tidal freshwater zone fish community [PDF]
Journal of Fish Biology, Volume 106, Issue 6, Page 1876-1888, June 2025.Abstract The tidal freshwater zone is an aquatic transition zone that links a river to its estuary and provides an important habitat used in the life cycle of resident and migratory fishes. Yet, information on the trophic structure of fishes in this habitat is scarce. To address this gap, we characterize the trophic structure of a fish community in the
Emma E. Bowser +3 more
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Rapid geographic divergence in competitive ability of cane toad larvae (Rhinella marina) during a biological invasion [PDF]
Ecology, Volume 106, Issue 3, March 2025.Abstract Low population densities at the expanding edge of a biological invasion are predicted to reduce intraspecific competition such that invading organisms evolve to prioritize adaptations for rapid rates of population growth and dispersal over those that facilitate success in competitive interactions.
Gregory S. Clarke +3 more
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Leveraging Massive Opportunistically Collected Datasets to Study Species Communities in Space and Time [PDF]
Ecology Letters, Volume 28, Issue 3, March 2025.We present a spatiotemporal joint species distribution model to analyse large‐scale opportunistically collected biodiversity data. Our model addresses variable detection probabilities across visits and species by modelling phenological patterns and by extending the use of latent variables to characterise observer‐specific detection and reporting ...
Maxime Fajgenblat +8 more
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Comparing eDNA and Transect Methods for Aquatic Biodiversity Assessment in Lakes and Ponds [PDF]
Molecular Ecology Resources, Volume 25, Issue 3, April 2025.ABSTRACT Biodiversity monitoring increasingly relies on molecular methods such as eDNA metabarcoding. However, sound applications have so far been only established for a limited number of taxonomic groups. More information on the strengths and weaknesses of eDNA methods, especially for poorly covered groups, is essential for practical applications to ...
Katharina Schwesig +3 more
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Occurrence and Population Density of the Endemic Species Cordulegaster buchholzi (Anisoptera: Cordulegastridae) on the Cyclades Islands in Greece [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Otakar Holuša, Kateřina Holušová
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A checklist of chromosome numbers and a review of karyotype variation in Odonata of the world [PDF]
Comparative Cytogenetics, 2020 The ancient insect order Odonata is divided into three suborders: Anisoptera and Zygoptera with approximately 3000 species worldwide each, and Anisozygoptera with only four extant species in the relict family Epiophlebiidae.
Valentina G. Kuznetsova +1 more
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Conocephalus (Anisoptera) fuscus
, 2023 Conocephalus (Anisoptera) fuscus (Fabricius, 1793) Fig. 3 Conocephalus fuscus: Günther, 1970: 317; Chogsomzhav, 1989: 86. Conocephalus (Anisoptera) discolor: Storozhenko, 2004: 75; Zhou et al., 2010: 58. Conocephalus (Anisoptera) fuscus: Storozhenko et al., 2015: 47; Gantigmaa & Myagmar, 2022: 326. MATERIAL. Mongolia: Mongolian Altai Mts.,
Myagmar, G., Gantigmaa, Ch.
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