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Oikos, EarlyView.Rewilding with locally extinct terrestrial vertebrates has been a popular conservation initiative over the past few decades. Among the animals used for rewilding are the small‐ to medium‐sized vertebrates that forage in the soil and that have been lost from many ecosystems due to habitat destruction or predation by exotic species.
David J. Eldridge +3 more
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First record of the exotic earthworm Metaphire bahli (Gates, 1945) (Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae) from India [PDF]
Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis, 2019 The occurrence of the exotic earthworm species Metaphire bahli (Gates, 1945) of the family Megascolecidae is recorded for the first time from India. Specimens were collected from the Alappuzha District of Kerala State.
Narayanan, Sasankan Prasanth +2 more
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River Research and Applications, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Riparian ecosystems harbor diverse biota and provide numerous services to rivers including mitigating sediment run‐off, regulating temperature, and contributing food‐web subsidies. Dams are a major threat to riparian communities, but dam removal and riparian restoration efforts have the potential to restore these communities and the services ...
Sara N. Diller, Tiffany A. Schriever
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AnimalsBackground: Jeju Island is a world-renowned tourist destination. However, with the increasing intensity of anthropogenic activities, the coastal marine environment of Jeju Island has been negatively affected.
Jian Liang, Chae-Woo Ma, Kwang-Bae Kim
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Inventory of Annelida Polychaeta in Gulf of Oran (Western Algerian Coastline)
Zoodiversity, 2021 Bionomical research on the continental shelf of the Oran‘s Gulf enabled us to study the Annelida macrofauna. Sampling sites were selected according to the bathymetry, which was divided into eight transects.
A. Kerfouf +4 more
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Hirudinea (Annelida) Fauna of Some Wetlands in Bingöl Province
Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, 2022 Objective:Leeches are important and reliable indicators of water quality and biodiversity in the ecosystem, so the presence of specific leech species is often closely related to basic water conditions and the presence of certain animals.
Tuba Elaltunkara +3 more
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Characterising Soil Eukaryotic Diversity From NEON Metagenomics Datasets
Molecular Ecology Resources, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Belowground eukaryotic diversity serves a vital role in soil ecosystem functioning, yet the composition, structure, and macroecology of these communities are significantly under‐characterized. The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) provides publicly available datasets from long‐term surveillance of numerous taxa and ecosystem ...
Leena Vilonen +5 more
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, 2022 A mini-poster of the principal annelids (Polychaeta, Echiura) and other worms (Nematoda, Nemertea, Priapulida) that may be expected on biodiversity surveys in Gulf of St. Lawrence (GSL). Updated from a page of a series here: Nozères (2022) Mini-posters of macroinvertebrates in captures from bottom trawl surveys of the estuary and northern Gulf of St ...
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New systematic results based on chaetal hard structures in Mesochaetopterus (Polychaeta)
Scientia Marina, 2006 Two kinds of chaetal hard structures have been analysed within the genus Mesochaetopterus (Chaetopteridae, Polychaeta): the specialised chaetae of the fourth segment of the anterior part of the body (i.e. the A4 segment) and the uncinal plates present on
Michel Bhaud +2 more
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Biological invasions are one of the major drivers of biodiversity decline and have been shown to have far‐reaching consequences for society and the economy. Preventing the introduction and spread of alien species represents the most effective solution to reducing their impacts on nature and human well‐being.
Hanno Seebens +64 more
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