Hybrid Horizons: Screening Hybridisation Through Nuclear Environmental DNA
ABSTRACT Effective monitoring of hybrid zones is essential for understanding evolutionary dynamics and mitigating species loss caused by human‐mediated hybridisation. Conventional methods rely on sampling numerous individuals, which is costly, time‐consuming and often impractical for rare or elusive species.
Daniel Zumel +8 more
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Suctorian ciliates (Ciliophora, Suctorea) as epibionts of stream-dwelling aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) in the southwestern Palaearctic region [PDF]
Based on original data from recent research, numerous new records of the suctorian species living as epibionts on streamdwelling aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) in the southwestern Palaearctic area are given.
Dovgal, I. V., Pešіć, Vladimir
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Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia
Abstract Whilst economic historians have invested substantial effort into understanding the economic consequences of religion, they have invested less effort into understanding the determinants of religious affiliation. The lack of knowledge about determinants of religious affiliation seems particularly striking in the case of Southeastern Europe ...
Leonard Kukić, Yasin Arslantas
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Wild or Tame? In Search for the Genetic Origin of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in Sweden
Swedish wild boar samples were collected in four different regions of Sweden, Skåne, Blekinge, Södermanland and Uppland and genotyped using the 80 K SNP chip. Swedish wild boars are genetically distinct from Swedish domestic pigs. Wild boars from different Swedish regions are similar to different European population, which indicates that the Swedish ...
Anna M. Johansson +4 more
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Western Balkans and the European Union. ZEI Discussion Paper C258 2020 [PDF]
Individual assessment of each country's relations with the ...
Hajdini, Ermir I. +5 more
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Oribatid mites of the Balkan Peninsula (Acari: Oribatida) [PDF]
A summarizing work on the earlier recorded oribatid mites from the Balkan Peninsula is presented. Several additional new records are also given. Heminothrus targionii (Berlese, 1885) was found in the first time in Serbia and Heminothrus thori (Berlese,
Horváth, Edit +2 more
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Geometra papilionaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): a new species for the fauna of Greece [PDF]
The first record of Geometra papilionaria L. from Greece is provided, extending the known area of the species in the Balkan Peninsula and raising the Geometrinae fauna of Greece to 18 species. A brief characterisation of the collecting site is also given.
Tóth, Balázs
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Harnessing RES Potential in Balkan Peninsula
Abstract The Balkan Peninsula presents a unique and compelling case study for the harnessing of renewable energy sources (RES) to meet growing energy demands sustainably. This paper investigates the current status and future potential of RES deployment across eleven countries in the region: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria ...
Adi Vokshi +2 more
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First record of Aulonia kratochvili (Araneae, Lycosidae) from Europe [PDF]
The fauna of wolf spiders is rather well-known in certain parts of the Balkan Peninsula, in others less so. While extensive collecting has been undertaken in Bulgaria (summarized in DEL TSHEV & BLAGOEV 1995), other parts, like Greece, still await to be ...
Kronestedt, Torbjörn
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Is Collective Memory Making the Next Balkan War Imminent?
Sometimes cultures, religions, and ethnicities that shared the same space for centuries become fierce rivals, forcing their irreconcilable differences to develop to such an extent that they see war as the only option.
Knežević, Nikola
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