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Inter‐Annual Variation in Alpha and Beta Diversity of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Agricultural Ditches

open access: yesRiver Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ditches are essential elements of the agricultural landscape because of their role as habitat or refuge for aquatic species, especially in homogenized and intensively cultivated areas. However, data on the biodiversity associated with agricultural ditches, and its variation over time, are underrepresented in ecological research.
Michela Rappocciolo   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Presencia de Symbiocladius wygodzinskyi Roback, 1965 (Diptera, Chironomidae) en Perú. Notas taxonómicas

open access: yesGraellsia, 2013
Se cita la presencia de S. wygodzinskyi Roback, 1965 (Diptera: Chironomidae) en dos áreas diferentes de Perú, mucho más al norte de la distribución original y viviendo sobre ninfas del género Meridialaris sp.
N. Prat, R. Acosta, M. Rieradevall
doaj   +1 more source

The complete mitochondrial genome of a tropical midge Chironomus kiiensis Tokunaga, 1936 (Diptera: Chironomidae)

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022
In this study, we presented the complete mitochondrial genome of a tropical midge Chironomus kiiensis Tokunaga by Illumina sequencing technology. The complete mitogenome of C. kiiensis is 15,710 bp in length, including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), two
Can Liu, Guangnan Xu, Teng Lei, Xin Qi
doaj   +1 more source

Potential Impacts of Low Flows on Fish Foodscapes and Production in a Braided River

open access: yesRiver Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Changes in river discharge affect the physical composition and connectivity of habitats which, in turn, may shape the spatial distribution of fish food abundance, accessibility and quality—the ‘foodscape’—of river ecosystems. However, the influence of river flows on fish foodscapes has received very little attention from scientists. We studied
Rick J. Stoffels   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dietary differentiation of two co‐occurring common bat species (Eptesicus nilssonii and Pipistrellus pygmaeus)

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Sympatric bat species can co‐exist and avoid interspecific competition via niche differentiation e.g. diet. Detecting dietary differences can be achieved by comparing dietary niches of sympatric and allopatric populations. If dietary overlap is higher in sympatry versus allopatry, co‐occurrence may be altering the dietary niche of the species.
Heather Wood   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Chironomid‐based summer temperature reconstruction of the Eemian–Weichselian transition at Lichtenberg, northern Germany

open access: yesBoreas, EarlyView.
Understanding the temperature variability of past interglacial cycles is essential to predict future climates. We present a new summer temperature reconstruction, based on the subfossil chironomid record from a small palaeolake adjacent to the Middle Palaeolithic site of Lichtenberg, northern Germany. The record spans from the Saalian late glacial over
Sonja Rigterink   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Where water meets rock: Ecological niches and diversity hotspots of hygropetric beetles in the Neotropics

open access: yesEcological Entomology, EarlyView.
First continental‐scale synthesis of hygropetric beetle diversity and distribution across Neotropical highlands. Climatic and topographic gradients structure regional assemblages and niche overlap. Ecological convergence suggests adaptation to similar conditions across disjunct regions.
Janderson Batista Rodrigues Alencar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Benthic communities in inland salinized waters with different salinities and nutrient concentrations and the ecology of Chironomus aprilinus (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the Czech Republic

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2016
The macrozoobenthos in saline pools at dumps in a former coal mining area was studied over a period of two years. Due to specific environmental conditions these pools are unique in the Czech Republic.
Josef MATĚNA   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Flooding affects fluctuating asymmetry but not growth of a riparian orbweaving spider

open access: yesEcological Entomology, EarlyView.
In a mesocosm experiment we assessed the impact of flood on aquatic insect emergence and on spider development using geometric morphometric analysis of fluctuating asymmetry. We observed 45% higher emergence in flooded mesocosm throughout the season. Spiders did not grow bigger but exhibited ~15% lower fluctuating asymmetry than in controls.
Stephane Mutel   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The first DNA barcode library of Chironomidae from the Tibetan Plateau with an evaluation of the status of the public databases

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2023
The main aim of this study was to curate a COI barcode library of Chironomidae from the Tibetan Plateau (TP) as an essential supplement to the public database.
Wu Han   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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