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Snow tussocks, chaos, and the evolution of mast seeding [PDF]

, 2002
One hitherto intractable problem in studying mast seeding (synchronous intermittent heavy flowering by a population of perennial plants) is determining the relative roles of weather, plant reserves, and evolutionary selective pressures such as predator ...
Bjørnstad, O.N., Kelly, D., Rees, M.
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Distributional patterns of the South American species of Hyalella (Amphipoda: Hyalellidae) Patrones de distribución de especies sudamericanas de Hyalella (Amphipoda: Hyalellidae)

Gayana, 2012
Distributional patterns of the South American species of the freshwater amphipod genus Hyalella were analysed using a panbiogeographic approach. Five generalized tracks were found: (1) northern Andes to Lake Titicaca (H. dielaii, H.
Patricio De los Ríos-Escalante, Juan J Morrone, Reinaldo Rivera   +2 more
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Revision of the Afrotropical genus Afrepipona Giordani Soika, 1965 and description of Afrepsilon gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)

European Journal of Taxonomy
A taxonomic study on the Afrotropical genera Afrepipona Giordani Soika, 1965 and Afrepsilon gen. nov. is presented. Twenty new species are described, of which 15 are in Afrepipona (Afrepipona anomala sp. nov., Afrepipona cellularis sp.
Marco Selis, James M. Carpenter
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Notes on a new mealybug (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) pest in Florida and the Caribbean : the papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink [PDF]

, 1999
Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink, here called the papaya mealybug, was first detected in the United States in Hollywood, Florida in 1998.
Hamon, Avas B., Miller, Douglass R., Williams, Douglas J.   +2 more
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Contribuição ao conhecimento da distribuição geográfica das Lauraceae-IX

Rodriguésia
Este artigo versa sobre a distribuição geográfica das Lauraceae, além de outras informações, tais como: habitus, habitat, fenología, nomes vulgares e uso das espécies tratadas.
Ida de Vattimo-Gil
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Screening of Phytophagous and Xylophagous Insects Guts Microbiota Abilities to Degrade Lignocellulose in Bioreactor

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Microbial consortia producing specific enzymatic cocktails are present in the gut of phytophagous and xylophagous insects; they are known to be the most efficient ecosystems to degrade lignocellulose.
Amandine Gales, Lucile Chatellard, Maider Abadie, Anaïs Bonnafous, Lucas Auer, Hélène Carrère, Jean-Jacques Godon, Guillermina Hernandez-Raquet, Claire Dumas, Claire Dumas   +9 more
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The Scarabaeoidea of the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean) (Coleoptera) [PDF]

, 2011
The Scarabaeoidea of the families Trogidae, Geotrupidae, Hybosoridae and Scarabaeidae from the Maltese islands are reviewed. A total of 54 species are included of which the following eight species represent new records for this archipelago: Trox ...
Agoglitta, Rossana, Corallini, Carla, Dellacasa, Marco, Mifsud, David, Piattella, Emanuele, Pivotti, Igor, Zunino, Mario   +6 more
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An Introduction to Diopatra, the Amazing Ecosystem Engineering Polychaete. [PDF]

Biology (Basel), 2023
Arias A, Woodin SA, Paxton H.
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Spiders (Araneae) from the Panský diel (Starohorské vrchy Mts, Slovakia) [PDF]

, 2010
Spiders were collected at the massif 'Panský diel' near the city of Banská Bystrica (Central Slovakia). We recorded 252 spider species for the territory and one new species for Slovakia.
Franc, Valerián, Korenko, Stanislav
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A Review of Diopatra Ecology: Current Knowledge, Open Questions, and Future Threats for an Ecosystem Engineering Polychaete. [PDF]

Biology (Basel), 2022
Berke SK.
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