Endemic Plant Species Conservation: Biotechnological Approaches [PDF]
Endemic plant species are usually more vulnerable to anthropogenic threats and natural changes and, therefore, hold a higher extinction risk. The preservation of these species is a major concern on a worldwide context and in situ protection alone will not guarantee their conservation.
Natacha Coelho +2 more
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High unexpected genetic diversity of a narrow endemic terrestrial mollusc [PDF]
The Iberian Peninsula has an extensive record of species displaying strong genetic structure as a result of their survival in isolated pockets throughout the Pleistocene ice ages. We used mitochondrial and nuclear sequence data to analyze phylogeographic
Pedro M. Madeira +6 more
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Endemic harvestmen and spiders of Austria (Arachnida: Opiliones, Araneae) [PDF]
A comprehensive overview of plant, fungus and animal species of Austria revealed a total of 748 endemic and subendemic species, including, 11 harvestman and 46 spider species.
Komposch, Christian
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Phylogenetic relationships of African Caecilians (Amphibia: Gymnophiona): insights from mitochondrial rRNA gene sequences [PDF]
Africa (excluding the Seychelles) has a diverse caecilian fauna, including the endemic family Scolecomorphidae and six endemic genera of the more cosmopolitan Caeciliidae.
Duellman W.E. +14 more
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A review of the genus Megalographa Lafontaine and Poole (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Plusiinae) with the description of a new species from Costa Rica [PDF]
The classification of the genus Megalographa Lafontaine and Poole, 1991, is reviewed and the five known species diagnosed. The genus is essentially restricted to the New World, although one species M.
Lafontaine, J. Donald +1 more
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Terrestrial molluscs of Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, and its status as an "oceanic" island [PDF]
Pemba is thought to have had a longer and/or stronger history of isolation than its better-known counterpart, Unguja. The extent to which the biota support this hypothesis of greater oceanicity have been debated.
Rowson, Ben +2 more
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The Distribution of Endemic Species in New Zealand [PDF]
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SOIL AND PLANT RELATIONS OF SOME ORNITHOGALUM (ENDEMIC/NON ENDEMIC) SPECIES
The study was carried out to determine the soil properties of the Ornithogalum L. species in the West Mediterranean Region of Turkey and their effects on plant morphology. Plant and soil samples concerning species Ornithogalum umbellatum L., O. oligophyllum E.D. Clarke, O. narbonense L., O. pyrenaicum L., O. lanceolatum Labill., O. pamphylicum (endemic)
Karaguzel, U. O., Ozkan, C. F.
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DISTRIBUTION OF ENDEMIC SPECIES „CERNOSVITOVIA DUDICHI“ IN SERBIA
The genus Cernosvitovia consists of nine species in the whole world. Out of the nine species, eight species are with primary distribution in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula (except Cernosvitovia schweigeri). In the Lumbricidae fauna of Serbia, seven species from this genus have been registered. Among them, 6 taxa are endemic.
Trakić, Tanja +4 more
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A New Endemic Thai Species of Argyreia (Convolvulaceae) [PDF]
A new species of Argyreia (Convolvulaceae) from Thailand is described and illustrated, and it is placed in relation to the known Thai species by inserting it into the key to Argyreia from the Flora of Thailand account. Argyreia suddeeana can be recognised by its unusually large, pendant flowers, arranged in capitate inflorescences with overlapping ...
Traiperm, Paweena, Staples, George W.
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