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Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 11, Issue 6, November/December 2025.Abstract The Villaggio del Pescatore (VdP) fossil Lagerstätte represents the most significant Upper Cretaceous (lower–middle Campanian) palaeontological locality in Italy and the Mediterranean region. We present the first systematic revision of the VdP fossil assemblage with a focus on its previously undescribed arthropod fauna, providing new insights ...
Marco Muscioni +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 8, August 2025.In this study we investigated the macroinvertebrate (MI) communities in two newly created, man‐made ponds concurrently with the diet of captive‐bred European pond turtles that were translocated there. We aimed at assessing whether turtles were operating as generalist feeders, and if successive reintroductions of turtles would affect the overall MI ...
Albin Meyer +6 more
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Biota Colombiana, 2017 Las chinches acuáticas del infraorden Gerromorpha son especies adaptadas a caminar o patinar sobre la película superficial del agua principalmente en ambientes de agua dulce, sin embargo, algunas especies se han adaptado a vivir en ambiente marinos y ...
Fredy Molano-Rendón, Irina Morales
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Semiaquatic Hemiptera of Wisconsin [PDF]
, 2017 Twenty-six species in five families of semi aquatic Hemiptera were collected in Wisconsin and as many as four more may occur. Keys to all of these species are provided along with notes on their distribution, abundance, and identification.
Hilsenhoff, William L
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Strategies, costs and counter‐strategies to sexual coercion
Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 4, Page 1557-1577, August 2025.ABSTRACT Sexual conflict, the conflict between the evolutionary interests of females and males over mating, occasionally results in the evolution of traits favourable for one sex and adverse for the other. In this context, males can use sexual coercion to increase their mating success, at the expense of their female targets' mate choice.
Nikolaos Smit
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A new Potamobates Champion species (Heteroptera: Gerridae) from Ecuador with new distribution records for P. williamsi [PDF]
, 1998 Potamobates sumaco new species is described from the Ecuadorian Amazon. Male and female genitalia differentiate P. sumaco from a similar parapatric species, P. williamsi Hungerford. Phylogenetic analysis indicates P.
Cognato, Anthony I.
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Dr. J. E. McPherson, Educator and Researcher Extraordinaire: Biographical Sketch and List of Publications [PDF]
, 2018 (excerpt) Like many outstanding naturalists, John E. (“Jay”) McPherson grew up with a strong interest in the natural world, especially insects. This innate curiosity led him to enroll as a zoology major at San Diego State University in 1959.
Henry, Thomas J
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Freshwater Biology, Volume 70, Issue 7, July 2025.ABSTRACT Aquatic insects are an abundant, yet declining, taxonomically heterogeneous group with special importance in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Accurate estimations of insect biomass during their aquatic life stages are essential to advance our fundamental knowledge about insects, their roles in ecosystems, and their vulnerability to ...
Casper H. A. van Leeuwen +4 more
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Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Volume 10, Issue 3, Page 371-380, June 2025.Abstract The Cofán communities rely on the Cofán Bermejo Ecological Reserve for their survival and cultural practices. Due to the rugged and inaccessible topography of the reserve in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon region, limited biomonitoring and ecological characterization studies of the ecosystem health have been conducted.
Federico Sinche Chele +8 more
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Acta Biológica Colombiana, 2013 We present the geographical and altitudinal distribution of the Gerridae family on the western slopes of the Western Cordillera of Andes in southwestern Colombia.
Dora Nancy Padilla Gil +1 more
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