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A Fine-Scale Hotspot at the Edge: Epigean Arthropods from the Atacama Coast (Paposo-Taltal, Antofagasta Region, Chile)

open access: yesInsects, 2021
The Atacama Desert at its margins harbors a unique biodiversity that is still very poorly known, especially in coastal fog oases spanning from Perú towards the Atacama coast.
Jaime Pizarro-Araya   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Phylogeography of Hypomasticus copelandii (Teleostei, Anostomidae) Reveals Distinct Genetic Lineages along Atlantic Coastal Drainages of Eastern Brazil

open access: yesDiversity, 2022
Hypomasticus copelandii is a Neotropical freshwater fish widely distributed across coastal drainages of southeastern Brazil, a highly impacted region of South America. The interspecific phylogenetic relationships within the genus and the taxonomic status
Izabela S. Mendes   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chrysosphaerella septentrionalis sp. nov. (Chrysophyceae, Chromulinales), a New Species from the Arctic Including the Description of Chrysosphaerellaceae, fam. nov.

open access: yesPlants, 2022
A new species, Chrysosphaerella septentrionalis, is described from a peat bog located on the bank of the Paz River (Pasvik Nature Reserve, Murmansk Region, Russia). Scale ultrastructure was studied using a scanning electron microscope. Morphologically, C.
Dmitry Kapustin, Maxim Kulikovskiy
doaj   +1 more source

The Origin of the Subtropical Coral Alveopora japonica (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) in High-Latitude Environments

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Marine ecosystems in temperate regions have been significantly affected by rising seawater temperatures due to climate change. Alveopora japonica, a small zooxanthellate scleractinian coral, occurs in the northwestern Pacific including Taiwan, Japan, and
Ji Hyoun Kang   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

The hidden diversity of vascular patterns in flower heads

open access: yesNew Phytologist, 2023
Summary Vascular systems are intimately related to the shape and spatial arrangement of the plant organs they support. We investigate the largely unexplored association between spiral phyllotaxis and the vascular system in Asteraceae flower heads.
Andrew Owens   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

On the Preservation of the Beak in Confuciusornis (Aves: Pygostylia)

open access: yesDiversity, 2019
The Confuciusornithiformes represent the most stem-ward avian occurrence of an edentulous rostrum. Although a keratinous beak is widely considered to have covered the rostrum in confuciusornithiforms, this feature is almost never preserved, having been ...
Amanda Falk   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hidden diversity: comparative functional morphology of humans and other species [PDF]

open access: yesPeerJ, 2023
Gastrointestinal (GI) morphology plays an important role in nutrition, health, and epidemiology; yet limited data on GI variation have been collected since 1885.
Erin A. McKenney   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A phenomenological study of the lived experience of minority students: The paradox of equitable education and school practices

open access: yesSocial Sciences and Humanities Open, 2023
The focus of this research was to understand the level at which the voices, backgrounds, and experiences of ethno cultural minority students are represented and received recognition or consideration in Ethiopia's education policy formulation context and ...
Tesfaye Ebabuye, Amare Asgedom
doaj   +1 more source

Hidden parasite diversity in a European freshwater system [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2020
AbstractParasites comprise a huge part of the biodiversity on earth. However, on a local scale, not much is known about their diversity and community structure. Here, we assess the diversity of larval trematode communities in an interconnected freshwater system of the River Ruhr in Germany and analyse how the parasites are spatially and temporally ...
Selbach, Christian   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Search Guidance Network Assisted Dynamic Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm [PDF]

open access: yesJisuanji kexue yu tansuo
In dynamic optimization problems (DOPs), environmental changes can be characterized as different dynamics, and adaption of dynamic optimization algorithms (DOAs) in different dynamic environments is vital. In addition, the local and global diversity loss
LIU Zhi, SONG Wei
doaj   +1 more source

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