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Intestinal Parasite Community Dynamics in the Critically Endangered Chinese Alligator (Alligator sinensis): Multifactorial Insights From 18S rRNA Amplicon Sequencing

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.
Our results firstly demonstrate the structure of parasite communities in A. sinensis and clarify how they are shaped by interacting ecological and management factors, providing critical baseline data for future research. ABSTRACT The intestinal parasite communities of vertebrates are shaped by complex interactions among biological, environmental, and ...
Mingxia Ge, Qingquan Chang, Qingyu Ge, Genjun Tu, Yongkang Zhou, Pingsi Yi, Hongji Sun, Jinhong Zhao   +7 more
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Anisotropic community turn‐over at habitat edges informs on assembly drivers: simulation and empirical test on soil macrofauna

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 5, May 2026.
Biodiversity dynamics in heterogeneous landscapes is the result of a complex interplay between movement processes of organisms within and between habitat patches, and niche filtering processes due to spatially varying environmental conditions. Disentangling the relative influences of these different processes on community assembly and dynamics is a ...
Gwenaelle Auger, Julien Pottier, Laurence Andanson, Pauline Bonnal, Sandrine Revaillot, Marilyn Roncoroni, Franck Jabot   +6 more
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Into the Darkness: Unveiling Unexpected Records of the Nonnative Millipede Prosopodesmus jacobsoni Silvestri, 1910 (Polydesmida: Haplodesmidae) in Brazilian Caves

Austral Entomology, Volume 65, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This study expands the known distribution of the nonnative millipede Prosopodesmus jacobsoni in Brazil and reports its presence in cave environments for the first time in the country. Based on recently collected material and historical records, the species is shown to maintain stable populations in subterranean systems in the states of ...
Juan Romero‐Rincon, Luiz F. M. Iniesta, Rodrigo S. Bouzan, Rodrigo L. Ferreira   +3 more
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Checklist of the Myriapoda in Cretaceous Burmese amber and a correction of the Myriapoda identified by Zhang (2017) [PDF]

Check List, 2018
An inventory of the Myriapoda (Diplopoda, Chilopoda, Symphyla) from Cretaceous Burmese amber, Myanmar, is presented, including the oldest and/or first fossil record for numerous orders.
Thomas Wesener, Leif Moritz
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Urbanization Shapes Dietary Composition and Snout Morphology of Salamanders

Molecular Ecology, Volume 35, Issue 10, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Urbanization rapidly alters landscapes, generating habitat mosaics characterized by increased impervious surface, reduced soil moisture and diminished vegetation cover. These recurring urban environmental features are expected to reduce community diversity, favouring urban‐tolerant species, thereby promoting urban biotic homogenization ...
A. J. D. Marques, L. Alarcón‐Ríos, V. A. Mata, G. Velo‐Antón   +3 more
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Restoration tools and strategies for afforested Mediterranean coastal grasslands: is eucalypt removal alone enough to kickstart ecosystem recovery?

Restoration Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 4, May 2026.
Abstract Introduction Afforestation with non‐native trees has profoundly altered coastal dune grasslands worldwide, creating persistent ecological legacies that constrain ecosystem recovery. Objectives We evaluated the cost‐effectiveness of two restoration approaches, distinguished by their respective demands for resource investment: Moderately ...
Aviv Avisar, James Aronson, Tamar Dayan
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Venomous and poisonous arthropods: identification, clinical manifestations of envenomation, and treatments used in human injuries

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2015
This review presents the main species of venomous and poisonous arthropods, with commentary on the clinical manifestations provoked by the toxins and therapeutic measures used to treat human envenomations.
Vidal Haddad Junior, Paulo Cezar Haddad de Amorim, William Teixeira Haddad Junior, João Luiz Costa Cardoso   +3 more
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Vegetation type mediates how urbanization reshapes the structure, function, and spatial variation of soil food webs

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 4, Page 956-968, April 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Urbanization represents one of the major anthropogenic alterations of the Earth's surface, with significant impacts on biodiversity and its functions. Soil animals are essential components of biodiversity, and their trophic interactions play integral roles in the ...
Haifeng Yao, Zhipeng Li, Saichao Zhang, Shasha Hu, Huayuan Shangguan, Xin Sun, Anton M. Potapov   +6 more
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Two new species, including one representing a new genus, of the West African millipede family Campodesmidae (Diplopoda: Polydesmida)

European Journal of Taxonomy, 2015
A new genus, Campodesmoides gen. nov., is described to only encompass C. corniger sp. nov., from Cameroon. This genus and species is distinguished from the few known species of the small western African family Campodesmidae, all currently in Campodesmus,
Didier VandenSpiegel, Sergei I. Golovatch, Armand R. Nzoko Fiemapong   +2 more
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Revealing patterns of endemism in the transatlantic family Chelodesmidae (Polydesmida: Diplopoda)

Cladistics, Volume 42, Issue 2, Page 159-171, April 2026.
Abstract With fossil records dating back to the Silurian/Late Ordovician, millipedes stand out as one of the earliest terrestrial animal groups. Their limited vagility and high endemism make them valuable tools for formulating and testing biogeographic hypotheses, including those related to macro‐vicariance events.
Rodrigo Salvador Bouzan, Jackson Means, Kaloyan Ivanov, Antonio Domingos Brescovit, Luiz Felipe Moretti Iniesta   +4 more
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