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Whistling invaders: Status and distribution of Johnstone’s Whistling frog (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei Barbour, 1914), 25 years after its introduction to Colombia [PDF]

NeoBiota, 2019
Despite increased attention to the problem of alien amphibian invasions, systematic assessments of the actual invasion status and potential, required to estimate possible environmental and economic impacts of introduced species, are often missing.
Franziska Leonhardt, Juan David Jimenez-Bolaño, Raffael Ernst   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Natural Selection: Finding Specimens in a Natural History Collection [PDF]

, 2011
The natural history domain is rich in information. For hundreds of years, biodiversity researchers have collected specimens and samples, and meticulously recorded the how, what, and where of these objects of research. To retrace this information, however, deep knowledge of the collection and patience is necessary.
Erp, M. van, Bosch, A.P.J. van den, Hunt, S., Meij, M. van der, Dekker, R., Lendvai, P.   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources

A summer in Siberia: the travel and the collection itinerary to the mouth of the Ob River by the botanist and ethno-anthropologist Stéphen Sommier in 1880

Journal of Maps
Stéphen Sommier (1848–1922) was a renowned botanist, plant collector, ethnographer, geographer and photographer. He is best known for his scientific expeditions to Italy, Scandinavia and Russia.
Daniele Viciani, Lorella Dell’Olmo, Anna Bernardini, Anna Donatelli, Chiara Nepi, Maria Gloria Roselli, Lorenzo Lastrucci   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A new semi-cryptic Filistata from caves in the Levant with comments on the limits of Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775) (Arachnida: Araneae: Filistatidae)

European Journal of Taxonomy, 2022
We describe a new troglophilic species of Filistata, F. betarif sp. nov. , collected from two caves in central Israel, by using light and electron microscopy and by DNA barcoding of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene.
Ivan L.F. Magalhaes, Shlomi Aharon, Zeana Ganem, Efrat Gavish-Regev   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate Change and Biosphere Response: Unlocking the Collections Vault

, 2011
Natural history collections (NHCs) are an important source of the long-term data needed to understand how biota respond to ongoing anthropogenic climate change.
Brooks, Stephen J., Fenberg, Phillip B., Glover, Adrian G., James, Karen E., Johnson, Kenneth G., Lister, Adrian M., Michel, Ellinor, Spencer, Mark, Stewart, John R., Todd, Jonathan A., Valsami-Jones, Eugenia, Young, Jeremy R.   +11 more
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Informational Interfaces: A case study of the impact of discovery systems on biodiversity research and search at the Natural History Museum, London, UK [PDF]

, 2015
The Natural History Museum is one of the world’s leading research institutions for biological diversity research with collections comprising some 8 million specimens representing a vast wealth of data.
Sarah Stewart
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NRASQ61R Expression in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Causes Enlarged Vessels, Hemorrhagic Chylous Effusions, and High Mortality in a Mouse Model of Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA) is an aggressive complex lymphatic anomaly. Patients exhibit malformed lymphatic vessels and often develop hemorrhagic effusions and elevated angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) levels. A somatic NRAS p.Q61R (NRASQ61R) mutation has been associated with KLA.
C. Griffin McDaniel, Patricia Pastura, Joshua P. Scallan, Timothy D. Le Cras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parasitoid Wasp Community Dynamics in Vineyards Following Insecticide Application

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
In order to integrate parasitoid wasps in agroecosystems as biological control agents, we need to understand how insecticides affect the parasitoids in the crops and their surroundings.
Bracha Schindler, Bracha Schindler, Efrat Gavish-Regev, Tamar Keasar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of management and collection of zoological specimens at natural history museums in Malaysia [PDF]

, 2020
There are many causes contributing to biodiversity loss and lack of understanding on the importance of natural history collections is one. Ineffective dissemination of biodiversity knowledge, poor maintenance of natural history collection and lack of
Sapaat, Arney
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A catalogue of the collections of Mexican amber at the Natural History Museum, London and National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, UK [PDF]

, 2016
A catalogue is here provided of the pieces of Mexican amber with inclusions in the collections of the Natural History Museum, London, and National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh, both in the United Kingdom.
Crighton, Bill, Mellish, C, Ross, Andrew, York, P V   +3 more
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