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The Natural History Collections [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1878
I SEE by Galignani, the only newspaper that reaches this high elevation, that a bill has just been introduced into Parliament by Mr. Walpole, and read a second time, to enable the Trustees of the British Museum to move the natural history collections into the new building at South Kensington.
openaire   +3 more sources

Population regulation in Gyrodactylus salaris – Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) interactions: testing the paradigm

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Gyrodactylus salaris is a directly transmitted ectoparasite that reproduces in situ on its fish host. Wild Norwegian (East Atlantic) salmon stocks are thought to be especially susceptible to the parasite due to lack of co-adaptation, contrary ...
Raúl Ramírez   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Functional characterization of the Hyles euphorbiae hawkmoth transcriptome reveals strong expression of phorbol ester detoxification and seasonal cold hardiness genes

open access: yesFrontiers in Zoology, 2018
Background The European spurge hawkmoth, Hyles euphorbiae (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae), has been intensively studied as a model organism for insect chemical ecology, cold hardiness and evolution of species delineation.
M. Benjamin Barth   +8 more
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Sharing taxonomic expertise between natural history collections using image recognition

open access: yesResearch Ideas and Outcomes, 2021
Natural history collections play a vital role in biodiversity research and conservation by providing a window to the past. The usefulness of the vast amount of historical data depends on their quality, with correct taxonomic identifications being the ...
Michael Greeff   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Fluctuating insect diversity, abundance and biomass across agricultural landscapes

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Habitat destruction and deterioration of habitat quality caused a severe decline of biodiversity, such as insect diversity. In this study, we analyze insect diversity and biomass across agro-environments. We collected flying insects with 20 malaise traps
Axel Hausmann   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

No evidence of a hybrid origin of the ashy‐throated parrotbill Sinosuthora alphonsiana

open access: yesJournal of Avian Biology, 2023
This mini‐review is dedicated to a critical re‐appraisal of the putative hybrid origin of the grey‐cheeked populations of the ashy‐throated parrotbill Sinosuthora alphonsiana that was postulated based on the results of a clustering analysis using a set ...
Martin Päckert
doaj   +1 more source

Semantic Annotation of Natural History Collections

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2018
Large collections of historical biodiversity expeditions are housed in natural history museums throughout the world. Potentially they can serve as rich sources of data for cultural historical and biodiversity research. However, they exist as only partially catalogued specimen repositories and images of unstructured, non-standardised, hand-written text ...
Stork, L.   +6 more
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Parasitoid Wasp Community Dynamics in Vineyards Following Insecticide Application

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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