Using miniaturized laboratory equipment and DNA barcoding to improve conservation genetics training and identify illegally traded species. [PDF]
Abstract Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is one of the largest global illegal activities, and it negatively affects biodiversity and sustainable development worldwide. DNA barcoding coupled with high‐throughput sequencing (i.e., metabarcoding) is useful in identifying taxa affected by IWT and has been used routinely for decades.
Ferreira da Silva MJ +9 more
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Representativeness of the Natura 2000 network for preserving plant biodiversity in the European Union. [PDF]
Abstract The Natura 2000 (N2K) network of protected areas is one of the main tools for area‐based conservation in the European Union (EU), yet its role in preserving plant biodiversity requires better understanding. We examined data kept in the European Vegetation Archive from over 1.2 million vegetation plots and obtained over 14.2 million plant ...
Di Musciano M +41 more
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Liothrips tractabilis sp.n. (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripinae) da Argentina, um Potencial Agente de ControleBiológico da Planta Daninha Campuloclinium macrocephalum (Asteraceae) na África do Sul [PDF]
A new species, Liothrips tractabilis, is described from northern Argentina. Feeding by this thrips causes severe damage to the leaves of Campuloclinium macrocephalum, a plant that has been introduced to South Africa where it is a serious weed of ...
Mound, Laurence +1 more
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Suzanne DALLIGNY, Essai sur les principes d'un droit civil socialiste, Paris, L.G.D.J., 1976, 428 pages, préface de Jean Carbonnier. [PDF]
Pindapixaragen. n. (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida, Ergasilidac) é proposto para uma nova espécie, Ρ tarira,coletada dos filamentos branquiais de Hoplias malabaricus(Bloch, 1794) do Rio Guaporé, próximo a Surprêsa, Rondônia, Brasil.
Tancelin, Maurice
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Onosma tricerosperma subsp. tricerosperma Lag. (Boraginaceae), uma nova espécie e género para a flora portuguesa [PDF]
Onosma tricerosperma subsp. tricerosperma Lag. (Boraginaceae), uma nova espécie e género para a flora portuguesa Key words. Onosma tricerosperma, Boraginaceae, chorology, Portugal. Palavras chave.
Jacinto, Marco +3 more
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New species of cave-dwelling beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae) from the Azores [PDF]
Copyright © 2004 Taylor & Francis.Nesta contribuição são descritos para os Açores os escaravelhos cavernícolas, Trechus pereirai, nova espécie, e Trechus oromii, nova espécie, e ainda o escaravelho epígeo Trechus terrabravensis, nova espécie.
Amorim, Isabel R. +2 more
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Aleiphaquilon Martins (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Neocorini): novas ocorrências, nova espécie e chave [PDF]
São apresentados novos registros para Aleiphaquilon plumanni e A. castaneum. Aleiphaquilon tasyba sp. nov. é descrita da Bolívia (Santa Cruz). Acrescenta-se chave para espécies com faixa clara, coplanar com o restante da superfície elitral.Aleiphaquilon ...
GALILEO, Maria Helena M. +1 more
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Success of restoration strategies in preventing extirpation of 2 critically endangered coral species. [PDF]
Abstract An unprecedented marine heatwave in 2023 caused widespread coral bleaching and mortality throughout the Caribbean. In the Florida Keys (USA), 2 foundation species, elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), were severely affected.
Muller EM +29 more
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A new species of Neotropical freshwater stingray of the genus Potamotrygon Garman, 1877 from the Río Madrede Díos, Peru (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) [PDF]
Potamotrygon tatianae sp. nov., is described from Río Madre de Díos, Peru, upper Rio Madeira basin. The new species is distinguished from all congeners by a unique combination of characters, including its dorsal color pattern formed by a relatively ...
CARVALHO, Marcelo R. de +1 more
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A new species of Pimelodus La Cépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from rio Ribeira de Iguape basin, Brazil [PDF]
Pimelodus multicratifer, a new species, is described from the rio Ribeira de Iguape basin. The new species differs from the other Pimelodus species by the following features: 26 to 30 gill rakers on the first branchial arch; a combination of three to six
LUCENA, Carlos Alberto S. de +2 more
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