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Environmental and seasonal filtering of taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity patterns of mountain butterflies in a prime butterfly area, Greece

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Forest clearings support butterfly communities comparable to mountainous grasslands in alpha‐diversity and conservation value, yet remain compositionally distinct. Generalized linear models (GLMs) showed three key habitat predictors shaping multifaceted diversity and community composition: herb/grass height, flowerhead abundance and elevation.
Konstantina Nasiou, Konstantina Zografou, Andreja Radović, Apostolis Stefanidis, Vassiliki Kati   +4 more
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Conservation and management implications of genetic and geometric scale variation in the ancient fish giant featherback (Chitala lopis)

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Giant featherback (Chitala lopis) is an ancient species of freshwater fish considered globally extinct until extant populations were re‐discovered in the Sundaland region of Indonesia in 2022. To improve management of the remaining populations, this study used genomic DNA and landmark‐based geometric morphometric analyses of fish scales to ...
Boby Muslimin, Gunawan Muhammad, Arif Wibowo, Kurniawan Kurniawan, Vitas Atmadi Prakoso, Rendy Ginanjar, Mochammad Zamroni, Bayu Kreshna Adhitya Sumarto, Septiana Sri Astuti, Deni Irawan, Agus Priyadi, Mirna Dwirastina, Siti Rachmi Indahsari, Haryono Haryono, Hadi Dahruddin, Indah Lestari, Flandrianto Sih Palimirmo, Nunak Nafiqoh, Mochamad Chandra Wirawan Arief, Asep Sahidin, Oriza Savitri Ariantie, Indah Anggraini Yusanti, Sujaka Nugraha, Ivor G. Stuart   +23 more
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Southern Ocean areas of endemism: a reanalysis using benthic hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa)

Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 2013
The biogeographic history of the Southern Ocean (SO) fauna is complex and poorly studied, especially the areas of endemism. We reanalyzed the data of Marques & Peña Cantero (2010), along with other geographical records of endemic benthic hydroids below ...
Thaís P Miranda, Álvaro L Peña Cantero, Antonio C Marques   +2 more
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Cryptic diversity and recent diversification in the Pyrrhulina australis species complex (Characiformes, Lebiasinidae) revealed by mitochondrial DNA

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Pyrrhulina australis Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903, is widely distributed across the main hydrographic basins of South America. The taxonomic integrity of this species is nevertheless challenged by the lack of clear diagnostic characters, its marked geographic variation and the morphological overlap with its congeners. In this context, the present
Taina Barbosa De Souza, Daniela Cristina Ferreira, Hugmar Pains Da Silva, Carolina B. Machado, Claudio Oliveira, André L. Netto‐Ferreira, Paulo C. Venere   +6 more
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Taxonomic inflation in fish systematics: A critical review with illustrative evidence assessment and integrative case study of the Salmo trutta Complex

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Fish species are being described at an accelerating rate, but a substantial fraction of recent descriptions rests on evidentiary standards too weak to distinguish genuine species‐level discontinuities from intraspecific variation, local adaptation and the artefacts of single‐marker analyses, a pattern of taxonomic inflation with documented ...
Ilhan Altinok
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Squamata (Reptilia) from four sites in southern Amazonia, with a biogeographic analysis of Amazonian lizards [PDF]

Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais, 2009
We studied the squamate fauna from four sites in southern Amazonia of Brazil. We also summarized data on lizard faunas for nine other well-studied areas in Amazonia to make pairwise comparisons among sites.
Teresa Cristina Sauer Avila-Pires, Laurie Joseph Vitt, Shawn Scott Sartorius, Peter Andrew ZaniI   +3 more
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Phylogenomics of the American robin (Turdus migratorius) reveals hidden lineages and introgression

Journal of Systematics and Evolution, EarlyView.
Phylogenomic analyses of Turdus migratorius uncover four previously unrecognized lineages, including a divergent Baja California lineage (T. m. confinis). The results reveal complex evolutionary relationships that depart from simple models of continuous divergence, supported by evidence of introgression between the Mexican lineage and its previously ...
Wendoly Rojas‐Abreu, Christen M. Bossu, Luz E. Zamudio‐Beltrán, Borja Milá, Kristen Ruegg, Blanca E. Hernández‐Baños   +5 more
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Patterns of Diversity of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Region

The Scientific World Journal, 2012
The geographical distribution of the Rissoidae in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea was compiled and is up-to-date until July 2011. All species were classified according to their mode of larval development (planktotrophic and nonplanktotrophic ...
Sérgio P. Ávila, Jeroen Goud, António M. de Frias Martins   +2 more
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Genetic, phenotypic, and ecological differentiation indicate a new cryptic and threatened species in the orchid genus Epidendrum from Alcatrazes Island, southeastern Brazil

Journal of Systematics and Evolution, EarlyView.
Epidendrum insularis occurs on the remote Alcatrazes Island in the southeastern Brazilian coast. The description of this new cryptic species was only possible by the joint use of molecular markers, reproductive experiments, flower morphometry, functional traits, and community analysis.
Beatriz L. Arida, Giovana N. Trotta, Beatriz C. De Marco, Iris D. P. Ribeiro, Raphael da Silva, Thales M. de Lima, Welington L. Sachetti Junior, Vitor de A. Kamimura, Gabriel P. Sabino, Bárbara S. S. Leal, Lívia Garcia, Edlley M. Pessoa, Fabio Pinheiro   +12 more
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Molecular phylogenetic analysis sheds light on the diversity and evolutionary history of the Neotropical and African Triplophyllum (Tectariaceae)

Journal of Systematics and Evolution, EarlyView.
We used a molecular approach to resolve the evolutionary lineages of Neotropical Triplophyllum, uncovering that current species circumscriptions are hindered by high morphological homoplasy in indument characters. Our results support the recognition of three new species and provide a necessary neotypification for T.
Mauricio Gonçalves Nunes, Amabily Bohn, Jefferson Prado, Regina Y. Hirai, Hanna Tuomisto, Germinal Rouhan, Paulo H. Labiak   +6 more
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