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Genetic structure and demographic inference of the regular sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri (Meissner, 1900) in the Southern Ocean: The role of the last glaciation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 One of the most relevant characteristics of the extant Southern Ocean fauna is its resiliency to survive glacial processes of the Quaternary. These climatic events produced catastrophic habitat reductions and forced some marine benthic species to move ...
Angie Díaz +7 more
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An Arctic refugium under assault [PDF]
Current Biology, 2013 SummaryDue to their special geographic circumstances, some places on earth are resistant to global warming. But a new study of an arctic refugium suggests it’s only a matter of time before climate change breaches the defenses. Cyrus Martin reports.
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Scientific basis for predicting the spread of pests
Карантин і захист рослинGoal. To analyze the existing theories of mass reproduction of insects, to evaluate and test the established and newest methods of monitoring and prospects for their use in modern conditions of pest spread. Methods.
A. Fedorenko +4 more
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Molecular markers reveal limited population genetic structure in a North American corvid, Clark's nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The genetic impact of barriers and Pleistocene glaciations on high latitude resident species has not been widely investigated. The Clark's nutcracker is an endemic North American corvid closely associated with Pinus-dominated forests.
Kimberly M Dohms, Theresa M Burg
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Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2016 Three short field surveys were conducted in the Phia Oac-Phia Den Nature Reserve to assess the species diversity and endemism of local bat fauna. In combination with data from a previous study, 24 bat species of 5 families, representing > 20% of the ...
Vuong Tan Tu +6 more
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Continental Refugium in the Mongolian Plateau during Quaternary Glacial Oscillations: Phylogeography and Niche Modelling of the Endemic Desert Hamster, Phodopus roborovskii. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The Mongolian Plateau (MP), which is situated in the interior of Asia and possesses a typical continental climate, experienced harsh climatic conditions during the Quaternary glacial fluctuations.
Xue Lv +6 more
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American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise The Chicxulub asteroid impact at the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary triggered a mass extinction 66 million years ago. Ferns thrived in the aftermath of the extinction, evidenced by the well‐documented “fern spore spike.” However, fern macrofossil records across the K–Pg boundary are less understood.
Fern B. Holian +9 more
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Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. BiologiaHoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) represent an ecologically important group of pollinating insects. Of these, Parasyrphus malinellus (Collin, 1952) is a Palaearctic species, mainly distributed in northern Europe.
Amalia-Raluca DUMBRAVĂ +3 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The Pleistocene is a key period for understanding the evolutionary history and palaeobiogeography of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). The species was first documented in southeastern Iberia at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene and appears to have rapidly spread throughout Southwestern Europe, where it was found in numerous ...
Maxime Pelletier
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Drivers of tail evolution in squamates and their implications for the fossorial origin of snakes
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract The axial skeleton serves as the primary structural support in all vertebrates and is subdivided into five distinct regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal. Relaxation of constraints acting on the terminal end of the axial skeleton has led to remarkable variation in caudal vertebrae number across Squamata.
Olivia Binfield +2 more
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