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Reference-based checklist of gilled Agaricales (Basidiomycota, Fungi) from Ukraine
Agaricales is the largest order within the class Agaricomycetes (Basidiomycota, Fungi). Most genera have a gilled (lamellate) basidiomata, though gasteroid, secotioid and cyphello…
Multi-year monitoring of Piping Plovers (Charadrius melodus) and other shorebirds in The Bahamas
The Bahamas provides a wide range of crucial coastal habitats to many declining resident and migratory birds. Amongst these species is the Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus), whos…
DNA barcoding as a tool to monitor the diversity of endangered spring snails in an Austrian National Park
The Kalkalpen National Park is situated in Upper Austria and contains more than 800 springs. The international importance of this Park is, from the perspective of nature conservat…
New information of the biodiversity of the nymphalid family (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) species collected in Ro…
This paper complements the data published thus far about species of the nymphalid family with data collected in Romania’s eight regions between 1887 and 1984 and elsewhere in Euro…
The first dataset of vascular plant species occurrences on kurgans in Southern Ukraine
The dataset contains the records of vascular plant species occurrences and distribution on Ukrainian kurgans (burial mounds, barrows), located in various zones of steppe vegetatio…
The first record of Propomacrus bimucronatus (Pallas, 1781) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from Iraq, with notes on its dis…
Propomacrus bimucronatus (Pallas, 1781), the Mediterranean long-armed scarab, is a large saproxylic beetle, occurring in the east Mediterranean and south-east Europe, sparse throu…
Small terrestrial mammals (Rodentia and Soricomorpha) along a gradient of forest anthropisation (reserves, managed fore…
Understanding the relationships between wildlife biodiversity and zoonotic infectious diseases in a changing climate is a challenging issue that scientists must address to support…
The beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) of the southwest of Primorsky Krai, Russian Far East
The article is based on the results of the authors' field studies on the fauna of Coleoptera in the southwest of Primorsky Krai, conducted in 1990, 1999, 2015 and 2017–2022. The c…
The first large-scale All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in Europe: description of the Mercantour National Park ATBI datas…
An All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) is a comprehensive inventory of all species in a given territory. In 2007, the French Parc national du Mercantour and the Italian Parco N…
Biodiversity of Coleoptera (Insecta) in Mordovia State Nature Reserve (Russia) using fermental traps
Protected areas are unique ecosystems that are minimally affected by anthropogenic activities. Therefore, in many cases, they are refugia and relevance of faunistic research is un…
Sampling and curation of rove beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) for comprehensive and DNA-grade collections …
Staphylinidae beetles form a major portion of terrestrial biodiversity globally and, in particular, in Northern Eurasia, a large area with a historically better known north temper…
A newly-recorded species of the genus Rhodotritoma Arrow, 1925 (Coleoptera, Erotylidae) from China
The genus Rhodotritoma Arrow, 1925 (Coleoptera, Erotylidae, Erotylinae, Tritomini) includes 12 known species worldwide, including three species distributed in China. In the last f…
The complete mitochondrial genome of Aoria nigripes (Coleoptera, Eumolpidae, Eumolpinae) and its phylogenetic status
Aoria nigripes (Baly, 1860) is one of the main pests of grapes, mainly damaging leaves, petioles and shoots and seriously affecting plant growth and development. Recently, this pe…
Drechslerella daliensis and D. xiaguanensis (Orbiliales, Orbiliaceae), two new nematode-trapping fungi from Yunnan, Chi…
Nematode-trapping fungi are a highly specialised group in fungi and are essential regulators of natural nematode populations. At present, more than 130 species have been discovere…
Further interceptions of the Neotropical fungus gnat Sciophila fractinervis Edwards, 1940 (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) in …
From 2020 onwards, several specimens of the Neotropical fungus gnat Sciophila fractinervis (Edwards, 1940) have been intercepted by Fera Science Ltd. on or near plant material in …
First record of White-eared Kob (Kobus kob leucotis) in Omo National Park, Ethiopia (Artiodactyla, Bovidae)
White-eared Kob, Kobus kob leucotis, Lichtenstein & Peters, 1853, is known to occur in the Gambela-Boma landscape in western Ethiopia and South Sudan. They live in herds and are g…
Erwiderung: Zur Struktur und Entstehung von Eiskeil-Großformen in Lieth/Elmshorn (Schleswig-Holstein)
Zum Kommentar von J. Vandenberghe in E&G – Quaternary Science Journal 58/1: 107–109
Endemic vascular plants in the Ukrainian Carpathians
This dynamic dataset aims to gather all available data, extracted mostly from the preserved material deposited at the leading Ukrainian herbaria on the distribution of the endemic…
First record of the genus Medaura Stål (Phasmatodea, Phasmatidae, Clitumninae) from China, with description of a new sp…
The stick insect tribe, Medaurini in subfamily Clitumniae, contains 11 genera and 75 known species, with species diversity of this tribe being rich in southeast Asia and China, as…
Der prähistorische Bergsturz von Pfannes/Südtirol (Italien)
Im Rahmen einer geologischen Diplomarbeit der Universität Göttingen wurde 1986 eine Kartierung des Bergsturzes von Pfannes im Pfitschtal / Südtirol (Provinz Bozen, Italien) durchg…
Presence-absence of plant habitat specialists in 15 patches of dry calcareous grassland
Dry grasslands on calcareous bedrock in warm climates around the Oslo Fjord are naturally fragmented biodiversity hotspots. This habitat geographically coincides with the most den…
Digitisation of the Natural History Museum’s collection of Dalbergia, Pterocarpus and the subtribe Phaseolinae (Fabacea…
In 2018, the Natural History Museum (NHMUK, herbarium code: BM) undertook a pilot digitisation project together with the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (project Lead) and the Royal Bot…
An updated checklist of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria, after 130 years of research
The Bulgarian myrmecofauna is one of the richest in the Balkans. This is a result of both the physicogeographical and paleoecological features of the area, as well as relatively w…
Pinniped (Carnivora, Phocidae) occurrences in the Azores Archipelago (NE Atlantic)
The last Pinniped species update was in 2010, as part of the list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. This list includes a chapter dedicated to marine mammals, ba…
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INHALTSVERZEICHNIS: Tagung im Jahre 1968 (deutsch und englisch) . . . 295/296 ; GEBRANDE, H.: Der Einfluß von Phasenumwandlungen auf Konvektionssströme im Erdmantel . . . 297 ;…
A new species of Chilobrachys (Araneae, Theraphosidae) from Guangdong, China
The theraphosid spider genus Chilobrachys Karsch, 1892 contains 30 species, almost entirely limited to Indochina, India, Sri Lanka and China. Six species of Chilobrachys are curre…
A dataset of sea turtle occurrences around the Taiwan coast
We describe a dataset of sea turtle sightings around the coast of Taiwan and its islands (Hoh and Fong 2022). This data collection was initiated by TurtleSpot Taiwan, a citizen-sc…
New records of Ctenolepisma calvum (Ritter,1910) (Zygentoma, Lepismatidae) from Japan
Silverfish are known as one of the major pests which feed on paper and starch-based materials and can cause serious problems in museums, libraries and archives.Ctenolepisma calvum…
The complete mitochondrial genome of the Arctic fairy shrimp Branchinecta paludosa (Müller, 1788) (Anostraca, Branchine…
Here we report the complete mitochondrial genome of the Arctic fairy shrimp, Branchinecta paludosa (Müller, 1788) (Anostraca, Branchinectidae), which was collected in the High Arc…
Occurrence data on beetles (Coleoptera) collected in Dutch coastal dunes between 1953 and 1960
Historical field data in ecology are exceedingly rare and, therefore, their preservation and publication is of high importance, especially as these data can function as a point of…
Comparative diversity of vascular plants in black alder floodplain and swamp forests of Central European biogeographica…
Plant species diversity of black alder-dominated forests was studied in three biogeographical regions (Alpine, Continental and Pannonian) of Central Europe. They were represented …
Critical checklist of the Chalcidoidea and Mymarommatoidea (Insecta, Hymenoptera) of Germany
Since the first checklist of German Chalcidoidea and Mymarommatoidea was published over two decades ago, a revision of the status of these superfamilies in Germany is overdue. The…
Cryptic biodiversity of tropical hesperiid caterpillar-attacking parasitoid wasps: three new species of Creagrura Towne…
We describe three new species of the previously monotypic genus Creagrura Townes from Central and South America: C. alejandromasisi sp. n. and C. rogerblancoi sp. n. from Costa Ri…
Determining the diet of wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) at human–elephant conflict areas in Peninsular Malaysia …
Human–elephant conflict (HEC) contributes to the increasing death of Asian elephants due to road accidents, retaliatory killings and fatal infections from being trapped in snares.…
Individual and population-scale carbon and nitrogen isotopic values of Procambarus clarkii in invaded freshwater ecosys…
Freshwater ecosystems are amongst the most threatened habitats on Earth; nevertheless, they support about 9.5% of the known global biodiversity while covering less than 1% of the …
The complete mitochondrial genome of the Antarctic fairy shrimp Branchinecta gaini Daday, 1910 (Branchiopoda, Anostraca…
The complete mitochondrial genome of Antarctic fairy shrimp Branchinecta gaini Daday, 1910 was sequenced, assembled and annotated using next-generation sequencing technology. The …
A new crane fly species of the genus Libnotes Westwood, 1876 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Jilin, China
Twenty-eight Libnotes Westwood, 1876 species belonging to three subgenera have been known to occur in China, of which 13 belong to the nominotypical subgenus. Amongst the 13 Chine…
How could climate change influence the distribution of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus) (Diptera, St…
The black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758), is a saprophagous species used to decompose organic matter. This study proposes a distribution model of H. illucens to i…
Software infrastructure and data pipelines established for technical interoperability within a cross-border cooperation…
The timely and geographical resolutions, as well as the quantity and taxon concepts of records on the occurrence of plants near national borders is often ambiguous. This is due to…
Epinephelus rankini Whitley, 1945, a valid species of grouper (Teleostei, Perciformes, Epinephelidae) from Western Aust…
The grouper Epinephelus rankini, described from the waters off Western Australia, has long been regarded as a junior synonym of Epinephelus multinotatus. However, the two species …
A spatially-explicit database of tree-related microhabitats in Europe and beyond
Tree to tree interactions are important structuring mechanisms for forest community dynamics. Forest management takes advantage of competition effects on tree growth by removing o…
The disambiguation of people names in biological collections
Scientific collections have been built by people. For hundreds of years, people have collected, studied, identified, preserved, documented and curated collection specimens. Unders…
Core members and differential abundance of chrysomelid microbiota in the life stages of Podontia affinis (Galerucinae) …
The chrysomelid beetles Podontia affinis and Silana farinosa are members of the subfamilies Galerucinae and Cassidinae, respectively. This study, based on 16S rRNA gene-targeted m…
Morphological description of Laevicaulis stuhlmanni (Simroth, 1895) (Pulmonata, Veronicellidae) from Egypt
Terrestrial slugs and snails are increasingly becoming serious pests of agricultural, horticultural and ornamental plants in Egypt, resulting in major economic losses.This paper p…
BiodivNERE: Gold standard corpora for named entity recognition and relation extraction in the biodiversity domain
Biodiversity is the assortment of life on earth covering evolutionary, ecological, biological, and social forms. To preserve life in all its variety and richness, it is imperative…
Occurrence dataset of waterbirds in the Tiaozini Wetland, a World Nature Heritage, China
Tiaozini, the core area of the Yellow (Bohai) Sea Migratory Bird Habitat in Dongtai, Jiangsu Province and a World Heritage Site, has provided an ideal habitat for migratory birds.…
Species diversity of coral reef fishes around the West Island of Sanya City, South China Sea, based on environmental DNA
West Island is the second largest island in the Hainan Province, China and its surrounding sea area has a well-preserved coral reef ecosystem and high species diversity of coral r…
Heilipus squamosus (LeConte, 1824): clarification of the correct name for the “avocado tree girdler” with updates on it…
A single species of the genus Heilipus Germar, 1824 is native to the south-eastern United States and was a pest of avocado in Florida in the mid-20th century. Two names—Heilipus a…
Herbarium collection of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV), Chile
This database gathers 10,721 specimens, belonging to 2,578 species from the Chilean vascular flora (angiosperms, gymnosperms and pteridophytes) deposited in the Herbarium of the P…
A checklist of gymnosperm-feeding leafminers (Arthopoda, Insecta) in North America and Europe
The leafminers on gymnosperms receive much less attention than those on either angiosperms or ferns. Given the distinctly different leaf shape and leaf venation found in gymnosper…
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