La biodiversité : un besoin de clarification by Lecointre, Guillaume

“…Ever since the term “biodiversity” was first defined, it has been used in a mixed way, referring on the one hand to the characterisation of living organisms (which is the domain of systematics), and on the other hand to their functional interactions (which are the domain of ecology). …”
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Nosemosis negatively affects honeybee survival: experimental and meta-analytic evidence by Monika Ostap-Chec, Jessica Cait, R. Wilder Scott, Aneta Arct, Dawid Moroń, Marcin Rapacz, Krzysztof Miler

“…Here, a standard laboratory cage trial was used to compare mortality rates between healthy and Nosema-infected honeybees. Additionally, a systematic review and meta-analysis of existing literature were conducted to explore how nosemosis contributes to increased mortality in honeybees tested under standard conditions. …”
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Two New Species of Coeligetes Jacoby From Malaysia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) by Mohamed S. Mohamedsaid

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Nest Building Behavior and Development of the Sunflower Leafcutter Bee: Eumegachile (Sayapis) Pugnata (Say) (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) by D. R. Frolich, F. D. Parker

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Defensive Adaptations and Natural Enemies of a Case-Bearing Beetle, Exema Canadensis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) by Richard B. Root, Frank J. Messina

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The Genus Coelocrania and the Resurrection of the Genus Pseudosastra (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) by Mohamed S. Mohamedsaid

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Hereditary predisposition of water voles (Arvicola amphibius L.) to seizures in response to handling by G. G. Nazarova, L. P. Proskurnyak

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Neutrinoless Double β+/EC Decays by Jukka Maalampi, Jouni Suhonen

“…Transitions to the ground state and excited 0+ states are analyzed. Systematics of the related nuclear matrix elements are studied and the present status of the resonant ECEC decays is reviewed.…”
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LIFE GIVEN FOR THE SCIENCE (ABOUT EKATERINA VLADIMIROVNA ELLADY) by S. N. Kutuzova

“…Vavilov’s colleague Ekaterina Vladimirovna Ellady and her contribution to botanical systematics, geographical and phylogenetic study of worldwide diversity of cultivated and wild flax held in the collection of VIR.…”
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DNA barcoding: how many earthworm species are there in the south of West Siberia? by S. V. Shekhovtsov, N. E. Bazarova, D. I. Berman, N. A. Bulakhova, E. V. Golovanova, S. V. Konyaev, T. M. Krugova, I. I. Lyubechanskii, S. E. Peltek

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Risk management in the Greek mussel farming through ISO 31000 by Theodorou John A., Tzovenis Ioannis

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Principal component analysis and its generalizations for any type of sequence (PCA-Seq) by V. M. Efimov, K. V. Efimov, V. Y. Kovaleva

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Detailed cytogenetic analysis of three duck species (the northern pintail, mallard, and common goldeneye) and karyotype evolution in the family Anatidae (Anseriformes, Aves) by V. R. Beklemisheva, K. V. Tishakova, S. A. Romanenko, D. A. Andreushkova, V. A. Yudkin, E. А. Interesova, F. Yang, M. A. Ferguson-Smith, A. S. Graphodatsky, A. A. Proskuryakova

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On the Life Cycle and Natural History of Hymenitis Nero (Lepidoptera: Ithomiinae) in Costa Rica by Allen M. Young

“…Although studies on the systematics and broad distribution patterns of that familiar New World Tropical group, the Ithomiinae, have been conducted (Seitz, 194; Fox, 1956; Fox, 1968), a lot remains to be known about the biology of many species in Central America. …”
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Philosophy of Systemic Sozology by Józef M. Dołęga

“…In the metaobjective aspect, here called the philosophy of sozology, one should underline the following elements: the elaboration of the notion - environment, the determining of the contents of the expression: social-natural environment, the elaboration of the definition of systemic sozology, the definition of the object of research of this discipline of science, the presentation of the structure, and especially the underlining of the importance of: interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity, systematics and globalism in the methodology of systemic sozology. …”
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Quantitative Studies of Low Impact Development Literaturein China by SUN Shiqin, HOU Jingwei

“…In the perspective of core journals, and master's and doctoral theses, and based onthe literature about low impact development (LID)retrieved from the China National KnowledgeInfrastructure (CNKI), this paper analyzes the annual publication trends, source journals, topicdistributions,number of citation and keyword clustering of literature, and discusses the rules andtrend of quantitative research on LID in China by the methods of socioeconomics, ecology,mathematical modeling, and systematics & spatial optimization.The results show that: The quantityof literature about the LID since 2009 increases rapidly in China, with wider researchperspectives, larger research scales, deeper research goals, and better research system.Modelsand methods are diversified, but there are some shortcomings such as rely too much on models, andlimitations to scheme diversification. …”
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The treasure trove of yeast genera and species described by Johannes van der Walt (1925-2011) by Maudy Th. Smith, Marizeth Groenewald

“…Yeast taxonomy and systematics have in recent years been dealt with intensively primarily by a small group of individual researchers with particular expertise. …”
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The complete mitochondrial genomes and phylogenetic analysis of two Chinese endemic cave fishes, Sinocyclocheilus guilinensis and S. huangtianensis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) by Guojin Yao, You He, Chenhong Li

“…These mitochondrial genomes are valuable for studying systematics of Sinocyclocheilus.…”
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"Vyhublé postuláty rozumové víry.": k Habermasově kritice Kantovy filosofie náboženství by Sirovátka, Jakub

“…The crucial weakness that Habermas identifies in Kant’s systematics is the demands that arise from the absolute validity of the moral law. …”