Bacterial and Parasitic Assessment from Fingernails in Debre Markos, Northwest Ethiopia by Abeba Mengist, Yibeltal Aschale, Alemayehu Reta

“…Of the total 220 subjects examined, 29.5% showed positive culture for different bacterial species from their fingernail contents. Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus was the predominant bacteria species (12.3%) followed by Staphylococcus aureus (5%), E. coli (2.7%), Klebsiella species (2.7%), Enterococcus species (1.8%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (1.8%), Proteus species (1.4%), Citrobacter species (1.4%), and Serratia species (0.9%). …”
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And they just keep coming: four new genera of dark sac spiders from southern Africa (Araneae, Trachelidae) by Charles R. Haddad

“…., with F. distincta sp. nov. from South Africa (Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape) as the type species, F. flavipoda sp. nov. from the Free State, F. kasouga sp. nov. from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, and a fourth undescribed species from Zimbabwe; the monotypic Mushimane gen. nov., with M. tswibilinki sp. nov. from KwaZulu-Natal as the type species; Namaquella gen. nov., with N. arida sp. nov. from the Northern Cape as the type species and N. samanthae sp. nov. from the Western Cape; and Rukuluk gen. nov. from South Africa, with R. gramineus sp. nov. from the Northern Cape as the type species and a second undescribed species from KwaZulu-Natal known only from juveniles.…”
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Geoglossum subdifforme sp. nov. and G. simile, Two New Earth Tongues from South Korea by Chang Sun Kim, Young-Nam Kwag, Dae Ho Kim

“…The two species were identified to belong to the genus Geoglossum; the species G. simile and a new species named G. subdifforme sp. nov. …”
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The Population Size and Distribution of Diurnal Large Wild Mammals in the Southern Great Rift Valley, Ethiopia by Yacob Kassa, Wondimagegnehu Tekalign

“…Despite the park being home to various types of mammalian species, there is a need for conservation actions by the park management and other concerned bodies for the survival of those species in the area.…”
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Woody flora of the Prof. Dr. Karl Arens Reserve, Corumbataí, São Paulo, Brazil by Lilian Santos, Pedro Luís de Moraes

“…We also conducted 24 fieldwork expeditions between 2019 and 2021 and recorded 118 species in 39 families. In total, 193 woody species were recorded for the Reserve in Corumbataí. …”
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The Microbiome of Animals: Implications for Conservation Biology by Simon Bahrndorff, Tibebu Alemu, Temesgen Alemneh, Jeppe Lund Nielsen

“…Together these studies suggest that the microbiome of insects is highly dependent on the environment, species, and populations and affects the fitness of species. …”
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Resolving issues in the genus Dioxys (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae, Dioxyini) in the West Palaearctic with a new identification key by T. J. Wood

“…The bee genus Dioxys is widely distributed across the Holarctic from the Mediterranean basin to western North America but is species-poor, and individual species can prove challenging to identify. …”
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AN UPDATED CHECKLIST AND COMMENTS FOR SECTION PIQUETIA (CAMELLIA, THEACEAE) by Roman Vasilyevich Doudkin, Van Duy Nong, Kim Cong Vu, Thai Vinh Tran, Nie Bing H’Yon, Thi Tham Dang, Van Hoi Quach

“…New Camellia species in section Piquetia have recently been discovered. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Stone Quarrying on Vegetation Cover in Kiyoora Kabale District. by Abaho, Amos

“…The quadrant method was used to identify different plant species in the quarry area. Results revealed that female respondents were highly represented in the study and different plant species included 30 different species of shrubs and small trees, 10 species of grasses and herbaceous plants, and 20 species of pioneer species. …”
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Effects of mode of reproduction on genetic polymorphism and divergence in wild yams (Dioscoreaceae: Dioscorea) by Xin Wang, Qing-Hong Feng, Zhi-Hua Zeng, Zhi-Qiang Zhang, Jie Cai, Gao Chen, De-Zhu Li, Hong Wang, Wei Zhou

“…We examined how transitions between these reproductive systems affected between-species divergence and within-species polymorphism. …”
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Field margins as substitute habitat for the conservation of birds in agricultural wetlands by Mallet, Pierre, Bechet, Arnaud, Sirami, Clelia, Mesleard, Francois, Blanchon, Thomas, Calatayud, Francois, Dagonet, Thomas, Gaget, Elie, Leray, Carole, Galewski, Thomas

“…We could not confirm the compensation hypothesis for other species. However, this may be due to the fact that most of these species did not respond to their primary habitat. …”
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The efficiency of some post-emergence herbicides for controlling problematic weeds of lawn areas by R. Gürbüz, H. Alptekin

“…The percentage effects of the herbicides applied in the study on weed dry weights, weed species, and the percentage effects of herbicides on these weed species were determined according to the 3 counts made at certain intervals for the weed species with a density of 1 weeds/m2 and above in the census.As a result of the study, a total of 14 weed species belonging to 8 families were determined in the trial area. …”
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Variation in Illipe Nut's Fat Yield of Tengkawang-producing Shorea from Several Provenances and Land Races by Budi Leksono, Lukman Hakim

“…Most of them are categorized as threatened species. To conserve and improve the species for illip nut's fat, it is important to assess the potential of fat yield and physical-chemical properties for each species and provenance. …”
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Morphological Diversity of Gracilaria blodgettii Harvey 1853 (Gracilariaceae, Rhodophyta) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo by Ruhana Hassan, Muhammad Nur Arif Othman, Mohd Nasarudin Harith, Amir Shah Ruddin Md Sah

“…Identification of the species using morphological characters revealed three species, namely, Gracilaria changii, G. blodgettii, and G. arcuata, had been collected from the sampling sites. …”
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Demographic rates and diversity vary with tree stature and ontogenetic stage in an African tropical rainforest by Moses B. Libalah, Sabrina E. Russo, George B. Chuyong, Duncan Thomas, David Kenfack

“…Smaller statured species in our study are not light‐demanding but rather treelet and understory species that live entirely in the shaded understory. …”
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Primate sympatry shapes the evolution of their brain architecture by Robira, Benjamin, Perez-Lamarque, Benoît

“…Yet, space is often simultaneously occupied by multiple species from the same ecological guild. These sympatric species can compete for food, which may thereby stimulate or hamper cognition. …”
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Wolbachia, Spiroplasma, and Rickettsia symbiotic bacteria in aphids (Aphidoidea) by D. A. Romanov, I. A. Zakharov, E. V. Shaikevich

“…Rickettsia was found in six species, Wolbachia in two species, Spiroplasma in one species. …”
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Cryphalus lipingensis Tsai & Li, 1963 by Yiyi Dong, Andrea Lucky, Jiri Hulcr

“… Cryphalus lipingensis Tsai & Li, 1963 belongs to the bark beetle genus Cryphalus that contains more than 200 species. Five species of Cryphalus are distributed throughout the USA, mostly in northern latitudes. …”
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An Overview and Informal Key of the Ferns of Florida by Douglas G. Scofield, Ginger M. Allen, Martin B. Main

“…There are an estimated 123 native fern and fern-like species, and at least 21 exotic and hybrid (crossbreeding of two species) species of ferns found in Florida.  …”
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ARTEMISIA SIEVERSIANA WILLD. IN TRANSBAIKALIA: FEATURES OF CENOFLORA AND INTRASPECIFIC VARIABILITY by A. B. Sakhyaeva, B. B. Namzalov

“…Artemisia sieversiana Willd. is a Eurasian species of the genus Artemisia L., belonging to the group of monocarpic  annual/biennial plants. …”
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