Insect size responses to climate change vary across elevations according to seasonal timing. by César R Nufio, Monica M Sheffer, Julia M Smith, Michael T Troutman, Simran J Bawa, Ebony D Taylor, Sean D Schoville, Caroline M Williams, Lauren B Buckley

“…Leveraging long-term data for six montane grasshopper species spanning 1,768-3 901 m, we detect size shifts since ~1960 that depend on elevation and species' seasonal timing. …”
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A Simple and Selective Nanocatalytic Resonance Rayleigh Scattering Spectral Method for the Determination of Trace Re by Shengmian Wang, Guiqing Wen, Tingsheng Li, Xianjiu Liao, Aihui Liang, Zhiliang Jiang

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The structure of the segetal flora of field crops in the steppe zone of Krasnodar Territory by N. N. Luneva, T. Yu. Zakota

“…Besides, species with a high degree of permanency in the agrocenoses of each field crop have been identified. …”
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Biodiversity of Marine Mollusk Assemblages from Two Contrasted Algal Habitats in the Mediterranean Sea (Tossa de Mar, Costa Brava, NE Spain) by Manuel Ballesteros, Angra S. Silva, Óscar F. Villamizar, Miquel Pontes, Francesc Oliva

“…Moreover, 10 species accounted for 76.27% of the total abundance, with each species represented by over 100 specimens in the total samples. …”
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Taxonomic refinement of Bacillus thuringiensis by Nagham Shiekh Suliman, Reza Talaei-Hassanloui, Hamid Abachi, Sadegh Zarei, Ebrahim Osdaghi

“…The remaining 36 strains did not match with any known Bacillus species nor the species of other bacterial genera, thus they could be assigned to hypothetical new species. …”
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Endophytic fungi related to the ash dieback causal agent encode signatures of pathogenicity on European ash by Maryam Rafiqi, Chatchai Kosawang, Jessica A. Peers, Lukas Jelonek, Hélène Yvanne, Mark McMullan, Lene R. Nielsen

“…Here, we discover the pathogenicity potential of two newly identified related species of Asian origin, H. koreanus and H. occultus, and one Europe-native related species, H. albidus. …”
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Diversity and Conservation of Carnivores in Saudi Arabia by Ali Al Ahmari, Farah Neyaz, Faisal Shuraim, Abdul Rahman Al Ghamdi, Ahmad Al Boug, Mesfer Alhlafi, Sharif Al Jbour, Francesco M. Angelici, Saleh Alaamri, Khalid Al Masabi, Zuhair Sami Amr

“…In the present study, we updated the taxonomy and distributional data for 14 carnivore species based on previous records and the recent results of camera trapping (4787 camera nights from 58 locations) and depicted species richness. …”
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eDNA Metabarcoding, a Promising Tool for Monitoring Aquatic Biodiversity in the Estuaries of Reunion Island (South‐West Indian Ocean) by Lou‐Anne Jannel, François Guilhaumon, Pierre Valade, Pascale Chabanet, Guillaume Borie, Henri Grondin, Philippe Jourand

“…Indeed, the eDNA detected 31 species, whereas the EF detected only 12 species. …”
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Variation in Botryosphaeriaceae from Eucalyptus plantations in YunNan Province in southwestern China across a climatic gradient by Guoqing Li, Bernard Slippers, Michael J. Wingfield, Shuaifei Chen

“…Species diversity and composition changed across the different climatic zones, despite their relatively close geographic proximity and the fact that some of the species have a global distribution. …”
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An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the protected areas of the Kherson region (Ukraine) by A.M. Iosypchuk

“…The spider fauna of the protected areas of the Kherson region includes 363 species of 30 families. Ten species Cyclosa sierrae Simon, 1870, Eresus moravicus Řezáč, 2008, Nomisia exornata (C.L. …”
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DNA Barcoding of Fish, Insects, and Shellfish in Korea by Dae-Won Kim, Won Gi Yoo, Hyun Chul Park, Hye Sook Yoo, Dong Won Kang, Seon Deok Jin, Hong Ki Min, Woon Kee Paek, Jeongheui Lim

“…DNA barcoding has been widely used in species identification and biodiversity research. …”
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A generalist vector-transmitted parasite exhibits population genetic structure among host genera by Vincenzo A. Ellis, Mélanie Duc, Arif Ciloglu, Olof Hellgren, Staffan Bensch

“…Generalist parasites experience selective pressures from the various host species they infect. However, it is unclear if parasite transmission among host species precludes the establishment of host-specific adaptations and population genetic structure. …”
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Jaw Musculature of the Picini (Aves: Piciformes: Picidae) by Reginaldo José Donatelli

“…Given the absence of detailed anatomical studies of Picini in the literature, the purposes of this study were to describe the jaw musculature of 14 species of Picini in detail and to compare the musculature patterns of these species. …”
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Competition and Dispersal Delays in Patchy Environments by Nancy Azer, P. van den Driessche

“…Dispersal delays are introduced into a competition model for two species that disperse among $n$ identical patches. …”
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Terrestrial Isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) from the Slovenian Karst by Ferenc Vilisics, Aleš Lapanje

“…Previous investigations of the terrestrial isopod species distribution in the neighbouring northern Italian area showed higher species diversity than in Slovenian western area close to the Italian borderline. …”
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Analyzing cellulolytic bacteria diversity in mangrove ecosystem soil using 16 svedberg ribosomal ribonucleic acid gene by I. Dewiyanti, D. Darmawi, Z.A. Muchlisin, T.Z. Helmi

“…Phylogenetic analysis and genetic distance between species were evaluated using molecular evolutionary genetics analysis.FINDINGS: Thirteen isolates were sequenced, and nine species of cellulolytic bacteria dominated by the Bacillus genus were identified. …”
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The Ant Cardiocondyla elegans as Host of the Enigmatic Endoparasitic Fungus Myrmicinosporidium durum by Julia Giehr, Jürgen Heinze, Alexandra Schrempf

“…Here, we add the ant Cardiocondyla elegans as new host species. Colonies of the monogynous species were found infested in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon (South France). …”
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Dynamical Behaviors of a Fractional-Order Three Dimensional Prey-Predator Model by Noor S. Sh. Barhoom, Sadiq Al-Nassir

“…It is assumed that the middle predator species consumes only the prey species, and the top predator species consumes only the middle predator species. …”
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Birds in New York State Have Altered Their Migration Timing and Are Experiencing Different Thermal Regimes While Breeding or on Stopover from 2010 to 2015 by Natalie Pudalov, Sydney Ziatek, Ana Gabriela Jimenez

“…In the Adirondack region, of the total 199 species used within this dataset, 43 species showed some alteration in their migration timing or experienced significantly colder or warmer temperatures while breeding or on migration stopover during 2010–2015. …”
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Effects of adaptive harvesting on fishing down processes and resilience changes in predator-prey and tritrophic systems by Tromeur, Eric, Loeuille, Nicolas

“…This “fishing down the food web” is often attributed to reduced densities of high-trophic-level species. We show here that the fishing down pattern can actually emerge from the adaptive harvesting of two- and three-species food webs, where changes in fishing patterns are driven by the relative profitabilities of the harvested species. …”
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