Checklist of Croatian amphibians and reptiles with bibliography of 250 years of research by Dušan Jelić

“…According to historical and recent literature sources, 20 amphibian and 41 reptile species have been recorded so far. Two reptile species, Blanus strauchi and Typhlops vermicularis, are considered doubtful, although there are individual museum vouchers for the country. …”
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Catalog of Endophytic Insects Associated with Rosinweeds (Silphium L., Heliantheae, Asteraceae) in North America by Louis F. Nastasi, Cecil N. Smith, John F. Tooker, Andrew R. Deans

“…We provide details on host plant species, brief descriptions of insect associations, and known distributions of their association with Silphium species. …”
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Common Pines of Florida by Niels Proctor, Martha C. Monroe

“…People have found varied uses for each species as well. Several species are of commercial value and are cultivated and managed to provide useful products such as paper, industrial chemicals, and lumber. …”
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New records for Erythrodiplax fulva (Libellulidae: Odonata) from Brazil by Alejandro del Palacio, Victor Rennan Santos Ferreira, Joana Darc Batista, Leandro Juen

“…ABSTRACT The genus Erythrodiplax is the most species-rich libellulid in the Neotropics. Erythrodiplax fulva is one of the less known species of this genus, with its larva currently unknown and conservation status undefined. …”
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Pityopsis - Silkgrass by Gage LaPierre, Michael G Andreu, Jazz Griffis

“…This publication provides a breakdown of botanical terms used to describe silkgrass species and a guide with pictures and descriptions of various species to aid in differentiating between them. …”
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Applesnails (of Florida), Pomacea spp. (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Pilidae) by Lionel A. Stange

“… There are three species of applesnails in Florida. One is native and the others are introduced. …”
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Common Pines of Florida by Niels Proctor, Martha C. Monroe

“…People have found varied uses for each species as well. Several species are of commercial value and are cultivated and managed to provide useful products such as paper, industrial chemicals, and lumber. …”
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Native Wildflowers on Roadsides of Central and South Florida by Jeffrey G. Norcini

“… This is a brochure describing several of Florida's common wildflower species. The brochure lists common names of many wildflower species, along with their flowering statistics and probable habitats. …”
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Effects of Long-Term Kerosene Spillage on Heterotrophic Microorganisms in Soil from Niger Delta, Southern Nigeria by NO Nseabasi, SP Antai

“…Kerosene contaminated soil was obtained from four different locations in Calabar while pristine soil served as control. Bacterial species isolated from kerosene contaminated soil samples included species of Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Micrococcus and Serratia while bacteria isolated from pristine soil samples comprised of species of Streptococcus, Salmonella, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus, Serratia, Micrococcus and Pseudomonas. …”
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FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO INVENTORY OF PLANTS WITH ALLERGENIC POLLEN IN THE MAADID REGION (M'SILA, ALGERIA) by Rebbas Khellaf, Hafsa Boubekeur, Sabah Larit, Saliha Benhissen

“…The allergenic pollen flora of the Maadid region includes 59 species belonging to 19 botanical families and 44 genera and is represented by 47 anemophilous species and 12 entomophilous species responsible for allergies. …”
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Spider Diversity Pattern and Community Composition in the South Eastern Nigeria: An Analysis of Habitat Differences by C.D. Ezeonyejiaku, C.O. Okoye, M.C. Anaesoronye, T.C. Mogbo

“…Results of the relative abundance of spider species in different habitat showed that Physocyclus globosus has the highest abundance of species having 71.2% with composition of eighty-nine (89) spiders. …”
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Sounds of the northern Andes: the calls of a diverse and endangered frog community (Amphibia, Anura) from Ecuador by Diego Batallas, Rafael Márquez, Juan M. Guayasamin

“…The call of Hyloxalus delatorreae, a critically endangered species, is described with a remarkable recording of the call of Niceforonia brunnea, a species considered mute. …”
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Grass-like mantid, American grass mantid, Thesprotia graminis, (Scudder, 1878) (Insecta: Mantodea: Thespidae) by Bethany McGregor, Nathan Burkett-Cadena, Andrea Lucky

“…Despite this, many praying mantid species remain understudied. One species that occurs in the southeastern United States is the grass-like mantid, Thesprotia graminis (Scudder) (Figure 1). …”
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Evolution of dispersal and the ideal free distribution by Robert Stephen Cantrell, Chris Cosner, Yuan Lou

“…A general question in the study of the evolution of dispersalis what kind of dispersal strategies can conveycompetitive advantages and thus will evolve.We consider a two species competition modelin which the species are assumed to have the same population dynamics but different dispersal strategies.Both species disperse by random diffusion and advection along certaingradients, with the same random dispersal rates but different advectioncoefficients.We found a conditional dispersal strategy which results in the ideal free distribution of species,and show that it is a localevolutionarily stable strategy.We further show that this strategyis also a global convergent stable strategyunder suitable assumptions, and our resultsillustrate how the evolution of conditional dispersal can lead to an ideal free distribution.The underlying biological reason is thatthe species with this particular dispersal strategy can perfectly match the environmentalresource, which leads to its fitness being equilibrated across the habitats.…”
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Spider Diversity Pattern and Community Composition in the South Eastern Nigeria: An Analysis of Habitat Differences by C.D. Ezeonyejiaku, C.O. Okoye, M.C. Anaesoronye, T.C. Mogbo

“…Results of the relative abundance of spider species in different habitat showed that Physocyclus globosus has the highest abundance of species having 71.2% with composition of eighty-nine (89) spiders. …”
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Taxonomic study of Oxalis section Thamnoxys (Oxalidaceae) in Brazil by Maria Carolina de Abreu, Ykaro Richard Oliveira, Juliana Silva dos Santos, Reginaldo Carvalho, Marcos José da Silva, Margareth Ferreira de Sales

“…Abstract Oxalis comprises ca. 500 species and has a tropical and subtropical distribution. …”
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Morphologic Examination of Ossicula Auditus in Different Ruminants by İsmail Demircioğlu, Funda Aksünger Karaavci

“…As an important morphological difference, the proc. lenticulare was found to be on the crus breve in all three species. It was determined that the stapes bone was quadrangular in the species examined, especially in goats, but this quadrangular shape, which is specific to ruminants, was not fully formed in other species. …”
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Grass-like mantid, American grass mantid, Thesprotia graminis, (Scudder, 1878) (Insecta: Mantodea: Thespidae) by Bethany McGregor, Nathan Burkett-Cadena, Andrea Lucky

“…Despite this, many praying mantid species remain understudied. One species that occurs in the southeastern United States is the grass-like mantid, Thesprotia graminis (Scudder) (Figure 1). …”
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In the search of intra and inter-specific balance by Cristina Acasuso-Rivero

“…The lack of empathy immediately drives to the search of differentiation and uniqueness which is easier to proclaim towards other species, especially to non-human primates as they could represent a threat for its resemblance to our species. …”
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Spatiotemporal Distribution of Harmful Algal Flora in the Tropical Estuarine Complex of Goa, India by Suraksha M. Pednekar, S. G. Prabhu Matondkar, Vijaya Kerkar

“…In Mandovi, total 54 HAB species with 49 in monsoon and 36 during nonmonsoon period were reported. …”
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