Zooarchaeological investigation of the Hoabinhian exploitation of reptiles and amphibians in Thailand and Cambodia with a focus on the Yellow-headed Tortoise (Indotestudo elongata... by Bochaton, Corentin, Chantasri, Sirikanya, Maneechote, Melada, Claude, Julien, Griggo, Christophe, Naksri, Wilailuck, Forestier, Hubert, Sophady, Heng, Auertrakulvit, Prasit, Bowonsachoti, Jutinach, Zeitoun, Valéry

“…This gap in research hinders a complete comprehension of past human subsistence strategies and economies, as only a limited number of comprehensive studies encompassing all the taxa found in archaeological sites have been conducted thus far. …”
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Spatial heterogeneity determines the gastrointestinal microbiome signatures and ecological processes that govern bacterial community assembly in sheep by Yukun Zhang, Jiangbo Cheng, Changchun Lin, Fadi Li, Xiaoxue Zhang, Chong Li, Deyin Zhang, Xiaobin Yang, Dan Xu, Yuan Zhao, Liming Zhao, Xiaolong Li, Huibin Tian, Xiuxiu Weng, Weimin Wang

“…The rumen had the highest total number of bacterial taxa, unique taxa, and unique functions, while the enterotypes were the same in the three regions of the large intestine. …”
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Species identity of Gambusia (Pisces: Poeciliidae) introduced to Slovenia by Paul Veenvliet

“…This finding is in accordance with European literature sources but not with Slovene literature, where both taxa are lumped together. …”
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Pollen of <i>Pterocarya</i> (Juglandaceae) representatives from natural habitats and St. Petersburg environments by O. A. Gavrilova, G. A. Firsov, D. A. Gornov, A. N. Semenov, A. V. Volchanskaya

“…Morphologically, pollen grains of all 12 specimens from five taxa are flattened, medium sized, 21–45 μm in diameter, with 4–8 pores; pores are located mainly at or near the equator. …”
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Natural Hybridization Between <i>Quercus crassipes</i> and <i>Q. crassifolia</i> (Fagaceae) Is a Key Process to Ensure the Biodiversity of Their Associated Lichen Community by Leticia Valencia-Cuevas, Jennie Melhado-Carboney, Efraín Tovar-Sánchez

“…We found significant differences in lichen composition between genetically distinct individuals and oak taxa in each HZ. Lichen diversity in <i>Q</i>. × <i>dysophylla</i> was intermediate and significantly different between parents in both HZs. …”
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Sampling mass mortality events to enable diagnoses: A protocol using freshwater mussels by Daniel A. Cossey, Michelle M. Dennis, Jordan Richard, Camilla Della Torre, Andrew McElwain, Diane L. Waller, Susan Knowles, Joshua I. Brian, Eric Leis, Erika A. V. Burioli, David C. Aldridge

“…Abstract Many taxa around the globe are threatened by often unexplained mass mortality events (MMEs), which can decimate populations and compromise key ecosystem functions. …”
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Soil Alveolata diversity in the undisturbed steppe and wheat agrocenoses under different tillage by N. B. Naumova, P. A. Barsukov, O. A. Baturina, O. A. Rusalimova, M. R. Kabilov

“…The revealed clear effect of land use on the relative abundance of some taxa and a lack of tillage effect suggest the importance of the quantity and quality of plant material input for shaping the prey for ciliates. …”
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DNA barcoding highlights taxonomic uncertainties and cryptic lineages of São Francisco River basin fishes by Denis Bruno Santos Marques Nunes, Alany Itala Pontes, Leandro Ferreira dos Santos, Leonardo Luís Calado, Luciano Freitas Barros-Neto, Silvia Yasmin Lustosa-Costa, Sergio Maia Queiroz Lima, Uedson Pereira Jacobina

“…To address this gap, we used DNA barcoding of 94 taxa from six orders, 32 families, and 73 genera, sourced from the BOLD Systems platform and samples in the middle and lower SFR regions. …”
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Alpha synuclein overexpression can drive microbiome dysbiosis in mice by Timothy R. Sampson, Zachary D Wallen, Woong-Jai Won, David G. Standaert, Haydeh Payami, Ashley S. Harms

“…Taxa that were most affected by genotype-age interaction were Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria. …”
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Effects of uncut refuge management on grassland arthropods – A systematic review by Kitti Révész, Róbert Gallé, Jean-Yves Humbert, Péter Batáry

“…Additionally, research primarily focused on orthopterans with no negative responses to refuges, whereas other taxa received less attention. Although further research is needed on the assumed moderators (e.g. grassland habitat type, landscape structure) and understudied grassland taxa, based on the existing knowledge, we recommend leaving refuges where arthropod conservation is concerned.…”
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Diversity of Rhizophydiales (Chytridiomycota) in Thailand: unveiling the hidden gems of the Kingdom by Vedprakash G. Hurdeal, Joyce E. Longcore, E. B. Gareth Jones, Kevin D. Hyde, Eleni Gentekaki

“…Our investigation incorporated a combination of morphological and phylogenetic approaches, enabling us to identify these isolates as distinct taxa. The novel isolates possess distinguishing features, such as variations in size and shape of the sporangium and zoospores, that somewhat differentiate them from described taxa. …”
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Freshwater fungi in the karst plateau wetlands from Guizhou Province, China: taxonomic novelties in Melanommataceae (Pleosporales) by Ling-Ling Liu, Yong-Xiang Liu, Ya-Ya Chen, Jiu-Lan Gou, Feng Chi, Yi Liu, Xiao-Feng Gu, Quan-Quan Wei, Meng Zhang, Zuo-Yi Liu, Si Zhou

“…The descriptions, illustrations, and notes of the novel taxa are provided along with an updated phylogenetic tree of Melanommataceae. …”
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Multi-faceted examination of a deepwater seamount reveals ecological patterns among coral and sponge communities in the equatorial Pacific by Brian RC Kennedy, Steven Auscavitch, Timothy M. Shank, Constance Sartor, Anameere Tennaba, Alexis M. Weinnig, Randi D. Rotjan

“…Here, we identify the spatial composition and distribution of coral and sponge taxa on four sides of a single central Pacific equatorial “model” seamount within the US EEZ surrounding the Howland and Baker unit of the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. …”
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The role of wetland birds in biocultural conservation: analysing global discourses and practices on species and ecosystems by Paola Araneda, Peter Bridgewater, José Cristóbal Pizarro, José Tomás Ibarra

“…As essential socio-ecosystems and culturally significant taxa, wetlands and birds possess profound ecological and cultural values. …”
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The genomes of the most diverse AA genome rice species provide a resource for rice improvement and studies of rice evolution and domestication by Muhammad Abdullah, Agnelo Furtado, Ardashir Kharabian Masouleh, Pauline Okemo, Robert Henry

“…Comparative genomic analyses were conducted to identify structural variations and syntenic relationships between these wild taxa and the domesticated rice variety Nipponbare. …”
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Benthic Marine Diatom Flora (Bacillariophyta) of Yap, Micronesia: Preliminary Annotated List, with Some New Mangrove Species by Christopher S. Lobban, Bernadette G. Tharngan

“…Floristic studies of benthic diatoms are limited partly by the shortage of taxonomic studies, and we present the taxa for which we can make reasonable arguments for identification, supporting light microscopy with scanning electron micrographs whenever possible. …”
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Comparison of Bacterial Community Structure and Diversity in Traditional Gold Mining Waste Disposal Site and Rice Field by Using a Metabarcoding Approach by Fatimawali, Billy Johnson Kepel, Maria Apriliani Gani, Trina Ekawati Tallei

“…This study concluded that the high level of mercury in the soil reduced the richness and diversity of bacterial phyla and lower taxa. There was also a shift in the dominance of phyla and lower taxa in both locations. …”
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Diversity of <i>mariner</i>-like elements in Orthoptera by K. Ustyantsev, M. Biryukov, I. Sukhikh, N. V. Shatskaya, V. Fet, A. Blinov, I. Konopatskaia

“…Finally, for 16 Orthoptera MLE lineages, horizontal transfer from the distantly related taxa belonging to other insect orders may have occurred. …”
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Macroinvertebrate communities of karst springs in the Julian Alps in relation to environmental factors by Nataša Mori

“…The study revealed a great heterogeneity of environmental characteristics and highly variable taxonomic composition and abundance of taxa among individual springs. The results of canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) showed that spring altitude and periphyton coverage were the only environmental parameters significantly influencing the macroinvertebrate community composition. …”
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Les Orangs-Outans fossiles : apport des dernières découvertes au Viêtnam by Anne-Marie Bacon, Fabrice Demeter, Vu The Long

“…Dental morphology and morphometry of the adult individual are compared with those of known taxa (modern and fossil), whereas its body proportions are compared with those of the two modern subspecies, from Borneo (Pongo pygmaeus pygmaeus) and from Sumatra (Pongo pygmaeus abelii). …”
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