Majdi N,
Araujo T,
Bekkouche N,
Fontaneto D,
Garrigue J,
Larrieu L,
Kamburska L,
Kieneke A,
Minowa A,
Laumer C,
Sabatino R,
Sorel D,
Stec D,
Traunspurger W,
(2024)
Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography
We report the results of a faunistic survey focused on freshwater and limno-terrestrial meiofauna to improve biodiversity knowledge in a protected area in the Eastern part of the French Pyrénées: the Massane Forest Reserve (336 Ha). The survey provided 1187 occurrence records from 315 taxa (most res…
Keywords :Biodiversity,
conservation,
inventory,
meiobenthos,
stream,
tree-related microhabitats,
Lardeux F,
Bousses P,
Tejerina R,
Berger A,
Barnabe C,
Garcia L,
Bousses P,
Tejerina-Lardeux R,
Berger A,
Barnabe C,
Garcia L,
(2024)
bioRxiv
Background The presence of Aedes albopictus in Bolivia has been a subject of controversy, lacking concrete documentation until now. ObjectivesThis study aimed to furnish evidence of Ae. albopictus presence in Bolivia. MethodsLarval breeding sites were sampled in two northern Bolivian localities, R…
Vuataz L,
Reding J,
Reding A,
Roesti C,
Stoffel C,
Vinçon G,
Gattolliat J,
(2024)
Scientific Reports
DNA barcoding is an essential tool in modern biodiversity sciences. Despite considerable work to barcode the tree of life, many groups, including insects, remain partially or totally unreferenced, preventing barcoding from reaching its full potential. Aquatic insects, especially the three orders Eph…
Keywords :Aquatic insects,
Morphology,
Species delimitation,
Stoneflies,
Water monitoring,
Guillon M,
Martínez‐Freiría F,
Lucchini N,
Ursenbacher S,
Surget‐Groba Y,
Kageyama M,
Lagarde F,
Cubizolle H,
Lourdais O,
(2024)
Journal of Biogeography
Aim Ecological niche‐based models (ENM) frequently rely on bioclimatic variables (BioV) to reconstruct biogeographic scenarios for species evolution, ignoring mechanistic relations. We tested if climatic predictors relevant to species hydric and thermal physiology better proximate distribution patte…
Keywords :Pleistocene,
climatic refugia,
cold-climate specialist,
ecological niche-based models,
hybrid models,
permafrost,
phylogeography,
squamates,
Dufresnes C,
Monod‐Broca B,
Bellati A,
Canestrelli D,
Ambu J,
Wielstra B,
Dubey S,
Crochet P,
Denoël M,
Jablonski D,
(2024)
Global Change Biology
Palearctic water frogs (genus Pelophylax) are an outstanding model in ecology and evolution, being widespread, speciose, either threatened or threatening to other species through biological invasions, and capable of siring hybrid offspring that escape the rules of sexual reproduction. Despite half a…
Keywords :DNA barcoding,
Paratethys,
hybridogenesis,
invasive alien species,
phylogeography,
timetree plausibility test,
Wu S,
Peng H,
Lian L,
Ortiz R,
Erst A,
Jabbour F,
Wang W,
(2024)
Journal of Biogeography
Aim Drylands cover about 41% of Earth's land surface and are home to fragile biota with high levels of endemism. Two hypothetical models, i.e., cradle and museum, have been proposed to account for present‐day species diversity in an ecoregion or biome. We investigated macroevolutionary patterns to t…
Keywords :Madrean-Tethyan disjunction,
Nitrariaceae,
biogeography,
diversification,
drylands,
phylogeny,
Nuon V,
Chea R,
Lek S,
So N,
Hugueny B,
Grenouillet G,
(2024)
Ecological Indicators
Global changes are causing significant alterations to terrestrial, marine, and freshwater ecosystems worldwide, with substantial implications for plant and animal populations, potentially leading to species extinctions. While freshwater ecosystems are recognized as particularly vulnerable to these i…
Keywords :Climate change,
Freshwater fish,
Human population density,
Mekong basin,
Range shift,
Species distribution model,
Taybi A,
Mabrouki Y,
Glöer P,
Piscart C,
(2024)
Water
Invasive species are a major threat to global biodiversity. Therefore, it is crucial to monitor their presence and expansion within invaded areas and carry out studies to improve our knowledge of their biology and ecology. One of the most effective and spectacular invaders among freshwater snails is…
Keywords :North Africa,
aquatic invasion,
climate change,
environmental risk,
invasive snail,
range expansion,
salinization,
Pinna L,
Gallien L,
Pollock L,
Axmanová I,
Chytrý M,
Malavasi M,
Acosta A,
Campos J,
Carboni M,
(2024)
Ecography
The Mediterranean Basin has historically been subject to alien plant invasions that threaten its unique biodiversity. This seasonally dry and densely populated region is undergoing severe climatic and socioeconomic changes, and it is unclear whether these changes will worsen or mitigate plant invasi…
Keywords :Mediterranean,
alien plant invasion,
climate change,
future scenarios,
hotspots,
invasive species,
spatial predictions,
species distribution models (SDMs),
Lopes-Lima M,
Geist J,
Egg S,
Beran L,
Bikashvili A,
Van Bocxlaer B,
Bogan A,
Bolotov I,
Chelpanovskaya O,
Douda K,
Fernandes V,
Gomes-dos-Santos A,
Gonçalves D,
Gürlek M,
Johnson N,
Karaouzas I,
Kebapçı ,
Kondakov A,
Kuehn R,
Lajtner J,
Mumladze L,
Nagel K,
Neubert E,
Österling M,
Pfeiffer J,
Prié V,
Riccardi N,
Sell J,
Schneider L,
Shumka S,
Sîrbu I,
Skujienė G,
Smith C,
Sousa R,
Stöckl K,
Taskinen J,
Teixeira A,
Todorov M,
Trichkova T,
Urbańska M,
Välilä S,
Varandas S,
Veríssimo J,
Vikhrev I,
Woschitz G,
Zając K,
Zając T,
Zanatta D,
Zieritz A,
Zogaris S,
Froufe E,
(2024)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
The global decline of freshwater mussels and their crucial ecological services highlight the need to understand their phylogeny, phylogeography and patterns of genetic diversity to guide conservation efforts. Such knowledge is urgently needed for Unio crassus, a highly imperilled species originally …
Keywords :Unionida,
conservation,
freshwater mussels,
phylogeography,