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How much biodiversity is concealed in the word ‘biodiversity’?
Mammola, Stefano; Fukushima, Caroline S.; Biondo, Girolama; Bongiorni, Lucia; Cianferoni, Fabio; Domenici, Paolo; Fruciano, CarmeloAmidst a global biodiversity crisis1, the word ‘biodiversity’ has become indispensable for conservation and management2. Yet, biodiversity is often used as a buzzword in scientific literature. Resonant titles of papers claiming to have studied ‘global biodiversity’ may be used to promote research focused on a few taxonomic groups, habitats, or facets of biodiversity — taxonomic, (phylo)genetic, or functional. T...
Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful ...
Ceriaco, Luis M. P.; Gutierrez, Eliecer E.; Dubois, Alain; Simon Abdala, Cristian; Alqarni, Abdulaziz S.; Adler, Kraig; Adriano, Edson A.; Aescht, ErnaMade available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T12:17:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-11-23; Villanova Univ, Dept Biol, Villanova, PA 19085 USA; Museu Nacl Hist Nat & Ciencia, Lisbon, Portugal; Univ Brasilia, Dept Zool, Inst Ciencias Biol, BR-70910900 Brasilia, DF, Brazil; Smithsonian Inst, Natl Museum Nat Hist, Washington, DC 20560 USA; Sorbonne Univ, Museum Natl Hist Nat, ISYEB, Paris, France...
A comparative study of the fauna associated with nest mounds of native and intr...
Frizzi, Filippo; Masoni, Alberto; Migliorini, Massimo; Fanciulli, Pietro Paolo; Cianferoni, Fabio; Balzani, Paride; Giannotti, Stefano; Davini, GiovannaIn the second half of the twentieth century, many red wood ant populations were transferred from the Alps to the Apennines as biological control agents. Since the introduction involved the relocation of entire nest mounds, it is presumable that the associated fauna was also relocated. While the introduction of these ants has raised several concerns about their ecological impact, there has been no attempt to inv...