«La tierra sin mal»: Paisaje e identidades en el delta inferior del río Paraná, Argentina by Cynthia Alejandra Pizarro

“…Por otro lado, incluyeron elementos de sentido del discurso ambientalista otorgando a los muelles nombres de distintas especies emblemáticas de la «flora y fauna autóctonas». Sin embargo, confrontaron estos elementos al referirse a su ser-en-el mundo. …”
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Tropical Forest and Coral Sea of the Beigua Geopark (Liguria, NW Italy) by Maria Cristina Bonci, Piazza Michele, Briguglio Antonino, Castello Giulia, Caprioglio Cristina, Firpo Marco

“…The rock exposures reveal how diverse the fauna was just before a major community turnover took place.…”
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Pablo Matzel y sus gignates by Viviana Rossetti

“…El análisis de la respectiva obra avanza sobre las dimensiones históricas y culturales de la representación de la fauna prehistórica, rescatando las situaciones que convocaron el encuentro del motivo con el público. …”
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Fiddler Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae) From Coastal Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands: Species Descriptions and DNA Barcodes by Carl L. Thurman, John C. McNamara, Hsi‐Te Shih, Mariana V. Capparelli

“…This area has the greatest heterogeneity of sympatric fiddler crab species of any portion of the planet. Since the coastal fauna has not been assessed for almost 50 years, we studied fiddler crab species diversity in Ecuador and on the Galápagos Archipelago. …”
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Exploring chitin metabolite profiles and sensitivity differences in Collembola species exposed to teflubenzuron by Saúl Fernandes, Diana Ilyaskina, Matty P. Berg, Marja H. Lamoree, Pim E.G. Leonards, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel

“…These pesticides, including teflubenzuron, target chitin synthesis in arthropods but also pose risks to non-target soil fauna like Collembola, which play essential roles in decomposition and nutrient cycling. …”
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Overwintering of Thrips (Thysanoptera) Under the Bark of the Plane Tree (<i>Platanus</i> x <i>hispanica</i> Mill. ex Münchh.) in Southeastern Poland by Halina Kucharczyk, Marek Kucharczyk, Tomasz Olbrycht

“…The insect fauna overwintering under the bark of tree trunks is very rarely studied. …”
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Archaeozoological material from the Late Antique fortified settlement near the modern-day town of Dimovo, northwestern Bulgaria by Zlatozar Boev, Alexander Manev, Alexander Harizanov, Ivaylo Dedov

“…About 1/10 of the established animal composition are species that have disappeared in the last millennium from the modern fauna of Bulgaria – Eurasian black grouse, great bustard, aurochs, wisent and Eurasian beaver. …”
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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

“…Our findings, combined with the literature and various online citations, establish Tossa de Mar as the town on the Catalan coast with the best-documented malacological fauna.…”
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El matorral micrófilo del Semidesierto Queretano: conocimiento actual, amenazas y propuestas de conservación by José Antonio Aranda Pineda, Beatriz Maruri Aguilar, Emiliano Sánchez Martínez

“…En esta diversidad de ambientes, las zonas áridas cubren cerca del 40% de la superficie y albergan diferentes tipos de matorral xerófilo, entre los que destaca el matorral micrófilo por su elevada diversidad de flora y fauna, y su alta presencia de endemismos, algunos de ellos bajo categoría de amenaza en listados nacionales e internacionales. …”
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Species diversity of saprophagous flies (Diptera) in hospital grounds of Tehran, Iran by Abbas Ali Mirzakhanlou, Mansoureh Shayeghi, Hassan Vatandoust, Arman Izadian, Zahra Karimi, Kamran Akbarzadeh

“…Sarcophaga nigriventris Meigen, 1826 is reported for the first time for Iranian fauna.…”
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Non-Destructive Testing of Concrete Materials from Piers: Evaluating Durability Through a Case Study by Abraham Lopez-Miguel, Jose A. Cabello-Mendez, Alejandro Moreno-Valdes, Jose T. Perez-Quiroz, Jose M. Machorro-Lopez

“…These are located in coastal areas in southern Mexico on the Gulf of Mexico side, with 80% average annual relative humidity, temperatures above 33 °C on average, high concentrations of salts, load handling, vibrations, flora and fauna typical of the marine ecosystem, etc. The results obtained reveal important information about the current state of the piers and the damage caused by the environment over time. …”
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DNA barcoding: how many earthworm species are there in the south of West Siberia? by S. V. Shekhovtsov, N. E. Bazarova, D. I. Berman, N. A. Bulakhova, E. V. Golovanova, S. V. Konyaev, T. M. Krugova, I. I. Lyubechanskii, S. E. Peltek

“…Earthworms are a widespread and ecologically important group of animals, which has the highest total biomass in some ecosystems and often defines the composition of soil fauna. Earthworms are known to have high cryptic genetic diversity. …”
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Sanctuary for vulnerable Arctic species at the Borealis Mud Volcano by Giuliana Panieri, Claudio Argentino, Alessandra Savini, Bénédicte Ferré, Fereshteh Hemmateenejad, Mari H. Eilertsen, Rune Mattingsdal, Sofia P. Ramalho, Tor Eidvin, Sarah Youngs, Beckett Casper Colson, Anna Pauline Miranda Michel, Jason Alexander Kapit, Denise Swanborn, Alex D. Rogers, Ines Barrenechea Angeles, Stéphane Polteau, Dimitri Kalenitchenko, Stefan Buenz, Adriano Mazzini

“…Additionally, the irregularly shaped carbonate structures serve as a natural shelter from bottom trawling and a substratum for sessile fauna and may function as nursery grounds for threatened fish species. …”
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Análise faunística e sazonalidade de insetos edáficos em ecossistemas da Área de Proteção Ambiental do Araripe em duas estações do ano, Barbalha-CE by Francisco Roberto de Azevedo, Raul Azevedo, Cícero Antônio Mariano dos Santos, Daniel Rodrigues Nere, Eridiane da Silva Moura

“…Coletas semanais foram conduzidas em mata úmida, Arajara Park, área agrícola e fragmento de mata, de 03 de setembro de 2010 a 22 de fevereiro de 2011 (estação chuvosa) e de 01 de março a 30 de agosto de 2011 (estação seca), em Barbalha, Ceará, utilizando a armadilha pitfall. A fauna encontrada nos diferentes ecossistemas foi caracterizada por meio dos índices de frequência, dominância, abundância, constância e riqueza. …”
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The mitochondrial genome of <i>Dendrobaena tellermanica</i> Perel, 1966 (Annelida: Lumbricidae) and its phylogenetic position by S. V. Shekhovtsov, G. V. Vasiliev, R. Latif, T. V. Poluboyarova, S. E. Peltek, I. B. Rapoport

“…Earthworms are an important ecological group that has a significant impact on soil fauna as well as plant communities. Despite their importance, genetic diversity and phylogeny of earthworms are still insufficiently studied. …”
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Assessing Short-term Flood Impact on Land Use Dynamics in Iran’s Central Zagros: A Case Study of Sefid Kuh Protected Area by Soheyl Moradi, Hossein Moradi, Jafar Dolatshah, Azita Rezvani

“…However, there is a lack of comprehensive and integrated studies on the short-term and long-term effects of floods on land cover dynamics in the Central Zagros region, which is a climate change hotspot and a protected area with rich flora and fauna. In this study, we aimed to assess the effects of floods on land cover changes and transitions in the Sefid Kuh Protected Area, Lorestan Province in Iran, using temporal satellite imagery from Landsat 8, land-use/land-cover change detection and fragmentation analysis, and landscape pattern indices. …”
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Inventario de garrapatas en la Reserva de Biosfera del Noroeste del Perú by Andrés Y. Silva Elizalde, Pedro Saul Castillo Carrillo

“…La recolecta se realizó en cinco lugares representativos de cada ANP, por la dificultad de encontrar fauna dentro de las ANP, para animales se utilizó un muestreo a conveniencia, en plantas se utilizó un muestreo aleatorio, empleando transeptos por los lugares donde transitan los animales domésticos y silvestres y ganaderos. …”
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Liability issues for environmental damage caused by military aggression of a terrorist country by I. V. Kyrieieva

“…These factors include: a significant area of damage; species diversity of natural resources that were damaged (soils, subsoil, water bodies, atmospheric air, flora and fauna, territories and objects of the nature reserve fund); the connection of natural resources, which contributes to the spread of negative effects on the environment; the international nature of environmental damage; the long-term consequences of environmental damage; the fact that it is impossible for state authorities and civil society activists to record the full extent of the negative environmental impact of hostilities due to the existing danger. …”
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A theory of change to improve conservation outcomes through CITES by Daniel W. S. Challender, Daniel W. S. Challender, Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes, Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes, Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes, Steven Broad, E. J. Milner-Gulland, E. J. Milner-Gulland

“…Here we articulate the implied theory of change (ToC) underpinning the design and operation of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), based on an analysis of the Convention’s documented evolution. …”
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Nation-wide surveillance of tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infestations of humans in Singapore by Mackenzie L. Kwak, Jean-Marc Chavatte, Chia-Da Hsu, Abigail Ng, Benjamin P Y-H Lee, Nazmi Bin Nazir, Nadia Faradilla Maharani Abas, Erica Qian Hui Lee, Ryo Nakao, Benoit Malleret

“…Singapore is a densely populated Southeast Asian nation with a rich tick fauna and a significant mosaic of city and greenspace. …”
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