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10.3897/ab.e1169
2014-07-30
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Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
author
Henle, Klaus
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6647-5362
University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
author
Potts, Simon
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2045-980X
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
author
Kunin, William
University of Aegean, Mytilini, Greece
author
Matsinos, Yiannis
University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
author
Simila, Jukka
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9722-5200
School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
author
Pantis, John
Centre for Cartography of Fauna and Flora, Ljubljana, Slovenia
author
Grobelnik, Vesna
Institute of Biodiversity & Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria
author
Penev, Lyubomir
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2186-5033
UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Halle, Germany
author
Settele, Josef
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8624-4983
2014-07-30
2014-07-30
2014
Advanced Books
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e1169
2014
project
Securing the Conservation of biodiversity across Administrative Levels and spatial, temporal, and Ecological Scales
SCALES
226852
funder
European Commission
10.13039/501100000780
10.3897/ab.e1169
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Human actions, motivated by social and economic driving forces, generate various pressures on biodiversity, such as habitat loss and fragmentation, climate change, land use related disturbance patterns, or species invasions that have an impact on biodiversity from the genetic to the ecosystem level. Each of these factors acts at characteristic scales, and the scales of social and economic demands, of environmental pressures, of biodiversity impacts, of scientific analysis, and of governmental responses do not necessarily match. However, management of the living world will be effective only if we understand how problems and solutions change with scale.
SCALES (http://www.scales-project.net), a research project lasting for five years from May 2009 to July 2014, was seeking for ways to build the issue of scale into policy and decision-making and biodiversity management. It has greatly advanced our knowledge of how anthropogenic and natural processes interact across scales and affect biodiversity and it has evaluated in a very practical way how this knowledge can be used to improve the scale-sensitivity and effectiveness of policy instruments for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
During the project we have especially emphasized approaches that utilize existing biodiversity databases as they are the most widely available information in applied biodiversity conservation. We also tried to integrate the most appropriate assessment tools and policy instruments into a coherent framework to support biodiversity conservation across spatial and temporal scales. While the guidelines, practical solutions and special tools are presented as a special web based portal at a central place, the SCALETOOL (http://scales.ckff.si/scaletool/), the scientific outcome is widely spread over the scientific literature in regional and international journals.
With the SCALES book we want to bundle the main results of SCALES in a comprehensive manner and present it in a way that is usable not only for pure scientists but also for people making decisions in administration, management, policy or even business and NGOs; to people who are more interested in the “practical” side of this issue.
Yrjö Haila, Tampere
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biodiversity conservation
biodiversity assessment
decision-making
management
Europe
Scaling in Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation
Collection of Papers
10.3897/ab.e4002
2014-09-10
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British botanist, lichenologist, and geologist (1768-1838), Newcastle, United Kingdom
author
Winch, Nathaniel John
2014-09-10
2014-09-10
2014
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e4002
2014
10.3897/ab.e4002
https://ab.pensoft.net/article/4002/
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Flora of Northumberland and Durham
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flora
seed plants
UK
England
Northumberland
Durham
Flora of Northumberland and Durham
Revisionary Monograph
10.3897/ab.e12837
2017-03-30
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Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research ZALF, Müncheberg, Germany
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
author
Burkhard, Benjamin
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8636-9009
Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
author
Maes, Joachim
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8272-1607
2017-03-30
2017-03-30
2017
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1
e12837
2017
10.3897/ab.e12837
https://ab.pensoft.net/article/12837/
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ecosystem services mapping
landscape planning
cartography
Landscape metrics
ecosystem service quantification
modelling approaches
Mapping Ecosystem Services
Collection of Papers
10.3897/ab.e22223
2017-09-30
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Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana”, Verona, Italy
Agriculture Research Council and Agricultural Economics Analysis, Firenze, Italy
author
Bardiani, Marco
Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana” di Verona, Firenze, Italy
author
Hardersen, Sonke
Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana”, Verona, Italy
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria, Firenze, Italy
author
Redolfi De Zan, Lara
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2114-0016
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria, Firenze, Italy
Università Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
author
Maura, Michela
Sapienza - Università di Roma, Roma, Italy
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria, Firenze, Italy
author
Mosconi, Fabio
Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
author
Mancini, Emiliano
Sapienza - Università di Roma, Roma, Italy
author
Antonini, Gloria
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria, Firenze, Italy
Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana”, Verona, Italy
author
Campanaro, Alessandro
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4043-6362
Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana”, Verona, Italy
author
Mason, Franco
2017-09-30
2017-09-30
2017
Advanced Books
1
e22223
2017
10.3897/ab.e22223
https://ab.pensoft.net/article/22223/
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L’Italia possiede un immenso patrimonio naturale, ma molte specie si trovano in condizioni di criticità. La Direttiva Habitat (92/43/CEE), uno dei pilastri della politica Europea per la conservazione della natura, ha come scopo la salvaguardia della biodiversità mediante la tutela degli habitat naturali, nonché della flora e della fauna selvatiche. A tal fine la Direttiva ha istituito una rete ecologica europea, chiamata Rete Natura 2000, e stabilisce che ogni Stato deve assicurare il mantenimento o il ripristino, in uno stato di conservazione soddisfacente, degli habitat e delle specie elencati nei suoi allegati. Per accertare lo stato di conservazione di questi habitat e specie la Direttiva richiede agli Stati membri di garantire il loro monitoraggio. A livello Europeo, la Direttiva ha elencato 117 specie di insetti; di queste, 49 sono presenti in Italia. Tuttavia, non esiste ancora un sistema di monitoraggio per questi insetti, accettato e applicato su scala nazionale. Inoltre per molte specie di insetti elencati nella Direttiva Habitat anche l’attuale conoscenza della loro distribuzione in Italia è molto lacunosa perché molte segnalazioni sono storiche.
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public participation
test methods
Monitoraggio di Insetti con la Partecipazione Pubblica. Layman’s Report
Monograph
10.3897/ab.e21672
2017-09-30
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Roma Tre University, Roma, Italy
author
Carpaneto, Giuseppe Maria
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6874-3463
Sapienza Rome University, Rome, Italy
author
Audisio, Paolo A.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7990-6934
University Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
author
Bologna, Marco
CREA–DC Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria - Difesa e Certificazione, Florence, Italy
author
Roversi, Pio Federico
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8098-8367
MiPAAF National Forest Service CNBF National Centre for Forestry Biodiversity of Verona (Italy), Veroma, Italy
author
Mason, Franco
2017-09-30
2017-09-30
2017
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1
e21672
2017
10.3897/ab.e21672
https://ab.pensoft.net/article/21672/
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Italiano
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monitoring of insects
biodiversity
Europe
saproxyllic beetles
public participation
Linee Guida per il monitoraggio dei coleotteri saproxilici protetti in Europa
Collection of Papers
10.3897/ab.e22169
2017-09-30
ab
Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana”, Verona, Italy
Agriculture Research Council and Agricultural Economics Analysis, Firenze, Italy
author
Bardiani, Marco
Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana” di Verona, Firenze, Italy
author
Hardersen, Sonke
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria, Firenze, Italy
Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana”, Verona, Italy
author
Redolfi De Zan, Lara
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2114-0016
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria, Firenze, Italy
Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
author
Maura, Michela
Sapienza - Università di Roma, Roma, Italy
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria, Firenze, Italy
author
Mosconi, Fabio
Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
author
Mancini, Emiliano
Sapienza - Università di Roma, Roma, Italy
author
Antonini, Gloria
Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria, Firenze, Italy
Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana”, Verona, Italy
author
Campanaro, Alessandro
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4043-6362
Centro Nazionale per lo Studio e la Conservazione della Biodiversità Forestale “Bosco Fontana”, Verona, Italy
author
Mason, Franco
2017-09-30
2017-09-30
2017
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e22169
2017
10.3897/ab.e22169
https://ab.pensoft.net/article/22169/
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Although Italy hosts a very important part of Europe’s biodiversity, at the same time however many species are threatened. The Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), one of the pillars of European nature conservation, safeguards biodiversity through the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora. It imposes to maintain or restore a favourable conservation status of habitats and populations. A further important obligation deriving from this Directive is the set-up of a European ecological network of special areas of conservation, entitled Natura 2000. Additionally, the Habitats Directive requires the Member States to carry out monitoring to determine the conservation status of the protected habitats and species. The Directive lists a total of 117 species of insects; of these 49 species are present in Italy. However, there is still no nationally accepted and widely applied monitoring system for these insects. In addition, for many insect species listed in the Habitats Directive, the current knowledge of their distribution in Italy is fragmentary and many records are outdated.
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saproxyllic beetles
test methods
Monitoring of Insects with Public Participation. Layman’s Report
Monograph
10.3897/ab.e22579
2017-12-07
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Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Ottawa, Canada
author
Davis, Kate
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9173-6640
Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, Guelph, Canada
author
Borisenko, Alex
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3061-3057
2017-12-07
2017-12-07
2017
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1
e22579
2017
10.3897/ab.e22579
https://ab.pensoft.net/article/22579/
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Research and knowledge development are critical to understand the complexity of Life on Earth and to make sound decisions on the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. In many parts of the world, however, we are faced with technical, scientific, and legal challenges to conduct such research and achieve the Convention’s three goals, including facilitation of access to, and sharing the benefits arising from utilization of genetic resources, effectively.
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Nagoya protocol
barcoding
Global Taxonomy Initiative
Introduction to Access and Benefit-Sharing and the Nagoya Protocol: What DNA Barcoding Researchers Need to Know
Monograph
10.3897/ab.e37858
2019-07-03
ab
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, United Kingdom
author
Welch, Geoff
National Museum of Natural History and Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria
author
Stoev, Pavel
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5702-5677
2019-07-03
2019-07-03
2019
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1
e37858
2019
10.3897/ab.e37858
https://ab.pensoft.net/article/37858/
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Situated in the extreme south-east of Turkmenistan, on the international border with Uzbekistan and close to the border with Afghanistan, Koytendag presents one of the most distinctive landscapes in Central Asia – see figures 4 and 5. The state nature reserve and wildlife sanctuaries that form the site extend from the hot, dry semi-desert plains of the Amudarya valley to the snow-capped peaks of Airy-baba. Rising to 3,137 m, this is the highest mountain in Turkmenistan. The Koytendag ridge (former Kugitang or Kugitangtaw) is a continuation of the Gissar ridge, itself the south-western end of the Pamir-Alay mountain range – a mountain chain that extends for over 800 kms from the Pamirs to the Tien-Shan with more than thirty-five peaks over 5,000 m.
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Koytendag State Nature Reserve
East Turkmenistan
multidisciplinary research expeditions
new invertebrate species
vertebrate species status
biodiversity conservation
caves
cave fauna
A report of RSPB-supported scientific research at Koytendag State Nature Reserve, East Turkmenistan
Report
10.3897/ab.e38075
2019-07-17
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Berlin Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Berlin, Germany
author
Turland, Nicholas
2019-07-17
2019-07-17
2019
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1
e38075
2019
10.3897/ab.e38075
https://ab.pensoft.net/article/38075/
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This second edition of The Code Decoded is a user’s guide to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, specifically the Shenzhen Code of 2018. The author has tried to create a text that is reasonably clear and simple, but not oversimplified, using plain language as far as possible, and explaining necessary technical terms. The chapters are arranged so that the guide may be used for quick reference, e.g. important dates for certain rules, how to publish a new name, how to find the correct name for a taxon, how to designate a type, how to propose a name for conservation or rejection, or even how to try to change the Code itself. Again with quick reference in mind, the text uses subheadings, boxes, bulleted lists, tables, figures, and boldface key words. This edition has been augmented by much new content and is fully updated to be compatible with the Shenzhen Code.
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numenclature of algae
fungi
and plants
Shenzhen code of 2018
users' guide
The Code Decoded
Monograph
10.3897/ab.e38685
2019-08-07
ab
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research (BAS), Sofia, Bulgaria
author
Todorov, Milcho
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research (BAS), Sofia, Bulgaria
author
Bankov, Nikola
2019-08-07
2019-08-07
2019
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1
e38685
2019
10.3897/ab.e38685
https://ab.pensoft.net/article/38685/
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An Atlas of Sphagnum-Dwelling Testate Amoebae in Bulgaria
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Sphagnum-dwelling testate amoebae
Bulgaria
ultramorphology
biometry
ecology
hydrobiology
palaeoecology
environmental monitoring
An Atlas of Sphagnum-Dwelling Testate Amoebae in Bulgaria
Monograph
10.3897/ab.e47154
2019-09-30
ab
Королевское общество защиты птиц (RSPB), Лондон,
author
Welch, Geoff
Национальный музей естественной истории, Болгарская Академия наук и Издательство Пенсофт, София,
author
Stoev, Pavel
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5702-5677
2019-09-30
2019-09-30
2019
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1
e47154
2019
10.3897/ab.e47154
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Вся работа в Туркменистане, подробно описанная в настоящем докладе, проведена в рамках меморандума о взаимопонимании между Министерством сельского хозяйства и охраны окружающей среды Туркменистана и Королевским обществом охраны птиц (RSPB) в рамках проекта “Улучшение состояния птиц и биоразнообразия в Туркменистане”.
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заповедник Койтендаг (Восточный Туркменистан)
Отчет о научных исследованиях, поддерживаемых Королевским обществом защиты птиц Великобритании в заповеднике Койтендаг (Восточный Туркменистан)
Report
10.3897/ab.e50613
2020-02-03
ab
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, Quebec, Canada
author
Klimaszewski, Jan
Georgia Museum of Natural History and Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
author
Hoebeke, Richard
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, 5320-122 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Langor, David
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
author
Douglas, Hume
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1722-7554
University of Wroclaw, Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, Wroclaw, Poland
author
Borowiec, Lech
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5668-6855
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, 5320-122 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
author
Hammond, James
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8829-2524
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
author
Davies, Anthony
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055 du P.E.P.S., P.O. Box 10380, Stn. Sainte-Foy, Québec, Quebec, Canada
author
Bourdon, Caroline
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
author
Savard, Karine
2020-02-03
2020-02-03
2020
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1
e50613
2020
10.3897/ab.e50613
https://ab.pensoft.net/article/50613/
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Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 5: Chrysomeloidea (Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae, and Megalopodidae)
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Coleoptera
Chrysomeloidea
Cerambycidae
Chrysomelidae
Megalopodidae
Canada
Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 5: Chrysomeloidea (Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae, and Megalopodidae)
Monograph
10.3897/ab.e51315
2020-05-29
ab
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Goethe University Frankfurt, Biosciences, Institute for Ecology, Evolution und Diversity, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
OBIS Data Manager, Deep-Sea Node, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
author
Saeedi, Hanieh
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4845-0241
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Goethe University Frankfurt, Biosciences, Institute for Ecology, Evolution und Diversity, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
author
Brandt, Angelika
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5807-1632
2020-05-29
2020-05-29
2020
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e51315
2020
10.3897/ab.e51315
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Human actions, motivated by social and economic driving forces, generate various pressures on biodiversity, such as habitat loss and fragmentation, climate change, land use related disturbance patterns, or species invasions that have an impact on biodiversity from the genetic to the ecosystem level. Each of these factors acts at characteristic scales, and the scales of social and economic demands, of environmental pressures, of biodiversity impacts, of scientific analysis, and of governmental responses do not necessarily match. However, management of the living world will be effective only if we understand how problems and solutions change with scale. SCALES (http://www.scales-project.net), a research project lasting for five years from May 2009 to July 2014, was seeking for ways to build the issue of scale into policy and decision-making and biodiversity management. It has greatly advanced our knowledge of how anthropogenic and natural processes interact across scales and affect biodiversity and it has evaluated in a very practical way how this knowledge can be used to improve the scale-sensitivity and effectiveness of policy instruments for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. During the project we have especially emphasized approaches that utilize existing biodiversity databases as they are the most widely available information in applied biodiversity conservation. We also tried to integrate the most appropriate assessment tools and policy instruments into a coherent framework to support biodiversity conservation across spatial and temporal scales. While the guidelines, practical solutions and special tools are presented as a special web based portal at a central place, the SCALETOOL (http://scales.ckff.si/scaletool/), the scientific outcome is widely spread over the scientific literature in regional and international journals. With the SCALES book we want to bundle the main results of SCALES in a comprehensive manner and present it in a way that is usable not only for pure scientists but also for people making decisions in administration, management, policy or even business and NGOs; to people who are more interested in the “practical” side of this issue. Yrjö Haila, Tampere
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the Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative
Biogeographic Atlas of the Deep NW Pacific Fauna
Monograph
10.3897/ab.e54206
2020-06-04
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Unaffiliated, Sofia, Bulgaria
author
Beron, Petar
2020-06-04
2020-06-04
2020
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e54206
2020
10.3897/ab.e54206
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The sixth volume of this series "Acarorum Catalogus" is devoted to the families Rhinonyssidae and Spinturnicidae of the superfamily Dermanyssoidea. About 555 species are listed therein, with synonymies and citations in various papers. The book also contains a list of by-country distributions, type localities and lists of authors who published on any known species of Rhinonyssidae and Spinturnicidae. There are also lists including hosts of these mites. The bibliographies consist of 475 titles (Rhinonyssidae) and 430 titles (Spinturnicidae).
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Mesostigmata
ACARORUM CATALOGUS VI. Order Mesostigmata. Gamasina: Dermanyssoidea (Rhinonyssidae, Spinturnicidae)
Monograph
10.3897/ab.e55087
2020-06-04
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Unaffiliated, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Beron, Petar
2020-06-04
2020-06-04
2020
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e55087
2020
10.3897/ab.e55087
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The 7th volume of my series “Acarorum Catalogus” concerns the mite superfamily Raphignathoidea. The 12 families of this superfamily consist of 69 genera and some 1087 species and are being studied intensely, particularly by acarologists from China, South Africa, Turkey, Iran, Crimea and other countries or areas. Some members of the Raphignathoidea are suitable for biological pest control (Gerson & Smiley 1990, Gerson, Smiley & Ochoa, 2003).
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Trombidiformes
Prostigmata
Raphignathoidea
ACARORUM CATALOGUS VII. Trombidiformes, Prostigmata, Raphignathoidea (Fam. Barbutiidae, Caligonellidae, Camerobiidae, Cryptognathidae, Dasythyreidae, Dytiscacaridae, Eupalopsellidae, Homocaligidae, Mecognathidae, Raphignathidae, Stigmaeidae, Xenocaligonellididae)
Monograph
10.3897/ab.e69591
2021-06-10
ab
Unaffiliated, Sofia, Bulgaria
author
Beron, Petar
2021-06-10
2021-06-10
2021
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e69591
2021
10.3897/ab.e69591
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ACARORUM CATALOGUS VIII
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mites
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Cheyletoidea
Cheyletidae
Psorergatidae
Demodecidae
Harpyrhynchidae
Syringophilidae
Cloacaroidea
Cloacaridae
Epimyodicidae
ACARORUM CATALOGUS VIII. Trombidiformes, Prostigmata, Superfamilia Cheyletoidea (Cheyletidae, Psorergatidae, Demodecidae, Harpyrhynchidae, Syringophilidae), Superfamilia Cloacaroidea (Cloacaridae, Epimyodicidae)
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10.3897/ab.e68615
2021-07-21
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Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Sofia, Bulgaria
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Tonkov, Spassimir
2021-07-21
2021-07-21
2021
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10.3897/ab.e68615
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This book presents the results from the palynological and paleoecological studies conducted with my participation in Southwestern Bulgaria during the period 1985-2020. The study area has always played a key role in the investigation of the Late Quaternary vegetation history in Bulgaria since the middle of the past century. With the development of the research methods (pollen analysis, determination of plant macrofossils, radiocarbon dating, sediment analysis, computer software, etc.) in the last decades it turned out to be a challenge for me to evaluate critically again and synthesize the paleoecological information. In my opinion, such approach allows to reveal in more details the general trends of the postglacial vegetation development for the last 18000-15000 years, and to take also into account the role of humans in transforming the natural environment after the establishment of agriculture and the practice of stockbreeding in this part of the country along the Struma river.The content is organized in several chapters starting with introductory notes on the scientific importance and the main purpose of research in the study area, a brief assessment of previous investigations, and a short review of the research techniques applied. The subsequent chapters present the original paleoecological data and the vegetation reconstruction for each montane area in uniform way, starting with the high mountains Rila and Pirin, the Konyavska and the lower west border Osogovo, Maleshevska, Vlahina and Belasitsa mountains. Then follows a summary of the human occupation and the millennial anthropogenic impact on the vegetation cover and the environment since the Neolithic epoch. The final chapter presents to the audience the main conclusions and specifics of the postglacial vegetation history in Southwestern Bulgaria.
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palynology
palaeoecology
Late Quaternary vegetation history
postglacial vegetation development
The Postglacial Vegetation History in Southwestern Bulgaria
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10.3897/ab.e68616
2021-09-09
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National Museum of Natural History, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Hubenov, Zdravko
2021-09-09
2021-09-09
2021
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e68616
2021
10.3897/ab.e68616
https://ab.pensoft.net/article/68616/
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A total of 5038 species of order Diptera (Nematocera – 1672 species, Brachycera – 3366 species), belonging to 110 families, has been established in Bulgaria so far. The families Chironomidae (327 species – 6.5%) of Nematocera and Tachinidae (425 species – 8.4%) of Brachycera are the most numerous. The distribution of dipterans in the different regions of Bulgaria is presented. The vertical distribution of the families is considered. The greatest number of species has been found in the zone of the xerothermic oak forests (3362 species – 66.7%). The dipterous fauna can be divided into 2 main groups: 1) species with Mediterranean type of distribution (515 species – 10.2%) – more thermophilic and distributed mainly in the southern parts of the Palaearctic and the lower parts of the mountains; 2) species with Palaearctic and Eurosiberian type of distribution (4377 species – 87.2%) – more eurybiontic and widely distributed in the Palaearctic. The endemic species are 128 (2.5%). The distribution of the zoogeographical categories in the separate vegetation belts of Bulgaria is scrutinized. Of the established species, 61 are pests on the forestry or agriculture and 75 species have a human or veterinary medical significance. The bibliography contains 1374 publications.
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entomology
Diptera
Bulgaria
distribution
zoogeographic categories
agricultural and forestry pests
Species composition and distribution of the dipterans (Insecta: Diptera) in Bulgaria
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10.3897/ab.e68634
2021-12-02
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Nature Metrics Ltd, Egham, United Kingdom
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Bruce, Kat
Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Blackman, Rosetta
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6182-8691
Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany
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Bourlat, Sarah J.
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0218-0298
MIX Research, Uppsala, Sweden
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Hellstrom, Ann Micaela
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4704-724X
NatureMetrics, Egham, United Kingdom
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Bakker, Judith
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7163-6565
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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Bista, Iliana
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Bohmann, Kristine
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-064X
USMB CARRTEL, Thonon-les-bains, France
INRAE CARRTEL, Thonon-les-bains, France
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Bouchez, Agnès
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8802-6966
Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Geraardsbergen, Belgium
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Brys, Rein
Natural England, York, United Kingdom
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Clark, Katie
Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Elbrecht, Vasco
Water Research Institute - National Research Council, Monterotondo-Roma, Italy
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Fazi, Stefano
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture-CEFAS, Weymouth, United Kingdom
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Fonseca, Vera
The University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
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Hänfling, Bernd
University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Leese, Florian
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5465-913X
University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Mächler, Elvira
Department of Biology, Institute for Great Lakes Research, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI, United States of America
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Mahon, Andrew R.
Finnish Enviroment Institute, Jyvaskyla, Finland
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Meissner, Kristian
https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6316-8554
Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu, Estonia
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Panksep, Kristel
University of Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland
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Pawlowski, Jan
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2421-388X
Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Schmidt Yáñez, Paul
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Seymour, Mathew
University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
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Thalinger, Bettina
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9315-8648
Spygen, Cexed, France
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Valentini, Alice
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5829-5479
Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough, United Kingdom
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Woodcock, Paul
University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Traugott, Michael
SCIMABIO-Interface, Thonon-les-Bains, France
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Vasselon, Valentin
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5038-7918
ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Deiner, Kristy
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9755-3223
2021-12-02
2021-12-02
2021
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10.3897/ab.e68634
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DNA-based methods for species detection and identification have revolutionised our ability to assess biodiversity in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Starting from the seminal study that used eDNA to detect invasive american bullfrogs in France (Gentile Francesco Ficetola et al. 2008)), research conducted over the last decade has demonstrated the power of these approaches for surveying a wide range of species and groups. Early applications included the use of eDNA to monitor Asian Carp in the USA (Jerde et al. 2013). Following heavy scrutiny, the method was eventually adopted, and is still employed today by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). A flurry of research followed, with tests designed for many threatened and invasive species including New zealand mudsnails (Goldberg et al. 2013), american crayfish (Geerts et al. 2018), gammarids (R. Blackman et al. 2017), and great crested newts (Biggs et al. 2015). The great crested newt eDNA test has been employed for regulatory monitoring in the UK since 2014. During the same time period, there was a proliferation of research studies that used high-throughput sequencing approaches to describe whole communities of organisms from mixed species and environmental samples, using an approach termed DNA metabarcoding (Taberlet et al. 2012).
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DNA-based methods
bioassessment
DNA-based biomonitoring
A practical guide to DNA-based methods for biodiversity assessment
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10.3897/ab.e68613
2021-12-22
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Unaffiliated, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Beron, Petar
2021-12-22
2021-12-22
2021
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e68613
2021
10.3897/ab.e68613
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Acaridida
Schizoglyphoidea
Histiostomatoidea
Canestrinioidea and Hemisarcoptoidea.
ACARORUM CATALOGUS IX. Acariformes, Acaridida, Schizoglyphoidea (Schizoglyphidae), Histiostomatoidea (Histiostomatidae, Guanolichidae), Canestrinioidea (Canestriniidae, Chetochelacaridae, Lophonotacaridae, Heterocoptidae), Hemisarcoptoidea (Chaetodactylidae, Hyadesiidae, Algophagidae, Hemisarcoptidae, Carpoglyphidae, Winterschmidtiidae)
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10.3897/ab.e68612
2022-12-22
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Unaffiliated, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Beron, Petar
2022-12-22
2022-12-22
2022
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10.3897/ab.e68612
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This is the last volume of the series Acarorum Catalogus. We tried to follow the system generally accepted. After the publication of the first volume of the series (Erytraeoidea, Calyptostomatoidea) in 2008 appeared a comprehensive treatment of mites (Manuel of Acarology III of Krantz & Walter, Eds. 2009), in which many changes in the system of Acari are proposed. Acariformes are already a superorder, Prostigmata – suborder, but within the order Trombidiformes.Here is treated first the infraorder Labidostommatina with its only superfamily Labidostommatoidea and the only family Labidostommatidae with five genera and 75 species. The other infraorder, treated in the present volume (Eupodoidea) includes the superfamily Eupodoidea with nine families, including five described after 1979. Treated are also the superfamilies Tydeoidea (fam. Ereynetidae), Paratydeoidea (Paratydeidae), Anystoidea (five families), Caeculoidea (Caeculidae), Adamystoidea (Adamystidae), and Pomerantzioidea (Pomerantziidae). In this volume are analysed 230 genera and 967 species of mites.This last volume of the series Acarorum Catalogus ends with an update of the former nine volumes. Added to these volumes are another genera and species.
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mites
systematics
Erytraeoidea
Calyptostomatoidea
Labidostommatina
Tydeoidea
Paratydeoidea
Anystoidea
Caeculoidea
Adamystoidea
and Pomerantzioidea
ACARORUM CATALOGUS X. Trombidiformes, Prostigmata, Superfamilia Labidostommatoidea (Labidostommatidae), Superfamilia Eupodoidea, (Eupodidae, Dendrochaetidae, Rhagidiidae, Eriorhynchidae, Pentapalpidae, Penthalodidae, Penthaleidae, Proterorhagiidae, Strandtmanniidae), Superfamilia Tydeoidea, Ereynetidae, Superfamily Paratydeoidea, Paratydeidae, Superfamilia Anystoidea, (Anystidae, Erythracaridae, Teneriffiidae, Pseudocheylidae, Stigmocheylidae), Superfamilia Caeculoidea (Caeculidae), Superfamilia Adamystoidea (Adamystidae), Superfamilia Pomerantzioidea (Pomerantziidae)
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10.3897/ab.e98875
2022-12-23
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Natural History Museum, Oslo, Norway
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de Boer, Hugo
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1985-7859
Natural History Museum, Oslo, Norway
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Rydmark, Marcella Orwick
Meise Botanic Garden, Meise, Belgium
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Verstraete, Brecht
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9332-7798
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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Gravendeel, Barbara
2022-12-23
2022-12-23
2022
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10.3897/ab.e98875
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This book seeks to provide a practical overview of all aspects of relevance in the field of molecular identification of plants. The first section, “From sample to DNA”, provides information on how to set up an experiment, how to design the best sampling protocol, and how to extract DNA from different substrates. The second section, “From DNA to sequence or identification”, gives an overview of the methods that can be used. The final section, “From identification to application”, shows what kind of scientific questions that can be addressed or which applications with relevance for society are possible with plant identification. This book is meant for people with previous experience who want to bring themselves up to date with the latest techniques, but also for early stage researchers who need a first overview of the available options. We hope that this book will be a useful tool for both science and education.
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Molecular identification of plants
experiments set up and design
Molecular identification of plants: from sequence to species
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10.3897/ab.e101876
2023-03-08
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Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Bonn, Germany
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Corrales, Carolina
Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Bonn, Germany
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Astrin, Jonas
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1961-1162
2023-03-08
2023-03-08
2023
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e101876
2023
10.3897/ab.e101876
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We are today confronted with an unprecedented, ever-increasing rate of global biodiversity decline at the ecosystem, the species, and the genetic level, with yet unforeseeable consequences for both our planet and humankind.To mitigate the underlying anthropogenic processes, political action is overdue, informed by science. At the same time, the scientific community is called upon as a major player on another front: as a response to current and expected biodiversity loss and environmental degradation, we need to promptly and drastically ramp up efforts regarding ex-situ conservation and regarding the archival of molecular samples. Key infrastructures in this process are biobanks (see, e.g., Jarman et al. 2018; Ryder and Onuma 2018; Colella et al. 2020; Angeles and Catap 2022).
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Biodiversity Biobanking
Protocols
animals
plants
fungi
algae
parasites
preservation
storage
Biodiversity Biobanking – a Handbook on Protocols and Practices
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10.3897/ab.e108410
2023-07-21
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Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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Lonsdale, Owen
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7034-3330
CABI, Bakenham Lane, Egham, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Murphy, Sean
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5977-7840
USDA, Washington, United States of America
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Scheffer, Sonja
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0448-5319
2023-07-21
2023-07-21
2023
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e108410
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10.3897/ab.e108410
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Damage from species of Agromyzidae (Diptera) on their plant host(s) is caused mostly by internal larval feeding, but additional damage can arise from female oviposition and feeding punctures, which results in structural damage, the vectoring of viruses and pathogenic fungi, and the exposure of tissue to secondary infection. Many plants of agricultural and ornamental importance are attacked in the field and in glasshouses, and while fly populations are normally kept in check by hymenopterous parasitoids, they sometimes occur in large enough numbers to affect yield and may destroy entire crops. Species affecting crops may be specialists on one host or a larger number of related hosts, but only 16 species in the genera Liriomyza Mik, Phytomyza Fallén and Tropicomyia Spencer are polyphagous, occurring on many hosts in a wide range of families. The threat of these flies is compounded by increasing insecticide resistance and the ease by which polyphagous species can multiply on weeds around growing areas or on alternate crops. All species are also readily spread through trade on their host plant or in soil, causing some species to become globally invasive, with some being of quarantine concern. Since understanding these pests is integral to their control, the objective of the present study is to provide an overview of agromyzid biology, ecology and agricultural importance. Detailed consideration is additionally provided for 26 major pests of special concern. These include eight species of the subfamily Agromyzinae [Agromyza frontella (Rondani); A. megalopsis Hering; A. parvicornis Loew; Melanagromyza sojae (Zehntner), Ophiomyia phaseoli (Tyron), O. simplex (Loew), O. spencerella (Greathead), and Tropicomyia theae (Cotes)] and 18 species of the subfamily Phytomyzinae [Amauromyza flavifrons (Meigen), Liriomyza brassicae (Riley), L. bryoniae (Kaltenbach), L. chinensis (Kato), L. congesta (Becker), L. huidobrensis (Blanchard), L. langei Frick, L. sativae Blanchard, L. strigata (Meigen), L. trifolii (Burgess), Phytobia cambii (Hendel), Phytomyza gymnostomaLoew, P. horticola Goureau, P. ilicicola Loew, P. ilicis Curtis, P. nigra Meigen, P. rufipes Meigen, and P. syngenesiae (Hardy)]. For each of these species, an overview of contemporary knowledge is provided for identification and diagnosis, global distribution, hosts plant(s), host damage, biology, and means of movement and dispersal. To aid in control, early warning systems, and means of field monitoring and management are provided.
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plant pests
agriculture protection
insects
leafminer flies
invasive species
early warning systems
field monitoring and management
Agromyzidae (Diptera) Plant Pests
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10.3897/ab.e119534
2024-02-12
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Museum Koenig, Bonn, Germany
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Wolfgang Wägele, J.
Museum Koenig, Bonn, Germany
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Tschan, Georg F.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5108-9602
2024-02-12
2024-02-12
2024
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2024
10.3897/ab.e119534
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Weather stations for biodiversity: a comprehensive approach to an automated and modular monitoring system
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Weather stations for biodiversity: a comprehensive approach to an automated and modular monitoring system
Weather stations for biodiversity: a comprehensive approach to an automated and modular monitoring system
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