Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 93(4): 825-835 (2(XM)) ABSTRACf A review of the entomological literature revealed relatively few general studies on arthropods in urban environments, excluding those in the context of pest control or epidemiology, and all were limited in scope and duration. Most studies documented the presence and abundance of species in a variety of poorly quantified urban categories. Th...

Studies of plant invasions rarely address impacts on molluscs. By comparing pairs of invaded and corresponding uninvaded plots in 96 sites in floodplain forests, we examined effects of four invasive alien plants (Impatiens glandulifera, Fallopia japonica, F. sachalinensis, and F.× bohemica) in the Czech Republic on communities of land snails. The richness and abundance of living land snail spec...

The midge, Belgica antarctica, is the only insect endemic to Antarctica, and thus it offers a powerful model for probing responses to extreme temperatures, freeze tolerance, dehydration, osmotic stress, ultraviolet radiation and other forms of environmental stress. Here we present the first genome assembly of an extremophile, the first dipteran in the family Chironomidae, and the first Antarcti...

Noccaea brachypetala is a close relative of caerulescens , model plant species used in metal hyperaccumulation studies. In previous survey the Catalan Pyrenees, we found two occidental and oriental N. populations growing on non-metalliferous soils, with accumulated high concentrations Cd Zn. Our hypothesis was that microbiome companion roots may influence ability these plants to absorb metals. ...

The Sulawesi black-crested macaque (Macaca nigra) is an endemic primate of North that categorized as critically endangered (IUCN 2015). Endoparasite contributes to the decline M.nigra. Therefore, this study aims determine prevalence endoparasites in (M. nigra). We collected 80 fresh fecal samples representing all sex from two habituated groups. analyzed them using direct examination technique (...

Background:Poisoning with ethylene glycol (EG) can be fatal even if appropriate treatments are delivered. EG poisoning usually causes central nervous system depression, cardiovascular dysfunction, metabolic acidosis and acute renal failure (ARF). Case Report:A 33-year-old man was referred to the emergency department with reduced consciousness and dyspnea of four-hour duration due to unknown rea...

chestnut-leaved oak (quercus castaneifolia c. a. mey) is one of the most important native oaks of iran distributed in the hyrcanian forests. the pure and mixed stands of it cover about 6.5% of these forests. the species represents morphological variations which have resulted in the description of several infraspecific taxa by different authors. eight taxa were recognized as subspecies and varie...

A checklist of the family Chironomidae (Diptera) recorded from Finland is presented.

With the advent of molecular methods, it became clear that microbial biodiversity had been vastly underestimated. Since then, species abundance patterns were determined for several environments, but temporal changes in species composition were not studied to the same level of resolution. Using massively parallel sequencing on the 454 GS FLX platform we identified a highly dynamic turnover of th...

10 While human gut microbiomes vary significantly in taxonomic composition, biological 11 pathway abundance is surprisingly invariable across hosts. We hypothesized that healthy 12 microbiomes appear functionally redundant due to factors that obscure differences in gene 13 abundance across hosts. To account for these biases, we developed a powerful test of gene 14 variability, applicable to sho...