introduction: soil genesis and development in arid and semi-arid areas are strongly affected by geological formations and geomorphic surfaces. various morphological, physical, and geochemical soil properties at different geomorphic positions are usually attributed to different soil forming factors including parent material and climate. due to variations in climate, geological formations (quater...

Now a long time ago, avian remains from the Vallès-Penedès Basin and other Miocene localities inaugurated study of Neogene birds Spain. After so much time, it is suitable to review them. Fossils unknown far same or close taxa rest Iberian Peninsula are also presented in this paper. The majority species belong Phasianidae. present paper participates discussion about systematic validity various f...

Over the past century, a wide variety of poorly dated sediments that unconformably overlie pre-Neogene rocks in Sulawesi have been assigned to Celebes Molasse and interpreted as post-orogenic deposited after major collision. New data from fieldwork laboratory studies, including mineralogical, palaeontological zircon geochronological analyses, provide basis for new Neogene stratigraphy show sign...

BACKGROUND The Balkans are a major worldwide biodiversity and endemism hotspot. Among the freshwater biota, amphipods are known for their high cryptic diversity. However, little is known about the temporal and paleogeographic aspects of their evolutionary history. We used paleogeography as a framework for understanding the onset of diversification in Gammarus roeselii: (1) we hypothesised that,...