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Figure 3. Time-calibrated maximum clade credibility tree with 95% highest posterior density bars from the BEAST analysis. Node support is given as Bayesian posterior probability (PP): black circles at...
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AbstractDefining taxonomic units is an important component of understanding how biodiversity has formed, and in guiding efforts to sustain it. Understanding patterns of biodiversity across the...
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Mwasumbia alba Couvreur & D.M.JohnsonPhotos: TLP Couvreur | Annonaceae.myspecies.info AbstractThe coastal lowland rain forests of eastern Africa are well known for their high levels of plant...
View Article[Botany • 2014] Revision of the African genus Uvariastrum (Annonaceae)
Figure 2. Species of Uvariastrum. aUvariastrum insculptum, Ivory Coast (photo O. Lachenaud, no specimen) b Uvariastrum pierreanum, fruit, Gabon (photo: TLP Couvreur, (Sosef 2034)) cU. pierreanum,...
View Article[Botany • 2015] Sirdavidia solannona • An Extraordinary New Genus of...
Sirdavidia solannona Couvreur & Sauquet.Photos: TLP Couvreur | Annonaceae.myspecies.info doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.46.8937AbstractA distinctive new monotypic genus from Gabon is described in the...
View Article[Herpetology • 2015] Systematics and Biodiversity Multilocus Phylogeny and...
ABSTRACT The gecko genus Hemidactylus, with its 132 currently recognized species, ranks among the most species-rich reptile genera. Recent phylogenetic studies disclosed unexpectedly high genetic...
View Article[Mammalogy • 2015] Morphology, Genetics and Echolocation Calls of the Genus...
ค้างคาวยอดกล้วยปีกใส Kerivoula hardwickiiphoto: PSUNHM via siamensis.orgAbstractFollowing extensive field work in Thailand (2010–2013) and the examination of 155 museum specimens, this paper reviews...
View Article[Botany • 2015] Thismia hongkongensis • A New Mycoheterotrophic Species...
Thismia hongkongensis S.S.Mar & R.M.K.SaundersFlower structure in Thismiahongkongensis sp. nov. A Mature flower, showing outer tepals (ot), inner tepals (it) and abscission zone (ab) at the base...
View Article[PaleoMammalogy • 2015] Agilodocodon scansorius & Docofossor brachydactylus...
Early mammals had a surprisingly wide range of adaptations, ranging from the tree-climbing Agilodocodon (top) to the swimming Castorocauda (in the water) and the burrowing Docofossor (bottom)....
View Article[Ornithology • 2015] Divergence in Morphology, Calls, Song, Mechanical...
Male Inagua Lyretail Calliphlox lyrura in flight. Males differ from the Bahama Woodstar Calothorax evelynae in their longer “lyre”-shaped outer tail-feathers and magenta crown. Analyses of the song,...
View Article[Herpetology • 2015] Molecules and Morphology Reveal Overlooked Populations...
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View Article[Ornithology • 2015] First Investigation on the Diet of the Eastern Grass Owl...
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View Article[Entomology / Behaviour • 2015] Moth Tails divert Bat Attack: Evolution of...
Luna moth Actias luna photo: Geoff Gallice | flic.kr/p/7TwV7qAbstractAdaptations to divert the attacks of visually guided predators have evolved repeatedly in animals. Using high-speed infrared...
View Article[Paleontology • 2015] Ichthyosaurus anningae • A New Species of...
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View Article[Crustacea • 2015] Geosesarma dennerle & G. hagen • New Species of “Vampire...
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View Article[Herpetology • 2014] Bungarus persicus • A New Species of Krait, Bungarus...
Bungarus persicus Abtin, Nilson, Mobaraki, Hosseini & Dehgannejhad. 2014AbstractWe describe a new species of krait (Elapidae, Bungarus) from Baluchistan, Iran and that differs from all species of...
View Article[Paleontology • 2015] A Miocene Hyperdiverse Crocodylian Community reveals...
The massive wetlands once covered the Amazon River basin about 13 million years ago during the late middle Miocene. Three newly discovered species of crocodylians, including Kuttanacaiman iquitosensis...
View Article[Herpetology • 2015] Euphlyctis kalasgramensis • A New Species of Euphlyctis...
Figure 3. Photographs illustrating diagnostic characters of Euphlyctis species. Ventral views of (A)Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (adult male, institutional collection’s specimen number: RGCB-5695) and (B)...
View Article[Botany • 2015] How to Catch more Prey with Less Effective Traps: Explaining...
A worker ant collects sweet nectar from the trap of an insect-eating Nepenthes rafflesiana pitcher plantphotos: Ulrike Bauer, University of Bristol, U.K.AbstractCarnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants...
View Article[Mammalogy • 2014] Molecular Phylogeny and Morphological Revision of Myotis...
Myotis soror Ruedi, Csorba, Lin & Chou, 2015ABSTRACT In taxonomic accounts, three species of Myotis have been traditionally reported to occur on the island of Taiwan: Watase’s bat (M. formosus...
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