Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum: Recent submissions
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Predicting climate-driven distribution shifts in Hyalomma marginatum (Ixodidae)
(Cambridge University Press, 2023-07-31)Hyalomma marginatum is an important tick species which is the main vector of Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever and spotted fever. The species is predominantly distributed in parts of southern Europe, North Africa and West ... -
Predicting climate-driven distribution shifts in Hyalomma marginatum (Ixodidae)
(Cambridge University Press, 2023-07-31)Hyalomma marginatum is an important tick species which is the main vector of Crimean–Congo haemorrhagic fever and spotted fever. The species is predominantly distributed in parts of southern Europe, North Africa and West ... -
Species Delimitation, Phylogenomics, and Biogeography of Sulawesi Flying Lizards: A Diversification History Complicated by Ancient Hybridization, Cryptic Species, and Arrested Speciation
(Oxford University Press, 2023-04-19)The biota of Sulawesi is noted for its high degree of endemism and for its substantial levels of in situ biological diversification. While the island’s long period of isolation and dynamic tectonic history have been ... -
The Fergana Valley Is an Isolate of Biodiversity: A Discussion of the Endemic Herpetofauna and Description of Two New Species of Alsophylax (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Eastern Uzbekistan
(MDPI, 2023-08-04)The high level of endemism in Fergana Valley has been well documented in numerous studies for various groups of animals and plants. In a relatively small area, there are 45 endemic plant species, five endemic insect species, ... -
Anthropogenic uranium signatures in turtles, tortoises, and sea turtles from nuclear sites
(Oxford University Press, 2023-08-22)Chelonians (turtles, tortoises, and sea turtles) grow scute keratin in sequential layers over time. Once formed, scute keratin acts as an inert reservoir of environmental information. For chelonians inhabiting areas with ... -
Range-wide phylogenomics of the Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) reveals deep north-south divergence in northern Peru Emily N. Ostrow,corresponding author Lucas H. DeCicco, and Robert G. Moyle
(Peej, 2023-08-09)The Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) inhabits myriad habitats throughout the Americas and shows complex patterns of individual and geographic morphological variation. The owl family Strigidae is known to follow ecogeographic ... -
Identifying Climatic Drivers of Hybridization with a New Ancestral Niche Reconstruction Method
(Oxford University Press, 2023-04-19)Applications of molecular phylogenetic approaches have uncovered evidence of hybridization across numerous clades of life, yet the environmental factors responsible for driving opportunities for hybridization remain obscure. ... -
Movement patterns and habitat use for the sympatric species: Gambelia wislizenii and Aspidoscelis tigris
(Wiley Open Access, 2023-08-10)Movement is an important characteristic of an animal's ecology, reflecting the perception of and response to environmental conditions. To effectively search for food, movement patterns likely depend on habitat characteristics ... -
An elevational shift facilitated the Mesoamerican diversification of Azure‐hooded Jays (Cyanolyca cucullata) during the Great American Biotic Interchange
(Wiley Open Access, 2023-08-15)The Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI) was a key biogeographic event in the history of the Americas. The rising of the Panamanian land bridge ended the isolation of South America and ushered in a period of dispersal, ... -
Advancing the central role of non-model biorepositories in predictive modeling of emerging pathogens
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Biodiversity of Philippine marine fishes: A DNA barcode reference library based on voucher specimens
(Nature Research, 2023-06-24)Accurate identification of fishes is essential for understanding their biology and to ensure food safety for consumers. DNA barcoding is an important tool because it can verify identifications of both whole and processed ... -
Advancing the central role of non-model biorepositories in predictive modeling of emerging pathogens
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Two Decades of Wildlife Pathogen Surveillance: Case Study of Choclo orthohantavirus and Its Wild Reservoir Oligoryzomys costaricensis
(MDPI, 2023-06-17)The Costa Rican pygmy rice rat (Oligoryzomys costaricensis) is the primary reservoir of Choclo orthohantavirus (CHOV), the causal agent of hantavirus disease, pulmonary syndrome, and fever in humans in Panama. Since the ... -
Ethnodemographic characterization of stroke incidence and burden of disease in hospital discharge records in Ecuador
(Frontiers Media, 2023-02-08)Introduction: Stroke is the second most common cause of death and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) globally. However, the incidence and impact of stroke by ethnicity and gender is frequently distinct. This is ... -
What constitutes a community? A co-occurrence exploration of the Costa Rican avifauna
(Taylor and Francis, 2023-04-27)The concept of a “community” as a form of organization for natural biological systems is both widespread and widely accepted within the ecological and biological sciences. Communities have been defined as groups of organisms ... -
Mapping the global distribution of invasive pest Drosophila suzukii and parasitoid Leptopilina japonica: Implications for biological control
(PeerJ, 2023-04-24)Insect pest invasions cause significant damage to crop yields, and the resultant economic losses are truly alarming. Climate change and trade liberalization have opened new ways of pest invasions. Given the consumer ... -
Simulating the dynamics of dispersal and dispersal ability in fragmented populations with mate-finding Allee effects
(Wiley Open Access, 2023-04-21)We consider the spatial propagation and genetic evolution of model populations comprising multiple subpopulations, each distinguished by its own characteristic dispersal rate. Mate finding is modeled in accord with the ... -
Leptospirosis in Ecuador: Current Status and Future Prospects
(MDPI, 2023-03-29)The location of Ecuador—an equatorial nation—favors the multiplication and dispersal of the Leptospira genus both on the Pacific Coast and in the Amazon tropical ecoregions. Nevertheless, leptospirosis epidemiology has not ... -
A braconid wasp (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from the Lower Cretaceous amber of San Just, eastern Iberian Peninsula
(Pensoft Publishers, 2022-05-30)Braconid parasitoid wasps are a widely diversified group today, while their fossil record from the Mesozoic is currently poorly known. Here, we describe Utrillabracon electropteron Álvarez-Parra & Engel, gen. et sp. nov., ... -
The end of the line: competitive exclusion and the extinction of historical entities
(The Royal Society, 2023-02-22)Identifying competitive exclusion at the macroevolutionary scale has typically relied on demonstrating a reciprocal, contradictory response by two co-occurring, functionally similar clades. Finding definitive examples of ...