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Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum: Recent submissions
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The indigenous honey bees of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apis mellifera jemenitica Ruttner): Their natural history and role in beekeeping
(2012-06-14)Apis mellifera jemenitica Ruttner (= yemenitica auctorum: vide Engel 1999) has been used in apiculture throughout the Arabian Peninsula since at least 2000 BC. Existing literature demonstrates that these populations are ... -
The large carpenter bees of central Saudi Arabia, with notes on the biology of Xylocopa sulcatipes Maa (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Xylocopinae)
(2012-06-14)The large carpenter bees (Xylocopinae, Xylocopa Latreille) occurring in central Saudi Arabia are reviewed. Two species are recognized in the fauna, Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) aestuans (Linnaeus) and X. (Ctenoxylocopa) sulcatipes ... -
Congress Has a Role to Play in Making Research Public
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A new species of Geotrigona Moure from the Caribbean coast of Colombia (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2012-03-01)A new species of the Neotropical stingless bee genus Geotrigona Moure from the Caribbean coast of Colombia is described and figured. Geotrigona joearroyoi sp. n. belongs to the fulvohirta species group and is distinguished ... -
A new wild, pollinating bee species of the genus Tetraloniella from the Arabian Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2012-03-01)A new species of the eucerine bee genus Tetraloniella Ashmead (Apinae: Eucerini) is described and figured from central Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Tetraloniella (Tetraloniella) persiciformis sp. n. is distinguished on the basis ... -
Ecology and Geography of Human Monkeypox Case Occurences Across Africa
(Wildlife Disease Association, 2012-04)As ecologic niche modeling (ENM) evolves as a tool in spatial epidemiology and public health, selection of the most appropriate and informative environmental data sets becomes increasingly important. Here, we build on a ... -
Species' geographic distributions through time: Playing catchup with changing climates
(Springer Verlag, 2012-03-02)Species’ ranges are often treated as a rather fixed characteristic, rather than a fluid, ever-changing manifestation of their ecological requirements and dispersal abilities. Paleontologists generally have had a more ... -
Predicting suitable environments and potential occurrences for coelacanths (Latimeria spp.)
(Springer Verlag, 2011)Extant coelacanths (Latimeria chalumnae) were first discovered in the western Indian Ocean in 1938; in 1998, a second species of coelacanth, Latimeria menadoensis, was discovered off the north coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia, ... -
Book Review: Effects of Climate Change on Birds
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Toward Open Access: it takes a village
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)Academics and librarians have worked in tandem for many years to broaden access to the scholarship they create, scrutinize, collect, and consume. Recent developments have focused on campus faculty advocating for change ... -
Open Access 101 for Future Scholars/Researchers
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Predicting species invasions using ecological niche modeling
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Modeled climate change effects on distributions of Canadian butterfly species
(National Research Council Canada, 2004-07-30)Abstract: Climate change effects on biodiversity are being documented now frequently in the form of changes in phenology and distributional shifts. However, the form that these effects will take over a longer timespan is ... -
Invasive potential of common carp (*Cyprinus carpio*) and Nile tilapia (*Oreochromis niloticus*) in American freshwater systems
(National Research Council Canada, 2006-07-25)Nonnative fish introductions disrupt ecosystem processes and can drive native species to local extinction. Two of the most widespread, introduced species are the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) from Eurasia and the Nile tilapia ... -
Fine-scale predictions of distributions of Chagas disease vectors in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico
(Entomological Society of America, 2005-11)One of the most daunting challenges for Chagas disease surveillance and control in Mexico is the lack of community level data on vector distributions. Although many states now have assembled representative domestic ... -
A bird-finding guide to Mexico [Review]
(University of Chicago Press, 2000-06)