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Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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Bird faunas of the humid montane forests of Mesoamerica: biogeographic patterns and priorities for conservation
(Cambridge University Press, 1995)The distribution of 335 species of birds in 33 islands of humid montane forest in Mesoamerica is summarized, and patterns of distribution, diversity and endemism are analysed. The montane forests of Costa Rica and western ... -
Achieving Consensus on the University of Kansas Open-Access Policy
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Revision of the bee genus Chlerogella (Hymenoptera, Halictidae), Part II: South American species and generic diagnosis.
(Pensoft Publishers, 2010-05-21)Th e South American species of the rare bee genus Chlerogella Michener (Halictinae: Augochlorini) are revised, completing the study of the genus. Chlerogella diversity is signifi cantly expanded beyond the fi ve previously ... -
The bee genus Chlerogas in Bolivia (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2010-05-17)A new species of Chlerogas Vachal (Halictinae, Augochlorini) is described and figured from Bolivia, correcting a past mis-association of sexes for Chlerogas boliviensis Brooks & Engel. Chlerogas aterrimus sp. n. is described ... -
The bee genus Caenaugochlora (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) and its constituent subgenera, with new species of Caenaugochlora s.str. from Ecuador
(Pensoft Publishers, 2010-02-25)Two new species of Caenaugochlora Michener are described and figured from Ecuador. Caenaugochlora quichua sp. n. and C. bennetti sp. n. are both remarkable for the presence of carinate preoccipital carinae, setose compound ... -
Two new halictine bees in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2009-12-11)Two new halictine bees (Halictidae: Halictinae) are described and figured from females preserved in Early Miocene (Burdigalian) amber from the Dominican Republic. Oligochlora semirugosa sp. n. (Augochlorini) is similar to ... -
The fossil crown wasp Electrostephanus petiolatus Brues in Baltic amber (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae): designation of a neotype, revised classification, and a key to amber Stephanidae
(Pensoft Publishers, 2008-12-17)The fossil crown wasp Electrostephanus petiolatus Brues comb. rev. (Stephanidae, Electrostephaninae) is redescribed from a single male preserved in middle Eocene Baltic amber. The holotype was lost or destroyed around the ... -
Caupolicana in Central America (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Diphaglossinae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2009-02-16)Caupolicana (Zikanapis) wileyi sp. n. from Guatemala is described. New locality records are noted for other species, and the hitherto unknown female of C. (Z.) rozenorum Michener, Engel, and Ayala from Guatemala is described. ... -
The first fossil leptofoenine wasp (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae): A new species of Leptofoenus in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic
(Pensoft Publishers, 2009-06-30)The first fossil of the pteromalid subfamily Leptofoeninae Handlirsch is documented. Leptofoenus pittfieldae sp. n. is described and figured from a single male preserved in Early Miocene (Burdigalian) amber from the Dominican ... -
Revision of the bee genus Chlerogella (Hymenoptera, Halictidae), part I: Central American species
(Pensoft Publishers, 2009-10-06)The Central American species of the rare bee genus Chlerogella Michener (Halictinae: Augochlorini) are revised. Aside from the previously described Chlerogella elongaticeps Michener and C. clidemiae Engel, five new species ... -
A new termite bug in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Hemiptera, Termitaphididae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2009-10-23)A new species of the termite bug genus Termitaradus Myers (Aradoidea: Termitaphididae) is described and figured based on a single female preserved in Early Miocene (Burdigalian) amber from the Dominican Republic. Termitaradus ... -
Neanderthal extinction by competitive exclusion
(Public Library of Science, 2008-12-24)Background Despite a long history of investigation, considerable debate revolves around whether Neanderthals became extinct because of climate change or competition with anatomically modern humans (AMH). Methodology/Principal ... -
Constructing check-lists and avifauna-wide reviews: Mexican bird taxonomy revisited
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Shifting Global Invasive Potential of European Plants with Climate Change
(Public Library of Science, 2008-06-18)Global climate change and invasions by nonnative species rank among the top concerns for agents of biological loss in coming decades. Although each of these themes has seen considerable attention in the modeling and ... -
Shifting suitability for malaria vectors across Africa with warming climates
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2009-05-10)Background Climates are changing rapidly, producing warm climate conditions globally not previously observed in modern history. Malaria is of great concern as a cause of human mortality and morbidity, particularly across ... -
Historical distribution of the extinct tropical seal, Monachus tropicalis (Carnivora: Phocidae)
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New distributional modelling approaches for gap analysis
(Cambridge University Press, 2003-02)Synthetic products based on biodiversity information such as gap analysis depend critically on accurate models of species' geographic distributions that simultaneously minimize error in both overprediction and omission. ... -
Taxonomy: impediment or expedient
(AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE, 2004-08-20)