Genetic analyses of natural populations have historically relied on statistical procedures
based on the concept that distinct ''populations''of a species exist across a landscape …

Southwest China is one of the major global biodiversity hotspots. The Tanaka line,
extending within southwestern China from its northwest to its southeast, is an important …

During the KuramBio expedition in 2012, previously unknown Macrostylidae (Crustacea,
Isopoda) were collected from the Northwest Pacific Basin near the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench …

A first step in protecting groups of similarly structured organisms is to place them into
discrete taxa. Molecular genetics and phylogeny allow us to rebuild the evolutionary history …

Complex geological movements more or less affected or changed floristic structures, while
the alternation of glacials and interglacials is presumed to have further shaped the present …

Two tansy-feeding aphids, Macrosiphoniella tanacetaria (MA) and Metopeurum fuscoviride
(ME), were studied at a small spatial scale in and around Jena (< 80 km2) using …

The species within Xenarthra (sloths, anteaters, and armadillos) are quintessential South
American mammals. Of the three groups, Vermilingua (anteaters) contains the fewest extant …

One of the top carnivores in the Andean mountains is the Andean bear (Tremarctos ornatus,
Ursidae), the only bear in South America. This is a flagship and key umbrella species in …

Recent syntheses of phylogeographical data from terrestrial animals in the Mojave and
Sonoran deserts have revealed a complex history of geologic and climatic vicariance …

Acoustic and light detection and ranging are the recent methods used in hydrographical
surveying. Depth values depending on X and Y horizontal coordinates are measured in both …