Abstract The Creative Commons (CC) licenses are a suite of copyright-based licenses
defining terms for the distribution and re-use of creative works. CC provides licenses for …

Abstract The Marcetia alliance of Melastomataceae is an exclusively Neotropical group that
includes at least 12 genera of mostly herbs and subshrubs, occurring in the cerrado of …

Background and methods The appearance of bluetongue virus (BTV) in 2006 within
northern Europe exposed a lack of expertise and resources available across this region to …

Carabids are a species‐rich group (more than 10 000 species in the Palaearctic region) and
are intensively studied, inter alia due to their roles as bioindicators and mediators of nutrient …

Ophiuroid systematics is currently in a state of upheaval, with recent molecular estimates
fundamentally clashing with traditional, morphology-based classifications. Here, we attempt …

Taxonomic data are essential in many fields of biology. However, the production of
taxonomic treatments is usually very time consuming and few programs are available for …

Types of identification keys Page 1 59 Types of identification keys Gregor Hagedorn,
Gerhard Rambold, Stefano Martellos Abstract — A number of terms related to identification …

Sicariids are an infamous spider family containing two genera: the poorly known Sicarius
Walckenaer and the medically important Loxosceles Heineken & Lowe. We present the first …

• Premise of the study: Through a comparative study of the anatomy of palm stems and the
development of an interactive web‐based tool, the present paper aims to provide a method …

Rodentia is the most species-rich order among mammals. The Republic of South Africa
harbours a high rodent diversity whose taxonomy and phylogeny have been extensively …