Sexual reproduction is both extremely costly and extremely common relative to asexuality,
indicating that it must confer profound benefits. This in turn points to major disadvantages of …

Phytotelmata, or plant-held water bodies, occur all over the world and include bromeliads,
pitcher plants and tree holes. Largely ignored, these habitats can house surprisingly diverse …

Three living male darwinulid ostracods of a new species of the genus Vestalenula have
been found in Yakushima, Japan. This is the first report of living darwinulid males for over …

It is widely acknowledged that sudden, large‐scale flood pulses are drivers of benthic and
planktonic biodiversity change in floodplains. The impact of such pulses on pleuston (biotic …

Western Amazonia's landscape and biota were shaped by an enormous wetland during the
Miocene epoch. Among the most discussed topics of this ecosystem range the question on …

ABSTRACT Tropical Amphi-Pacific and trans-Pacific disjunctions are among the most
controversial distribution patterns in biogeography. A disjunct distribution pattern between …

Large river floodplains are convenient model systems to test for variation in animal and plant
community structure, as they have a variety of habitats and substrates and are generally …

Background Fully asexually reproducing taxa lack outcrossing. Hence, the classic Biological
Species Concept cannot be applied. Methodology/Principal Findings We used DNA …

In the present study, we test the relevance of a number of environmental factors on alpha
and beta ostracod diversities, at species and family level. Ostracods were sampled from …

In aquatic systems, macrophytes play an important role in habitat structuring and can be
relevant for the establishment and/or mobility of the organisms and might thus influence …