• Molecular identification and first demographic insights of sharks based on artisanal fisheries bycatch in the Pacific Coast of Colombia: implications for conservation 

  Villate-Moreno, Melany; Cubillos-M, Juan Camilo; Stibor, Herwig; Crawford, Andrew J.; Straube, Nicolas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  The Pacific coast of Colombia is characterized by mangrove ecosystems which play a crucial role as possible nurseries for juvenile sharks. However, trophic food webs from coastal ecosystems are heavily disturbed by increased ...

• Taxonomic Identification of Two Poorly Known Lantern Shark Species Based on Mitochondrial DNA From Wet-Collection Paratypes 

  Agne, Stefanie; Naylor, Gavin J. P.; Preick, Michaela; Yang, Lei; Thiel, Ralf; Weigmann, Simon; Paijmans, Johanna L. A.; Barlow, Axel; Hofreiter, Michael; Straube, Nicolas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Etmopteridae (lantern sharks) is the most species-rich family of sharks, comprising more than 50 species. Many species are described from few individuals, and re-collection of specimens is often hindered by the remoteness ...

• Trophic position of Otodus megalodon and great white sharks through time revealed by zinc isotopes 

  McCormack, Jeremy; Griffiths, Michael L.; Kim, Sora L.; Shimada, Kenshu; Karnes, Molly; Maisch, Harry; Pederzani, Sarah; Bourgon, Nicolas; Jaouen, Klervia; Becker, Martin A.; Jöns, Niels; Sisma-Ventura, Guy; Straube, Nicolas; Pollerspöck, Jürgen; Hublin, Jean-Jacques; Eagle, Robert A.; Tütken, Thomas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Diet is a crucial trait of an animal’s lifestyle and ecology. The trophic level of an organism indicates its functional position within an ecosystem and holds significance for its ecology and evolution. Here, we demonstrate ...

• Simultaneous barcode sequencing of diverse museum collection specimens using a mixed RNA bait set 

  Straube, Nicolas; Agne, Stefanie; Preick, Michaela; Hofreiter, Michael (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  A growing number of publications presenting results from sequencing natural history collection specimens reflect the importance of DNA sequence information from such samples. Ancient DNA extraction and library preparation ...

• The enigmatic tropical alpine flora on the African sky islands is young, disturbed, and unsaturated 

  Kandziora, Martha; Gehrke, Berit; Popp, Magnus; Gizaw, Abel; Brochmann, Christian; Pirie, Michael David (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Tropical alpine floras are renowned for high endemism, spectacular giant rosette plants testifying to convergent adaptation to harsh climates with nightly frosts, and recruitment dominated by long-distance dispersal from ...

• Setting the baseline for the dynamics of siphonophores and hydromedusae in Oslofjorden 

  Hernandez, Luis Felipe Martell; Selsø, Katrine; Titelman, Josefin; Hosia, Aino Laila Johanna (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Knowledge of the spatio-temporal dynamics of hydromedusae and siphonophores is scarce despite their key role as predators. In the temperate inlet of Oslofjorden, studies dealing with these organisms are limited to a few ...

• A new species of Sagiolechia (Sagiolechiaceae) from Norway, with lirelliform ascomata and 1-septate ascospores 

  Ertz, Damien; Tønsberg, Tor (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  The new species Sagiolechia monoseptata is described from the northern boreal zone of Norway where it was found on a shaded siliceous rock under a boulder in a north-facing, small, steep scree. It is characterized by the ...

• Marchantiana asserigena, a genus and species new to Norway 

  Tønsberg, Tor; Palice, Z.; Timdal, Einar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Marchantiana asserigena is reported new to Norway from the south-west (counties Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane, and Møre og Romsdal) at altitudes from near sea level to 393 m. It occurs on branches of trees and ...

• Lepraria lobificans (syn. L. santosii) and L. sylvicola new to northern Europe from Norway 

  Timdal, Einar; Tønsberg, Tor (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  The two lichen species Lepraria lobificans (syn. L. santosii) and L. sylvicola are reported new to northern Europa, based on collections from Western Norway and Northern Norway, respectively. The specimens were identified ...

• Phylogeny and Cryptic Diversity of Diopatra (Onuphidae, Annelida) in the East Atlantic 

  Hektoen, Martin Mejdell; Willassen, Endre; Budaeva, Nataliya (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Diopatra Audouin & Milne-Edwards, 1833 is a species rich genus that is common in tropical and subtropical regions. The genus is readily identified by its striking, spiral branchiae, but species identification has historically ...

• Diversity patterns and conservation gaps of Magnoliaceae species in China 

  Xie, Huanhuan; Tang, Yigong; Fu, Jiao; Chi, Xiulian; Du, Weihua; Dimitrov, Dimitar Stefanov; Liu, Jianquan; Xi, Zhenxiang; Wu, Jianyong; Xu, Xiaoting (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Magnoliaceae, a primitive group of angiosperms and distinguished ornamental plants with more than 100 species in China, is one of the most threatened plant family in the wild due to logging, habitat loss, over-collection ...

• Global patterns of species richness of the holarctic alpine herb Saxifraga: The role of temperature and habitat heterogeneity 

  Liu, Lian; Xu, Xiaoting; Zhang, Lei; Li, Yaoqi; Shrestha, Nawal; Neves, Danilo M; Wang, Qinggang; Chang, Hong; Su, Xiangyan; Liu, Yunpeng; Wu, Jianyong; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Wang, Zhiheng; Jianquan, Liu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  The effects of contemporary climate, habitat heterogeneity and long-term climate change on species richness are well studied for woody plants in forest ecosystems, but poorly understood for herbaceous plants, especially ...

• Global distribution and evolutionary transitions of angiosperm sexual systems 

  Wang, Yunyun; Luo, Ao; Lyu, Tong; Dimitrov, Dimitar; Xu, Xiaoting; Freckleton, Robert P.; Yaoqui, Li; Su, Xiangyan; Li, Yichao; Liu, Yunpeng; Sandanov, Denis; Li, Qingjun; Hao, Zhanqing; Liu, Shuguang; Wang, Zhiheng (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Angiosperm sexual systems are fundamental to the evolution and distribution of plant diversity, yet spatiotemporal patterns in angiosperm sexual systems and their drivers remain poorly known. Using data on sexual systems ...

• Current knowledge of Chytridiomycota diversity in Northern Europe and future research needs 

  Blaalid, Rakel; Khomich, Maryia (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Chytridiomycota is the most species-rich phylum of basal lineage fungi involved in vital processes in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Still, the diversity and richness of this group remains cryptic. In Northern ...

• Where have all the heathers gone? 

  Nelson, E. Charles; Pirie, Michael David (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)

  Heathers have been cultivated for several centuries, both the hardy heaths (Calluna, Daboecia and Erica) from the northern hemisphere and the more frost-tender species of Erica from southern Africa known as Cape heaths. ...

• The taxonomic status of the headshield slug genus Nakamigawaia Kuroda and Habe, 1961 (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Aglajidae), with the description of a new species from the Western Pacific 

  Hellem, Emma; Malaquias, Manuel António E. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Nakamigawaia is a poorly understood genus of Aglajidae sea slugs with only two species formally ascribed. In this paper we explore new morpho-anatomical characters using stereo and scanning electron microscopy and employ ...

• Three overlooked species of Bacidia from insular Laurimacaronesia 

  Ekman, Stefan; Tønsberg, Tor; van den Boom, Pieter P. G. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  We discuss the taxonomy of three species of Bacidia occurring in insular Laurimacaronesia. Two of them, B. amylothelia (Vain.) Vain. and B. endoleucoides (Nyl.) Zahlbr., which were previously described from Angola and ...

• New insights into early medieval Islamic cuisine: Organic residue analysis of pottery from rural and urban Sicily 

  Lundy, Jasmine; Drieu, Lea; Meo, Antonino; Sacco, Viva; Arcifa, Lucia; Pezzini, Elena; Aniceti, Veronica; Fiorentino, Girolamo; Alexander, Michelle; Orecchioni, Paola; Mollinari, Alessandra; Carver, Martin O. H.; Craig, Oliver E. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  Sicily, during the 9th-12th century AD, thrived politically, economically, and culturally under Islamic political rule and the capital of Palermo stood as a cultural and political centre in the Mediterranean Islamic world. ...

• The Early Branching Group of Orbiniida Sensu Struck et al., 2015: Parergodrilidae and Orbiniidae 

  Jimenez, Miguel Angel Meca; Zhadan, Anna; Struck, Torsten H (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  This review addresses the state of the art of the systematics and the improvements in the biology, ecology and species diversity of the two annelid taxa Parergodrilidae and Orbiniidae, the early branching group of Orbiniida ...

• Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous canyons on the Måløy Slope: Source to sink fingerprints on the northernmost North Sea rift margin, Norway 

  Bauck, Marit Stokke; Faleide, Jan Inge; Fossen, Haakon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)

  The Måløy Slope is a key area for studying the connection between onshore and offshore geology of South Norway. It has functioned as an area of bypass, erosion and deposition between the Norwegian mainland source area and ...

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