Morphospecies diversity of soil invertebrates in Cultivated and Uncultivated fields

Diversity of soil macro-invertebrates in grasslands under restoration succession

In grasslands under restoration succession, the effect of nutrient impoverishment on the vegetation has been intensively studied. The invertebrate soil animal community has, however, rarely been studied under such conditions. We hypothesised that a plant community in nutrient-poor grasslands supports fewer macro-invertebrate individuals than richer grasslands. We also hypothesised that the comp...

phylogeography and genetic diversity of the lesser mouse- eared bat (myotis blythii) in iran

in current study, 63 samples of bat populations collected from differ regions were used for evaluating the geographic variations. twenty cranial and dental characters for traditional morphometric and landmarks method on the ventral, dorsal skull and mandible for geometry morphometric studies were used. statistical analyses of traditional morphometric and geometry morphometric data indicated low...

New morphospecies of Phormidium and Microcoleus (Cyanophyta) in paddy-fields of Iran

Cyanophyta of some paddy-fields of Golestan province (North of Iran, near the Caspian Sea) have been studied during 2006–07. Phormidium subinerusatum, P. tenue, P. jadinianum, P. purpurascens, P. lucidum, P. fragile, Microcoleus palaodus, M. lacustris are new records for Golestan province and Iran. Results showed that  P. subinerusatum, P. tenue were dominant in all stations. P. fragile, in spr...

Numerous cultivated and uncultivated viruses encode ribosomal proteins

Diversity and Habitat Preferences of Cultivated and Uncultivated Aerobic Methanotrophic Bacteria Evaluated Based on pmoA as Molecular Marker

Methane-oxidizing bacteria are characterized by their capability to grow on methane as sole source of carbon and energy. Cultivation-dependent and -independent methods have revealed that this functional guild of bacteria comprises a substantial diversity of organisms. In particular the use of cultivation-independent methods targeting a subunit of the particulate methane monooxygenase (pmoA) as ...