ran bec pro two by the dist pla ause species–specific interactions between plants and insects require considerable physiological adaptations to blish and be maintained through time and space, highly specialized interactions are rare in nature. Consequently, n if some one-to-one interactions might appear locally specialized, additional partners may be involved at a wider le. Here, we investigate...

Biological dispersal shapes species' distribution and affects their coexistence. The spread of organisms governs the dynamics of invasive species, the spread of pathogens, and the shifts in species ranges due to climate or environmental change. Despite its relevance for fundamental ecological processes, however, replicated experimentation on biological dispersal is lacking, and current assessme...

PREMISE State-sponsored weather stations became ubiquitous by the 1880s, yet many old climate data and phenological observations still need to be digitized made accessible. METHODS We here make available flowering times for 450 species of herbs shrubs gathered in 1844 Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794–1868), director Munich Botanical Garden. The formed part world’s third-oldest monitorin...

Microbialbiodegradation is known as an effective and harmless method to overcome environmental pollution with oil hydrocarbon. Some bacterial species were isolated from the Sarvestan oilfields (Iran, Fars province), then identified and applied for oil hydrocarbon decomposition. A carbon-free minimum medium (CFMM) containing 1% crude oil was used to isolate bacteria through incubation at 30°C in...

The New World species of the millipede-parasitic genus Myriophora Brown are revised. Sixty-five species based on the female sex are treated, mostly from the Neotropical Region. Of these, fifty-seven are new to science: Myriophora alexandrae sp. nov., Myriophora alienipennis sp. nov., Myriophora angustifascia sp. nov., Myriophora annetteae sp. nov., Myriophora annulata sp. nov., Myriophora bicus...