In the carnivorous plant family Lentibulariaceae, all three genome compartments (nuclear, chloroplast, and mitochondria) have some of the highest rates of nucleotide substitutions across angiosperms. While the genera Genlisea and Utricularia have the smallest known flowering plant nuclear genomes, the chloroplast genomes (cpDNA) are mostly structurally conserved except for deletion and/or pseud...

Abstract Conservation programs often aim to protect the abundance of individual species and biodiversity simultaneously. We quantified relations between amphipod densities aquatic macrophyte (large plants algae) diversity test a hypothesis that can support high single taxonomic group. Amphipods ( Gammarus lacustris Hyalella azteca ) are key forage for waterfowl declining in Prairie Pothole Regi...

Non-native aquatic plants are amongst the major threats to freshwater biodiversity and climate change is expected facilitate their further spread invasiveness. To date, in Croatia, no complete list of non-native extant horizon has been compiled nor a risk screening performed. address this knowledge gap, 10 14 plant species were screened for invasiveness Pannonian Mediterranean regions Croatia u...

Several species of southeastern amphibians completely or facultatively depend upon small, ephemeral isolated ponds for reproduction, and inhabit surrounding uplands for much of their adult lives. However, spatio-temporal dynamics of pond use is little known. Since 1994, eight ephemeral ponds embedded within frequently (n=4) or infrequently (n=4) burned longleaf pine uplands in the Ocala Nationa...