The first record of Anthonomus sorbi Germar, 1821 (Curculionidae: Curculionina: Anthonomini) from Western Siberia (Novosibirsk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk Krai) is given. Distributions for A. sorbi, conspersus Desbrochers des Loges, 1868, pedicularis (Linnaeus, 1758), incurvus (Panzer, 1795) phyllocola (Herbst, are A list species the genus Russian Far East compiled.

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY The study of geographic variation in ecologically important traits within and among taxa is a first step toward understanding the environmental factors that contribute to population differentiation and species divergence. This study examines variation in mean sex allocation per flower (androecium mass/gynoecium mass) among 49 wild populations representing 12 P...

Floral herbivory may have deleterious effects on the reproductive success of flowering plants. However, plants may evolve floral traits that allow them to defend against herbivory in particular conditions. A bumblebee-pollinated subalpine herb, Pedicularis rex (Orobanchaceae), endemic to southwest China, has cup-like bracts that fill with rainwater, which submerges its corolla tubes. We hypothe...

Quaternary climate fluctuations have profoundly affected the current distribution patterns and genetic structures of many plant and animal species in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) and adjacent mountain ranges, e.g. Tianshan (TSR), Altay, etc. In this greater area disjunct distributions are prominent but have nevertheless received little attention with respect to the historical processes inv...

This paper discusses the traditional consumption of wild edible plants in the rural communities of the Campoo (Cantabria), a region in northern Spain. Through semi-structured interviews with key informants, data on the perception, gathering, preparation and use of 60 edible wild plant species were collected. Social, economic and cultural factors need to be taken into account when trying to unde...