Stream and terrestrial ecosystems are intimately connected by riparian zones that support high biodiversity but also vulnerable to human impacts. Landscape disturbances, overgrazing, diffuse pollution of agrochemicals threaten the delivery ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes. We assessed how invertebrate communities respond changes vegetation Romanian catchments, with a focus on role ...

Abstract Plant invasions can have major impacts on ecosystems and influence global species diversity. In Central Europe, Himalayan balsam ( Impatiens glandulifera ) American goldenrods Solidago canadensis S. gigantea are important invaders often establishing dense homogeneous stands, especially in urban other disturbed habitats. We investigated their plant-dwelling spiders (abundance, family st...

Tmarus Simon, 1875 is a relatively large spider genus, currently includes 227 species distributed worldwide. Fanjing Mountain Nature Reserve one of China’s most biodiverse regions. However, can be regarded as being poorly represented in Mountain, with only having been recorded so far: T. fanjing Yang & Yu, 2022. Recently, various expeditions to were carried out by the authors. In this paper...

Aim Phylogenetic studies concerning island biogeography have been concentrated in a fraction of the numerous hot-spot archipelagos contained within the Pacific Ocean. In this study we investigate relationships among island populations of the thomisid spiderMisumenops rapaensis Berland, 1934 across the Austral Islands, a remote and rarely examined southern Pacific hot-spot archipelago. We also a...

A matrix of 117 morphological characters scored for 77 terminal taxa was subjected to parsimony analysis under equal and implied weighting schemes Bayesian inference in order test the relationships between Stephanopis Sidymella species, as well its implications systematics subfamily Stephanopinae. sensitivity performed evaluate nodal stability. Our results indicate polyphyletism both genera top...