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Use of Soil and Litter Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as Biological Indicators of Soil Quality Under Different Land uses in Southern Rwanda
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2018/articlereference.2019-01-09.8362839243
No publisherRBINS Collection(s)2019/01/09 11:22:36 GMT+1Article ReferenceUse of Soil and Litter Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as Biological Indicators of Soil Quality Under Different Land Uses in Southern Rwanda
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2018/articlereference.2024-03-28.5099353685
The use of soil and litter arthropods as biological indicators is a way to assess environmental changes, where ant species in particular may serve as important indicators of soil quality. This study aimed at relating the abundance of soil and litter ant species to soil parameters under different tree species, both native and exotic, and varieties of coffee and banana plantations. Variations were found in soil physicochemical parameters. A total of 30 species belonging to 14 genera, and four subfamilies, the Formicinae, Dorylinae, Myrmicinae, and Ponerinae were identified. Higher abundance was found in coffee plantations compared to banana plantations, exotic and native tree species. Species of Camponotus cinctellus and Odontomachus troglodytes occurred in all land uses which is a sign of tolerance to a wide range of soil properties. In addition, these species, together with Myrmicaria SP02, Phrynoponera gabonensis, Camponotus SP06, Myrmicaria opaciventris, Pheidole SP03, Tetramorium simillimum, Pheidole SP01, and Tetramorium laevithorax were not strongly correlated with soil physicochemical parameters. Species of Pheidole SP02 and Camponotus SP05 were restricted to specific soil physicochemical properties, while species of Tetramorium zonacaciae and Bothroponera talpa discriminated between native tree species, coffee plantations, soil organic carbon, sandy soil texture, and aggregate stability. We concluded that these ant species can differently indicate the soil quality depending on the land use. We recommended further studies in order to generalize these findingsNo publisherPeer ReviewOpen AccessPDF availableRBINS Collection(s)2024/03/28 16:20:00 GMT+1Article ReferenceUpdating the theories on ammonoid extinction
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications/inproceedingsreference.2013-02-13.1767103912
Since Alvarez et al. (1980) found new evidence for the impact of catastrophic events on earth’s biota, hypothesis and theories explaining the fossil record (re)gained a lot of attention. The extraterrestrial origin of the anomalous iridium concentrations seemed highly controversial at first, but nowadays the Chicxulub ‘accident’ has become the marker for the start/base of the Paleogene. Its pivotal role in the Mesozoic-Cenozoic faunal turnover cannot be refuted (Schulte et al 2010). However, alternative theories remain being published. Of these, the Deccan volcanism with its widespread flood basalts stepped prominently forward as one of the main triggers, especially when trying to explain the gradual diversity decline within the fossil record. The inconsistencies between the proposed theories generally root in too narrowly geographically and geologically spread datasets. This applies to most fossil groups, and especially to the ammonoids (Class Cephalopoda, °Early Devonian – †Late Cretaceous). A compilation of ammonoid occurrences of Late Maastrichtian age published by Kiessling & Claeys (2002) evidenced the lack of a globally well distributed dataset. In this compilation, North Africa was left as a blind spot, while Tunisia had been the centre of the K/Pg mass extinction debate for almost three decades, e.g. with the definition of the GSSP for the base of the Paleogene at El Kef. Both at the GSSP and several other sections in the Tunisian Trough Basin, ammonoids were found within the topmost meters of the Maastrichtian, until very close to the K/Pg boundary level. About 900 uppermost Maastrichtian ammonoids were collected, all from within the last 420.000 years of the Cretaceous. With 22 species on record, belonging to 18 genera and 10 families, and with representatives of each of the four large ammonoid suborders (Phylloceratina, Lytoceratina, Ammonitina and Ancyloceratina), the Tunisian fauna demonstrates that ammonoids were both taxonomically and morphologically diverse until their very end. An updated version of the compilation of latest Maastrichtian ammonoid occurrences documents at least 53 species, 29 genera and 13 families in the ultimate half million year of the Cretaceous, in many more localities and occurring in a wide variety of settings. When the Tunisian ammonoid species richness data are plotted next to all time constraints of the possible causes, the possibility of Deccan flood basalt volcanism negatively influencing ammonoid diversity must be refuted. A major extinction caused by the Chicxulub impact seems the most plausible theory at present. Through inducing a mass kill of the marine plankton, the juvenile ammonoids lost their primary food source leading to their final extinction. Alvarez, L.W., Alvarez, W., Asaro, F., Michel, H.V., 1980. Extraterrestrial cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction. Science, 208, 1095-1108. Kiessling, W., Claeys, P., 2002. A geographic database approach to the KT Boundary. In Buffetaut, E., Koeberl, C. (Eds), Geological and Biological Effects of Impact Events, Springer-Verlag Berlin, 83-140. Schulte, P. & 40 authors, 2010. The Chicxulub Asteroid Impact and Mass Extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene Boundary. Science 327, 1214-1218.No publisherAbstract of an Oral Presentation or a PosterRBINS Collection(s)2013/04/15 20:10:00 GMT+1Inproceedings ReferenceUpdating laternflies biodiversity knowledge in Cambodia (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae) by optimizing field work surveys with citizen science involvement through Facebook networking and data access in FLOW website
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2016/articlereference.2016-01-21.9780284034
No publisherRBINS Publication(s)RBINS Collection(s)2016/01/21 07:53:40 GMT+1Article ReferenceUpdated status of Saitis barbipes (Simon, 1868) (Araneae, Salticidae) in Belgium
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2022/articlereference.2022-11-22.7347115167
No publisherPDF availableRBINS Collection(s)2022/11/22 15:41:27 GMT+1Article ReferenceUpdated Red List of the water bugs of Flanders (Belgium) (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha)
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications/articlereference.2014-04-02.3734919131
No publisherPeer ReviewRBINS Collection(s)2014/04/02 17:18:43 GMT+1Article ReferenceUpdated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2023-oa/articlereference.2023-12-27.8643082420
The list of Galapagos spider species has been updated and now includes 161 species. We provide information on their synonyms and distribution. Existing literature is also mentioned for each species. The species illustrated were all captured by members of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences on various missions to the Galapagos and identified by the first author, and are held in the collections of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences.No publisherRBINS Collection(s)PDF availableOpen AccessPeer ReviewInternational Redaction Board2023/12/27 17:55:00 GMT+1Article ReferenceUpdated checklist of the mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) of Belgium
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications/articlereference.2015-12-09.6387430102
No publisherRBINS Publication(s)RBINS Collection(s)Open AccessImpact FactorPeer ReviewInternational Redaction Board2015/12/09 14:47:23 GMT+1Article ReferenceUpdate on the poorly known praying mantis Tamolanica leopoldi (Werner, 1923) with the description of the previously unknown male
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2019/articlereference.2019-08-08.9584745198
No publisherRBINS Publication(s)RBINS Collection(s)2019/08/08 13:30:00 GMT+1Article ReferenceUpdate of the genus Claremontiella (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Ergalataxinae) in the Atlantic with the description of a new species from Ascension Island
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2023-oa/articlereference.2023-12-26.5532958259
No publisherPeer ReviewPDF availableInternational Redaction BoardRBINS Collection(s)2023/12/26 02:40:00 GMT+1Article ReferenceUntangling possible relationships between urbanization and the eco-evolutionary dynamics of the land snail Cepaea nemoralis
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2016/inproceedingsreference.2017-01-05.3649270237
No publisherAbstract of an Oral Presentation or a PosterOpen AccessRBINS Collection(s)2017/01/05 11:37:41 GMT+1Inproceedings ReferenceUnravelling the eco-evolutionary dynamics of two non-marine ostracods in response to urbanization
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2016/inproceedingsreference.2017-01-05.6788228623
No publisherAbstract of an Oral Presentation or a PosterOpen AccessRBINS Collection(s)2017/01/05 22:47:56 GMT+1Inproceedings ReferenceUnraveling the PETM in shallow marine Tethyan environments: the Tunisian stratigraphic record.
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications/RoJarticlereference.2013-11-14.0512228487
Despite the increasing understanding of the Paleocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) in open marine environments, shallow marine settings remain relatively unexplored. We investigated an upper Paleocene to lower Eocene shallow-water sequence near Kalaat Senan in Tunisia (Sidi Nasseur and Wadi Mezaz sections)in order to generate a stratigraphic framework of the PETM in shallow marine fine-grained siliciclastic setting on the Southern Tethys. These sections expose the top part of the El Haria Formation (Fm.), the Chouabine Fm. and the lower part of the limestone bearing El Garia Fm., covering the upper Paleocene - lower Eocene (NP9a to NP11). The PETM interval is situated near the top of the El Haria Fm. and the regional stratigraphy is compared to the well-known Egyptian setting. The isotope record of total organic carbon (δ13Corg)reveals the characteristic negative carbon isotope excursion(CIE), comparable to the δ13Corg record of the Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point of the Eocene at Dababiya (Egypt). Although the Tunesian PETM interval is quite expanded, no anomalous beds are observed and only the "CIE" core is partly represented as the top part of the PETM is truncated. In addition to a well-expressed CIE, the position of the Paleocene-Eocene boundary is supported by the appearance of nannoplankton (Discoaster araneus)and foraminiferal (e.g. Acarinina multicamerata)marker taxa. Furthermore, ostracode and benthic foraminiferal turnovers coincide with the onset of the PETM and are characterized by the disappearance of many common Paleocene taxa (e.g. Frondicularia aff. phosphatica) in this area. The lowest occurrences of Alocopocythere attitogonensis and Buntonia ? tunisiensis (ostracodes), Reophax sp. 1 (benthic foraminifera) and Fasciculithus tonii (calcareous nannplankton) may be applicable for regional correlation. These results indicate that characteristic PETM taxa evolved and/or dispersed immediately after the main δ13Corg shift.No publisherPeer ReviewImpact FactorInternational Redaction BoardRBINS Collection(s)2015/03/10 15:14:10 GMT+1Article ReferenceUnexpected species richness in the African pike Hepsetus odoe (Bloch, 1794); (Characiformes: Hepsetidae)
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications/proceedingsreference.2016-01-13.1236730634
No publisherAbstract of an Oral Presentation or a PosterPeer ReviewRBINS Collection(s)2016/01/13 15:10:00 GMT+1Proceedings ReferenceUne nouvelle espèce du genre Teraticorhynchus de Bornéo et statut du genre Toxobrentus (Coleoptera Brentidae-
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/publications-on-rbins-collections-by-external-author-s/articlereference.2018-02-22.4163409869
No publisherRBINS Publication(s)RBINS Collection(s)2018/02/22 11:16:01 GMT+1Article Reference