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Inbook Reference Executive summary: Attraction, avoidance and habitat use at various spatial scales
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2021
Inbook Reference Executive summary: Empirical evidence inspiring priority monitoring, research and management
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2020
Article Reference Experimental exposure to cadmium affects metallothionein-like protein levels but not survival and growth in wolf spiders from polluted and reference populations
Both local adaptation and acclimation in tolerance mechanisms may allow populations to persist under metal pollution. However, both mechanisms are presumed to incur (energetic) costs and to trade-off with other life-history traits. To test this hypothesis, we exposed Pardosa saltans (Lycosidae) spiderlings originating from metal-polluted and unpolluted sites to a controlled cadmium (Cd) treatment, and compared contents of metal-binding metallothionein-like proteins (MTLPs), internal metal concentrations, and individual survival and growth rates with a reference treatment. While increased MTLP concentrations in offspring originating from both polluted and unpolluted populations upon exposure indicates a plastic tolerance mechanism, survival and growth rates remain largely unaffected, independent of the population of origin. However, MTLP and Cd concentrations were not significantly correlated. We suggest that MTLP production may be an important mechanism enabling P. saltans populations to persist in ecosystems polluted with heavy metals above a certain level. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Unpublished Reference Expert Group on CO2 Storage Annual Report 2010
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications
Article Reference Extension of the lanternfly genus Neoalcathous Wang & Huang, 1989 to Vietnam with a new species and new subfamily placement (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae)
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2018
Article Reference Faunistic survey of myrmecophilous and other ant-associated beetles and spiders in the Belgian province of Limburg (Araneae, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Many researchers have been fascinated by the social organisation within an ant colony. They have noticed that several other invertebrates are found in or near the ants’ nests, notably a variety of Coleoptera and to a lesser extent, some spiders. Many of these observations have been written down, some just as a brief statement but sometimes a detailed report of these interactions as a result of accurate and prolonged monitoring was published. All this information allowed us to make a comparison with the ant species associated with beetles and spiders in the Belgian province of Limburg. We will discuss a large number of species within their respective families and mention in particular a certain connection between the guest and its host, a relationship which cannot necessarily be called myrmecophilous
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2023
Article Reference Feather mites (Acariformes: Psoroptidia) from Colombia: Preliminary list with new records
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications
Book Reference Field guide to the brittle and basket stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) of South Africa
Brittle and basket stars (ophiuroids) are one of five extant classes of the phylum Echinodermata and have a fossil record dating back almost 500 million years to the Early Ordovician. Today, they remain diverse and widespread, with over 260 described genera and 2,077 extant species globally (Stöhr et al. 2018), more than any other class of echinoderm. Ophiuroid species are found across all marine habitats from the intertidal shore to the abyss. In southern Africa, the ophiuroid fauna has been studied extensively by a number of authors and is relatively wellknown. The last published review of the southern African Ophiuroidea however was by Clark & Courtman-Stock in 1976. It included 101 species reported from within the boundaries of South Africa. In the 40 years since that publication the number of species has risen to 136. This identification guide includes a taxonomic key to all 136 species, and gives key references, istribution maps, diagnoses, scaled photographs (where possible), and a synthesis of known ecological and depth information for each. The guide is designed to be comprehensive, well illustrated and easy to use for both naturalists and professional biologists. Taxonomic terms, morphological characteristics and technical expressions are defined and described in detail, with illustrations to clarify some aspects of the terminology. A checklist of all species in the region is also included, and indicates which species are endemic (33), for which we report significant range extensions (23), which have been recorded as new to the South African fauna (28) since the previous monograph of Clark & Courtman-Stock (1976) and which have undergone taxonomic revisions since that time (28).
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Book Reference Field guide to the pre-cleavage deformation and stratigraphy of the Jodoigne area: Cambrian slump deformation and evidence for the Asquempont detachment system along the N-side of the core of the Brabant Massif
This field guide gives an insight into the Lower Palaeozoic geology of the Geete outcrop area in the surroundings of Jodoigne. Five selected outcrops or groups of outcrops are visited. These are the northern Dongelberg Quarry at Dongelberg, the Les Fosses Quarry at Opprebais (Incourt), outcrops along the Rue du Maka at Jauchelette, outcrops along the Rue du Vieux Moulin at Jodoigne and the outcrop below the town hall at Jodoigne. In each case, a detailed description is provided of the lithology, lithostratigraphy and structural architecture, followed by remarks and interpretation. The geological observations from these field trip stops are used to illustrate lithological differences between the Blanmont Formation and the different facies of the Jodoigne Formation, to demonstrate the presence of steeply plunging and gently plunging folds, to illustrate the common occurrence of pre-cleavage folds, interpreted as slump folds, and to outline our arguments for the newly proposed stratigraphic position of the Jodoigne Formation. The cartographic proximity of the Lower Cambrian Blanmont Formation and the Middle to Upper Cambrian Jodoigne Formation is explained by means of the Asquempont Detachment System. The observations and their implications are placed in the broader context of the Belgian Lower Palaeozoic.
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Unpublished Reference First field campaign report linking the Scheldt to Rhine Thames Land project
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