RBINS Open Access Library
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be
Whelks, rock-snails, and allied: a new phylogenetic framework for the family Muricidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2023-oa/articlereference.2023-12-25.2480446393
No publisherPDF availableOpen AccessImpact FactorPeer ReviewInternational Redaction Board2023/12/25 16:55:00 GMT+1Article ReferenceWhat's the internet doing to our brains?
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications/articlereference.2013-03-11.3411000081
No publisherOpen AccessPopular Science2013/03/11 14:29:53 GMT+1Article ReferenceWhat's In a name? Reflections on defining and naming genera using molluscs as examples
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2023-oa/inproceedingsreference.2023-12-25.2077240652
No publisherOpen AccessPDF availableAbstract of an Oral Presentation or a Poster2023/12/25 13:51:08 GMT+1Inproceedings ReferenceWhat's going on in (published) cave science? in press
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2021/verheyden2021s
No publisherProceedingsPeer ReviewOpen AccessPDF available2022/03/01 18:17:05 GMT+1Inproceedings ReferenceWhat did DNA barcoding do for millipede taxonomy?
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2023-oa/inproceedingsreference.2023-12-25.4106487398
No publisherOpen AccessPDF availableAbstract of an Oral Presentation or a Poster2023/12/25 17:15:00 GMT+1Inproceedings ReferenceWhat about Platybrachys & c. planthoppers one century after Henry Hacker? (Hemiptera: Eurybrachidae)
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2023-oa/inproceedingsreference.2023-12-27.3876637647
No publisherOpen AccessPDF availableAbstract of an Oral Presentation or a Poster2023/12/27 19:15:00 GMT+1Inproceedings ReferenceWest African Manatee Trichechus senegalensis (LINK, 1795) in the Estuary of the Congo River (Democratic Republic of the Congo): Review and Update
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2017/articlereference.2018-02-15.9734928150
No publisherPeer ReviewOpen AccessInternational Redaction Board2018/02/15 14:45:00 GMT+1Article ReferenceWere ancient foxes far more carnivorous than recent ones? Carnassial morphological evidence
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2020/articlereference.2020-03-02.9858767295
Crown shape variation of the first lower molar in the arctic (Vulpes lagopus) and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) was analyzed using five groups of morphotypes. Carnassial morphologies were compared between the species and between spatially and temporally distant populations: one Late Pleistocene (n = 45) and seven modern populations of the arctic fox (n = 259), and one Late Pleistocene (n = 35) and eight modern populations of the red fox (n = 606). The dentition of Holocene red foxes had larger morphotype variability than that of arctic foxes. The lower carnassials of the red fox kept have some primitive characters (additional cusps and stylids, complex shape of transverse cristid), whereas the first lower molars of the arctic fox have undergone crown shape simplification, with the occlusal part of the tooth undergoing a more pronounced adaptation to a more carnivorous diet. From the Late Pleistocene of Belgium to the present days, the arctic fox’s crown shape has been simplified and some primitive characters have disappeared. In the red fox chronological changes in the morphology of the lower carnassials were not clearly identified. The phyletic tree based on morphotype carnassial characteristics indicated the distinctiveness of both foxes: in the arctic fox line, the ancient population from Belgium and recent Greenland made separate branches, whereas in the red foxes the ancient population from Belgium was most similar to modern red foxes from Belgium and Italy.No publisherRBINS Publication(s)PDF availableOpen AccessImpact FactorPeer ReviewInternational Redaction Board2020/03/02 15:25:00 GMT+1Article ReferenceWave Glider Monitoring of Sediment Transport and Dredge Plumes in a Shallow Marine Sandbank Environment
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications/WaveGlider
As human pressure on the marine environment increases, safeguarding healthy and productive seas increasingly necessitates integrated, time- and cost-effective environmental monitoring. Employment of a Wave Glider proved very useful for the study of sediment transport in a shallow sandbank area in the Belgian part of the North Sea. During 22 days, data on surface and water-column currents and turbidity were recorded along 39 loops around an aggregate-extraction site. Correlation with wave and tidal-amplitude data allowed the quantification of current- and wave-induced advection and resuspension, important background information to assess dredging impacts. Important anomalies in suspended particulate matter concentrations in the water column suggested dredging-induced overflow of sediments in the near field (i.e., dynamic plume), and settling of finer-grained material in the far field (i.e., passive plume). Capturing the latter is a successful outcome to this experiment, since the location of dispersion and settling of a passive plume is highly dependent on the ruling hydro-meteorological conditions and thus difficult to predict. Deposition of the observed sediment plumes may cause habitat changes in the long-term.No publisherPeer ReviewOpen AccessImpact Factor2015/09/28 11:10:00 GMT+1Article ReferenceWaulsort Caverne X: A new cave site with Early Mesolithic human remains in Belgium
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2020/articlereference.2021-02-02.3072675986
Caverne X in Waulsort (Namur province, Belgium), excavated in the 19th century, revealed a burial site which was unexpectedly dated to the Final Upper Paleolithic (10,820 ± 80 BP, OxA-6856) in the 1990’s. A re-examination of the collection and a new radiocarbon dating program was recently undertaken. The dates obtained on four left femurs (9285 ± 30 BP, ETH-74725; 9310 ± 30 BP, ETH-74726; 9340 ± 30 BP, ETH-74727; 9300 ± 30 BP, ETH-74728) revealed that the remains should in fact be attributed to the Early Mesolithic,consistent with 24 other 14 C dates obtained for eight cave sites in the Meuse Basin which range from ca . 9600 BP to 9000 BP. Caverne X contained 544 human remains belonging to at least nine individuals (one fetus, one perinatal/young child, one teenager, two adolescents/young adults and four adults), and 66 faunal remains consisting mainly of intrusive animals with the possible exception of a cervid antler, and one artefact (a small flint blade). Other than ochre deposits, all alterations (breakage, surface abrasion, impact scars and concretions) are post-depositional in origin. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis indicates a diet primarily based on terrestrial resources from an open landscape with proteins provided by large herbivores. Our study shows that Caverne X fits well with results already obtained for the Meuse Basin cave burials in terms of chronology, minimum number of individuals, funerary rituals and diet.No publisherPeer ReviewOpen AccessRBINS Collection(s)2021/02/02 13:55:00 GMT+1Article ReferenceWater chemistry and not urbanization influences community structure of non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) in northern Belgium
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2021/articlereference.2022-03-03.2280406893
Urbanization is one of the major causes of the destruction of natural habitats in the world. Cities are urban heat islands and can thus significantly influence populations of plants and animals. The research project SPEEDY investigated the effects of urbanization in northern Belgium with a nested sampling design at local and landscape scales for a variety of organisms. Here, we tested the effects of urbanization on non-marine ostracod communities, sampling 81 small pools in three urbanization categories, as defined by percentage built up cover (low, intermediate, high). We identified 17 ostracod species, together occurring in 60 of the 81 sampled pools. We found that urbanization per se had no significant effect on ostracod communities. Of all the measured local factors, ammonium and total phosphorus concentrations had a significant effect on the community structure. In contrast, water temperature had no significant effect, most likely because the ostracod species found in northern Belgium in the present survey mostly have wide temperature tolerances.No publisherPeer ReviewOpen AccessImpact Factor2022/03/03 11:35:00 GMT+1Article ReferenceVolkovitshilus sg.n. and Bilyilus sg.n., two new subgenera of Indo-Pacific Agrilus curt. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/publications-on-rbins-collections-by-external-author-s/articlereference.2019-02-28.8005123534
No publisherOpen AccessRBINS Collection(s)2019/02/28 10:45:00 GMT+1Article Reference Visualizing Cross-Sectional Data in a Real-World Context
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/no-rbins-staff-publications/VanNoten2016-EOS
If you could fly around your research results in three dimensions, wouldn’t you like to do it? Combining the capabilities of an open-source drawing tool with Google Earth maps allows researchers/geologists to visualize real-world cross-sectional data in three dimensions. Any spatial model displaying research results can be exported to a vertical figure to enable the results to be visualized spatially.No publisherPeer ReviewOpen AccessImpact Factor2017/05/05 14:03:14 GMT+1Article ReferenceViroinval/Treignes : campagne de fouilles 2019 à la grotte Genvier.
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2020/articlereference.2021-12-09.0096455525
No publisherOpen AccessInternational Redaction Board2021/12/09 10:32:19 GMT+1Article ReferenceViroinval/Treignes : campagne de fouilles 2020 à la grotte Genvier.
https://biblio.naturalsciences.be/library-1/rbins-staff-publications-2021/articlereference.2023-01-20.9350103740
Imprimé avril 2022, AWaPNo publisherPeer ReviewOpen Access2023/01/20 16:40:58 GMT+1Article Reference