Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Regional Priorities 2024 – update by the ICG-RP
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Draft report on Tour d’Horizon 2023 and multi-annual TdH trends
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Update from the MARPOL Annex VI Working Groups on strategic and operational issues (MAVI SOWG) and on technical issues (MAVI-TWG)
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Findings as well as technical and operational implications of MARPOL Annex VI related issues at international level
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Tour d’Horizon 2024, 09-13 SEPTEMBER 2024. Mission Report.
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Identifying EU-listed Aquatic Invasive Species by DNA-barcoding using currently available sequence data
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A mitogenomic approach to resolve the phylogeny of Afrotropical hoverflies (Syrphidae)
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Description of two new small cryptic species of Terebridae from the Philippines and Papua New Guinea
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The Duplicaria duplicata (Linnaeus, 1758)-complex (Gastropoda: Terebridae): Part V. The description of six new species
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An annotated list of the Panamic taxa of Terebridae, with the description of a new species of Hastula
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Notes on Terebridae Part II: Revision of the taxa Terebra anilis and fenestrata, with the description of two new species and the introduction of a new name
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New species of Rissoidae Gray, 1847 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) from Ascension Island
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Esponjas marinas y de Agua Dulce del Peru
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Rediscovery, range extension, phylogenetic relationships and updated diagnosis of the Ornate Long-tailed Lizard Latastia ornata Monard, 1940 (Squamata: Lacertidae)
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Barcoding and traditional health practitioner perspectives are informative to monitor and conserve frogs and reptiles traded for traditional medicine in urban South Africa
- Previous literature suggests that Indigenous cultural practices, specifically traditional medicine, are commonplace among urban communities contrary to the general conception that such practices are restricted to rural societies. We reviewed previous literature for records of herptiles (frog and reptile species) sold by traditional health practitioners in urban South Africa, then used visual confirmation surveys, DNA barcoding and folk taxonomy to identify the herptile species that were on sale. Additionally, we interviewed 11 IsiZulu and SePedi speaking traditional health practitioners to document details of the collection and pricing of herptile specimens along with the practitioners' views of current conservation measures for traditional medicine markets. The 34 herptile species recorded in previous literature on traditional medicine markets included endangered and non-native species. Spectrophotometry measurements of the DNA we extracted from the tissue of herptiles used in traditional medicine were an unreliable predictor of whether those extractions would be suitable for further experimental work. From our initial set of 111 tissue samples, 81 sequencing reactions were successful and 55 of those sequences had species-level matches to COI reference sequences on the NCBI GenBank and/or BOLD databases. Molecular identification revealed that traditional health practitioners correctly labelled 77% of the samples that we successfully identified with DNA barcoding in this study. Our mixed methodology approach is useful for conservation planning as it updates knowledge of animal use in Indigenous remedies and can accurately identify species of high conservation priority. Furthermore, this study highlights the possibility of collaborative conservation planning with traditional health practitioners.
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Paleo-Pathological Studies at Pachacamac, Peru: Challenges and Preliminary Results
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Characterizing the Eemian-Weichselian transition in northwestern Europe with three multiproxy speleothem archives from the Belgian Han-sur-Lesse and Remouchamps cave systems
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Corrigendum to" Evidence for solar influence in a Holocene speleothem record (PèreNöel cave, SE Belgium)". [Quat. Sci. Rev. 192 (2018) 249-262]
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Berencultus bij de vroege neanderthaler?
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Internationaal label voor acht gemeenten in karstgebied Het Famenne-Ardenne Global UNESCO Geopark
