Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Ontdekking van een fossiele walvis in Doel
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Découverte d'une baleine fossile à Doel
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Traits allowing some ant species to nest syntopically with the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima in its native range.
- Supercolonies of the red fire ant Solenopsis saevissima (Smith) develop in disturbed environments and likely alter the ant community in the native range of the species. For example, in French Guiana only 8 ant species were repeatedly noted as nesting in close vicinity to its mounds. Here, we verified if a shared set of biological, ecological, and behavioral traits might explain how these 8 species are able to nest in the presence of S. saevissima. We did not find this to be the case. We did find, however, that all of them are able to live in disturbed habitats. It is likely that over the course of evolution each of these species acquired the capacity to live syntopically with S. saevissima through its own set of traits, where colony size (4 species develop large colonies), cuticular compounds which do not trigger aggressiveness (6 species) and submissive behaviors (4 species) complement each other.
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Leaf-litter ant communities in a pristine Guianese rainforest: stable functional structure versus high species turnover.
- We compared the ant assemblages from four very heterogeneous habitats over a short-distance elevational gradient of vegetation (due to the presence of an inselberg) at the Nouragues Research Station, French Guiana. We focused on litter- dwelling ants, combining the use of pitfall traps and the Winkler method according to the Ants of the Leaf Litter Proto- col. This permitted us to note (1) a high leaf-litter ant diversity overall and a decreasing diversity gradient from the lowland rainforest to the top of the inselberg, and (2) differences in species density, composition and functional struc- ture. While the ant assemblages on the plateau and inselberg can be considered functionally similar and typical of an Amazonian rainforest, that of the transition forest, relatively homogenous, rather corresponded to an ant fauna typical of open areas. By contrast, the liana forest assemblage was unexpectedly richer and denser than the others, sheltering a litter-dwelling ant fauna dominated by numerous and abundant cryptic species. These taxonomical and functional dissi- milarities may reflect the influence of the environmental heterogeneity, which, through variable abiotic conditions, can contribute to maintaining a notably rich ant biodiversity in these Neotropical habitats.
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Stenen immigranten in de Zwinstreek: natuursteen in de Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-hemelvaartkerk in Damme (W.-Vl.).
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Nutrient Recycling Starts in the Canopy: The Secretive Action of Termites
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Geologische fietsroute Voerstreek-Mergelland.
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Book review. ANT ECOLOGY. 2010. Edited by L. Lach, C. L. Parr & K. L. Abbott. Oxford University Press, xviii + 402 pp. US $ 53 paperback
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Book Review : Wegnez P., Ignace D., Fichefet V., Hardy M., Plume T. & Timmermann M., 2012. - Fourmis de Wallonie (2003-2011). Publication du Département de l'Etude du Milieu Naturel et Agricole (SPW-DGARNE), Série « Faune - Flore - Habitat » n°8, Gembloux
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Factors determining the spatio-temporal distribution of ants in an Andean tropical forest.
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Book review - A History of Aerial Photography and Archaeology: Mata Hari's Glass Eye and Other Stories, by M. Barber, English Heritage, Swindon, UK, 2011
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DNA barcoding and the differentiation between North American and West European Phormia regina (Diptera, Calliphoridae, Chrysomyinae)
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Taxonomic and population genetic re-interpretation of two color morphs of the decollate snail, <i>Rumina decollata</i> (Mollusca, Pulmonata) in southern France
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Utility of GenBank and the Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) for the identification of forensically important Diptera from Belgium and France
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Food production and exchanges in the civitas Tungrorum
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Une économie de marché entre la ville de Tongres et son arrière-pays ? Les exemples de la gestion des ressources animales et de l’approvisionnement en céramique.
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New data on Middle Devonian conodonts from SW Sardinia: the Su Nuargi II section revisited.
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Animal husbandry in the core area of the civitas Tungrorum.
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Liège/Jupille-sur-Meuse : Etude archéozoologique du site Jupille-Fabrique d’église
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La faune du site Lazzari (Arlon).
