Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Capacity development with a focus on biodiversity in DR Congo
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Assessment of insect biodiversity in the tropics using megadiverse flies : examples from mangrove habitats in Southeast Asia
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Ecology and site quality assessment of mangroves using Dolichopodidae: A case study in Singapore
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Ecology and site quality assessment of mangroves using Dolichopodiae: A case study in Singapore
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VerzekerDe Bewaring - Aflevering ‘Natuurhistorisch materiaal’
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Assessment of insect biodiversity in the tropics using megadiverse flies: examples from mangrove habitats in Southeast Asia
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Report on existing NH collection care and management training in Europe
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Final Report of Programme LIFE-Nature n° B4-3200/95/983 “Conservation Action for the Slender-billed Curlew”
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Population viability: an analysis for the Slender-billed Curlew.
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First records of Tachydromia Meigen and Tachypeza Meigen (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of four new species
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In search for the breeding grounds of the Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris). Summary on 10 years of hypothesis and ground searches.
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Description of a new brachypterous Ariasella Gil (Diptera, Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Portugal
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Palaeolithic dogs and Pleistocene wolves revisited: a reply to Morey
- This is a reply to the comments of Morey (2014) on our identification of Palaeolithic dogs from several European Palaeolithic sites. In his comments Morey (2014) presents some misrepresentations and misunderstandings that we remedy here. In contrast to what Morey (2014) propounds, our results suggest that the domestication of the wolf was a long process that started early in the Upper Palaeolithic and that since that time two sympatric canid morphotypes can be seen in Eurasian sites: Pleistocene wolves and Palaeolithic dogs. Contrary to Morey (2014), we are convinced that the study of this domestication process should be multidisciplinary.
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A new species of the genus Tachydromia Meigen (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Israel
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Contribution à la connaissance des Brentidae: nouvelles espèces et notes taxonomiques (Coleoptera Curculionoidea)
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Reconstruction of the Gravettian food-web at Predmosti I using multi-isotopic tracking (13C, 15N, 34S) of bone collagen
- The Gravettian site of Předmostí I in the central Moravian Plain has yielded a rich and diverse large mammal fauna dated around 25–27,000 14C years BP (ca. 29,500–31,500 cal BP). This fauna includes numerous carnivores (cave lion, wolf, brown bear, polar fox, wolverine) and herbivores (reindeer, large bovine, red deer, muskox, horse, woolly rhinoceros, woolly mammoth) whose trophic position could be reconstructed using stable isotopic tracking (δ13C, δ15N, δ34S) of bone collagen (n = 63). Among large canids, two morphotypes, “Pleistocene wolves” and “Palaeolithic dogs”, were considered, and two human bones attributed to the Gravettian assemblage of Předmostí I were also sampled. The trophic system around the Gravettian settlement of Předmostí I showed the typical niche partitioning among herbivores and carnivores seen in other mammoth-steppe contexts. The contribution of the analyzed prey species to the diet of the predators, including humans, was evaluated using a Bayesian mixing model (SIAR). Lions included great amounts of reindeer/muskox and possibly bison in their diet, while Pleistocene wolves were more focused on horse and possibly mammoth. Strong reliance on mammoth meat was found for the human of the site, similarly to previously analyzed individuals from other Gravettian sites in Moravia. Interestingly, the large canids interpreted as “Palaeolithic dogs” had a high proportion of reindeer/muskox in their diet, while consumption of mammoth would be expected from the availability of this prey especially in case of close interaction with humans. The peculiar isotopic composition of the Palaeolithic dogs of Předmostí I may indicate some control of their dietary intake by Gravettian people, who could have use them more for transportation than hunting purpose.
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Note systématique et capture de Batocera granulipennis Rigout, 1988 en Guinée Conakry (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)
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Description d'une nouvelle espece de Tagalog Hüdephol des Philippines (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)
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Contribution a l'étude du genre Oryctes Illiger avec la description de la femelle d'Oryctes (Rykanes) heros Endrödi (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Dynastidae)
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First record of Autocrates vitalisi Vuillet, 1912 from the island of Borneo (Coleoptera, Trictenotomidae)
