Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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Approche morphométrique et dendrométrique de la croissance du pin pignon (Pinus pinea L.) en Basse Provence. Caractères adaptatifs et variabilité des provenances.
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Mise en Place du Paysage dans un Milieu de Moyenne et Haute Montagne du Tardiglaciaire à L’époque Actuelle. Analyse du Signal palynologique en Champsaur (Hautes-Alpes, France) à l’interface des dynamiques naturelles et des dynamiques sociales.
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From theory to practice: a photographic inventory of museum collections to optimize collection management.
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Reducing marine eutrophication may require a paradigmatic change
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Modelling the marine eutrophication: a review
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Shallow-water Holothuroidea (Echinodermata) from Kenya and Pemba Island (Tanzania)
- A total of 225 specimens - representing three orders, four families, 12 genera, 44 species and one variety - collected in the shallow-waters of Kenya and Pemba Island (Tanzania) - are investigated. Bohadschia cousteaui, B. similis, Holothuria (Metriatyla) albiventer; Pearsonothuria graeffei, Thelenota anax, Euapta godeffioyi, Opheodesoma grisea, 0. spectabilis and Synaptula recta are new records for Kenya and from Pemba Island (Tanzania). H. (M) timana is a new record for the western Indian Ocean. Diagnostic characters and descriptions (including some brief notes on the ecology) are given for most species. Identification keys up to the species level are also included. The results are compared to the shallow-water holothuroid biodiversity of the western Indian Ocean. This study stresses the richness of the holothuroid biodiversity of Kenya and Pemba Island. The holothuroid fauna of Kenya (with Pemba Island) is now represented by 48 species.
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Conservation of aspidochirotid holothurians in the littoral waters of Kenya.
- Aspidochirotid sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) are heavily fished in the littoral waters of Kenya, and stocks have plummeted. In order to conserve and manage these natural resources, appropriate conservation and management plans must to be developed. This can only occur if high quality research on different levels is done. This paper discusses five layers of understanding that should be achieved before holothurian conservation in East Africa can be effective.
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De impact van beleidsinstrumenten op het investeringsrisico van diepe geothermieprojecten en hun winistgevendheid
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De geologische opslag van CO2 in het Noordzeegebied: CO2 reductie met economische baten?
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Preface to marine geology special issue: Geological records of extreme wave events
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Volcanic influence of Mt Fuji on the watershed of Lake Motosu and its impact on the lacustrine sedimentary record
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Revealing patterns of nocturnal migration using the European weather radar network
- Nocturnal avian migration flyways remain an elusive concept, as we have largely lacked methods to map their full extent. We used the network of European weather radars to investigate nocturnal bird movements at the scale of the European flyway. We mapped the main migration directions and showed the intensity of movement across part of Europe by extracting biological information from 70 weather radar stations from northern Scandinavia to Portugal, during the autumn migration season of 2016. On average, over the 20 nights and all sites, 389 birds passed per 1 km transect per hour. The night with highest migration intensity showed an average of 1621 birds km–1 h–1 passing the radar stations, but there was considerable geographical and temporal variation in migration intensity. The highest intensity of migration was seen in central France. The overall migration directions showed strong southwest components. Migration dynamics were strongly related to synoptic wind conditions. A wind‐related mass migration event occurred immediately after a change in wind conditions, but quickly diminished even when supporting winds continued to prevail. This first continental‐scale study using the European network of weather radars demonstrates the wealth of information available and its potential for investigating large‐scale bird movements, with consequences for ecosystem function, nutrient transfer, human and livestock health, and civil and military aviation.
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Lepidoptera Collection Curation and Data Management
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Triphoridae (Gastropoda) from the island of Saint Helena and Ascension Island, with the description of three new species
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Miocene toothed whales (Odontoceti) from Calvert Cliffs, Atlantic Coastal Plain, USA
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Euglenes oculatus Paykull, 1798 in de Benelux (Insecta: Coleoptera: Aderidae)
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Records of tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) collected in Cambodia, with description of a new species. 149 Contribution towards the knowledge of the Cicindelidae
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Étude des restes humains de Kindoki (République démocratique du Congo, fin XVIIe –début XIXe siècle)
- Résumé Nous présentons l'étude anthropologique de dix individus provenant d'un cimetière situé sur la colline de Kindoki au Kongo central (RDC). Ils ont été exhumés en 2012 et 2013 dans le cadre du projet KongoKing qui consistait en une approche interdisciplinaire de l'histoire ancienne du royaume Kongo. Ce cimetière contient des inhumations datées du xviie au xixe siècle, très probablement celles de nobles de haut rang. Les défunts étaient accompagnés d'un mobilier funéraire (perles de verre, sabres, bijoux en or, mousquet). Les restes humains sont malheureusement très mal conservés. Certains ne sont représentés que par quelques fragments osseux ou dentaires. Parmi les dix défunts, on note la présence de deux femmes et de huit hommes. Deux individus masculins présentent des usures dentaires qui résulteraient de l'utilisation d'une pipe. Les deux femmes seraient âgées de plus de 40 ans et se caractérisent par des signes vertébraux évocateurs de DISH (diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis). Cette pathologie est actuellement associée à une alimentation riche, à l'obésité et au diabète de type II. Il n'est donc pas surprenant qu'elle touche ces individus de statut élevé. Le DISH n'avait encore jamais été décrit dans une population ancienne d'Afrique centrale. Abstract This paper presents an anthropological study of ten individuals from a cemetery situated on Kindoki Hill in the central Kongo region (DRC). They were excavated in 2012 and 2013 as part of the KongoKing project (2012–2016), which applied an interdisciplinary approach to the ancient history of the Kingdom of Kongo. The cemetery contains graves dated to the 17th–19th century, very probably those of high-ranking nobles. The dead were buried with various grave goods (glass beads, swords, gold jewels and muskets). The human remains were unfortunately very badly preserved. Some were represented only by a few bone fragments and/or teeth. Of the ten bodies, two were female and eight were male. Two of the men showed dental wear as a result of pipe-smoking. The two women were probably more than 40 years of age at the time of death. The vertebrae showed signs that evoke diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), a pathological condition associated today with a rich diet, obesity and type II diabetes. It is therefore not surprising that these conditions might have affected high-status individuals. Until now, DISH had never been described in an ancient Central African population.
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A new species of Aegolipton Gressitt, 1940 from Vietnam (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)
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Effect of wind farms on the siltation of gravel beds
