Zukhuridin Juraev, Ilkhomon Urinboev, Husniddin Esanov, Feruz Akbarov, Gulkhayo Gafurova, Bobur Karimov, Inom Juramurodov, Nazokat Daminova, Kimyo Aslonova, Dilmurod Makhmudjanov, Komiljon Sh. Tojibaev

The first comprehensive assessment at the Central Asian scale of the phylogenetic diversity of urban floras in the arid and temperate regions of Uzbekistan

Ecology

Although urbanization is recognized as a major driver of biodiversity change globally, its impact on the evolutionary history of flora in arid regions...

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This study provides a timely and significant contribution to our understanding of urban floras, particularly in understudied arid regions of Central A...

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Kirill S. Zubko, Dmitriy V. Sushchyov, Nikolay V. Skalov, Svetlana V. Svirkova, Gayrat Sh. Haydarov

Discovery of new habitats and ecological characteristics of endemic earthworm species (Clitellata: Lumbricidae) in the southeast of Western Siberia

Ecology

The Altai Mountains in Western Siberia constitute a center of endemism for earthworms in Russia, comparable to the Ural and Caucasus Mountains. The ai...

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Evgenya Yu. Zarubina, Arina S. Ivanova, Yury Ya. Kolesnichenko

Diversity and syntaxonomy of aquatic macrophyte communities in floodplain lakes of the Middle Ob River (Tomsk Carbon Polygon, Western Siberia)

Ecology

The floodplain of the Ob River, one of the largest wetland systems in Eurasia, plays a significant role in the regional carbon cycle, yet its aquatic...

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Valeri D. Siokhin, Alex V. Matsyura

Seventy-one years of avian community dynamics on an island: functional homogenization among dynamic equilibrium

Ecology

Long-term datasets are crucial for discerning directional ecological changes from natural variability and for testing foundational theories. This stud...

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Raisa A. Sukhodolskaya, Viktor V. Aleksanov, Teodora M. Teofilova, Vladimir Langraf, Aleksander G. Borisovsky, Alexander B. Ruchin, Sergey L. Luzyanin, Olga A. Neverova, Sergey E. Shchetinin, Igor A. Solodovnikov, Chiara Ferracini, Dominik Stočes, Roman P. Gorbunov

Carabus granulatus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) body size becomes less dependent on habitat latitude as soil organic carbon increases across mid-latitude zone

Ecology

The study examined the relationship between soil quality and the size characteristics of ground beetle Carabus granulatus as bioindicators of ecosyste...

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This study presents a compelling investigation into the intricate relationship between soil quality, geographical latitude, and the body size of *Cara...

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Daria M. Kuzmina, Anastasia A. Tkacheva, Sergey V. Loiko, Georgy I. Istigechev, Sergey P. Kulizhsky

An unploughed reference pedon of Luvic Greyzemic Phaeozem under an old-growth forest in the long-cultivated North Pritom'e region in south-east Western Siberia

Environment

This study presents a morphological and analytical characterisation of a native reference soil developed under a old-growth, non-agrogenic tall herb a...

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Artem E. Naydenov, Roman V. Yakovlev, Fernando C. Penco

Distribution and fauna characteristics of Zeuzerinae (Lepidoptera, Cossidae) in the New World

Ecology

The New World fauna of Zeuzerinae remains insufficiently studied in faunistic and biogeographical terms, despite the economic importance of some speci...

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Vladimir Khrabryi

An annotated checklist of rare and vagrant bird species in the Leningrad Region: a historical review and updated inventory

Zoology

This article provides a comprehensive annotated review of all documented encounters with rare and new vagrant bird species in the Leningrad Region, sp...

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Olga S. Trushitsyna, Aleksey N. Volodchenko, Alexander B. Ruchin, Mikhail N. Esin

A review of the ground beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Tambov Region

Zoology

Based on published sources and original data, an annotated checklist of ground beetles of the Tambov Region was compiled, comprising 250 species belon...

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Tamara V. Nuruyeva, Nataly Yu. Snegovaya, Arifa R. Aliyeva

Nine new records of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) from Azerbaijan

Zoology

This study reports nine spider species newly recorded from Azerbaijan. Six of these – Lasophorus zografae Chatzaki, 2018, Zelotes fulvaster (Simon, 18...

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