Climate change is taking place more rapidly and severely in the Arctic than anywhere on
the globe, exposing Arctic vertebrates to a host of impacts. Changes in the cryosphere …

L’ouvrage de Piscart & Bollache présente une clef de détermination actualisée des amphipodes
de surface de la France métropolitaine. Les espèces natives et invasives sont décrites, …

Parasites relying on trophic transmission to complete their life cycles often induce modifications
of their host's behavior in ways that may increase their susceptibility to predation by final …

The conservation of migratory marine species, including pelagic seabirds, is challenging
because their movements span vast distances frequently beyond national jurisdictions. Here, …

Reproductive timing in many taxa plays a key role in determining breeding productivity 1 ,
and is often sensitive to climatic conditions 2 . Current climate change may alter the timing of …

Among molluscs, the shell biomineralization process is controlled by a set of extracellular
macromolecular components secreted by the calcifying mantle. In spite of several studies, …

Seed dispersal mode of plants and primary interactions with animals are studied in the evergreen
Afrotropical forest of LuiKotale, at the south-western part of Salonga National Park (DR …

In an evergreen lowland rain forest of the Cuvette Centrale, DR Congo, at the LuiKotale Max-Planck
research site, forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) are close to extinction. Between …

Non-indigenous species are increasingly recognized as altering local communities in newly
colonized areas. In some north European freshwater systems, the Ponto-Caspian invasive …

Freshwater biodiversity is threatened by several mechanisms, of which the introduction of
non-indigenous species and habitat alteration are the two most important. Exotic species act at …