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Southern Europe is becoming climatically favourable for African birds: anticipating the establishment of a new species
BackgroundThe current modification of species distribution ranges, as a response to a warmer climate, constitutes an interesting line of work and a...
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Can the shape of the wing help in the identification of African stingless bee species? (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
Stingless bees are important pollinators of wild and cultivated plants, and they produce medicinal honey. However, their taxonomy and systematics are...
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Genetic diversity and structure in wild and cultivated populations of an emblematic African tree species, Garcinia kola (Clusiaceae)
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) are important components of rural people’s livelihood, being used notably for food and medicine. Given their...
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Hyperspectral lidar for monitoring high-resolution activity patterns of African stingless bee species
BackgroundStingless bees are vital pollinators and honey producers in the tropics. Research on stingless bees is generally underrepresented compared...
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Use of AFLPs to detect hybrids that confuse species boundaries between the lesser known African taxa in Solanum Merolloids section (Solanaceae)
This study was designed to assess whether or not existed interspecific hybrids between the two lesser known African taxa in Solanum Merolloids ...
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Keita (Aptandraceae-Olacaceae s.l.), a new genus for African species previously ascribed to Anacolosa, including K. deniseae sp. nov., an Endangered submontane forest liana from Simandou, Republic of Guinea
We show that the two continental African species previously ascribed to the genus Anacolosa , differ in so many architectural, floral and vegetative...
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A monograph of the African and Madagascan species of Cyperus sect. Incurvi (Cyperaceae)
Cyperus sect. Incurvi (Cyperaceae) contains 31 species worldwide, with important continental radiations in Australasia, Tropical Africa and...
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Support for a radiation of free-living flatworms in the African Great Lakes region and the description of five new Macrostomum species
BackgroundThe African Great Lakes have long been recognized as an excellent location to study speciation. Most famously, cichlid fishes have radiated...
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First Record of the African Species Leptodelphax maculigera (Stål, 1859) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) in Brazil
This study reports the first occurrence of Leptodelphax maculigera (Stål, 1859) in Brazil and the Americas. Until now, this species has not been...
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Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) native to African yam bean (Sphenostylis stenocarpa) enhance the early growth of three economically important legume species
African yam bean, AYB ( Sphenostylis stenocarpa ) root nodules are colonized by various strains of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) which,...
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Development of a species-specific qPCR assay for the detection of invasive African sharptooth catfish (Clarias gariepinus) using environmental DNA
Detection and monitoring of target species is the primary strategy in the management and control of biological invasions. Traditional methods to...
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Continent-wide genomic analysis of the African buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
The African buffalo ( Syncerus caffer ) is a wild bovid with a historical distribution across much of sub-Saharan Africa. Genomic analysis can provide...
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Prioritising species for monitoring in a South African protected area and the Red List for plants
Protected areas (PA) in biodiversity hotspots face the challenge of monitoring large numbers of locally rare and threatened plant species at times...
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Thymus algeriensis Boiss. et Reut., a north African endemic plant species: genetic diversity and population structure as assessed by molecular markers, a pioneer step for conservation implications
BackgroundThymus algeriensis Boiss. et Reut. is one of the most widespread North African species of the genus Thymus L. The species is subshrub...
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Establishment of environmental DNA method for detecting invasive African-clawed frogs in Japan
African-clawed frogs ( Xenopus laevis ) are invasive to many aquatic ecosystems across the globe worldwide. For an accurate and efficient determination...
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Why wait to mark? Possible reasons behind latency from olfactory exploration to overmarking in four African equid species
Whereas most studies on overmarking in mammals analysed the rate of overmarking, that those investigate time between exploration of an olfactory...
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Development and characterization of microsatellite markers in the African timber tree species Cylicodiscus gabunensis (Fabaceae)
BackgroundCylicodiscus gabunensis (Fabaceae) or ‘Okan’ is a Central African multipurpose timber species that is used for heavy construction and...
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African savanna raptors show evidence of widespread population collapse and a growing dependence on protected areas
The conversion of natural habitats to farmland is a major cause of biodiversity loss and poses the greatest extinction risk to birds worldwide....
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Contagious yawning in African painted dogs
Contagious yawning (CY), which is yawning elicited by sensing another yawning, has been observed only in social species and is considered linked to...
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Long-term biotic homogenization in the East African Rift System over the last 6 million years of hominin evolution
Eastern Africa preserves the most complete record of human evolution anywhere in the world but we have little knowledge of how long-term...
