scholarly journals The genome of a cave plant, Primulina huaijiensis , provides insights into adaptation to limestone karst habitats

2020 ◽  
Vol 227 (4) ◽  
pp. 1249-1263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Feng ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Lingqing Wu ◽  
Hanghui Kong ◽  
Lihua Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Karst Habitats

Open karst habitats promote the diversity of ground-dwelling orthopterans and cockroaches (Insecta: Orthoptera, Blattodea) along a temporary river

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 1017-1030
Author(s):  
Fran Rebrina ◽  
Antun Alegro ◽  
Georgi Hristov ◽  
Ivančica Ternjej ◽  
Andreja Brigić
Keyword(s):  
Temporary River ◽  
Karst Habitats

A new species of Bent-toed Gecko (Squamata, Gekkonidae, Cyrtodactylus) from the Shan Plateau in eastern Myanmar (Burma)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4624 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. LEE GRISMER ◽  
PERRY L. JR. WOOD ◽  
EVAN S. H. QUAH ◽  
MYINT KYAW THURA ◽  
JAMIE R. OAKS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
Mitochondrial Gene ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Color Pattern ◽  
Pairwise Sequence Divergence ◽  
Taxonomic Analysis ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Karst Habitats

An integrative taxonomic analysis of the Cyrtodactylus linnwayensis group of the Shan Plateau recovered two new populations from isolated karst habitats near Pinlaung Town, Shan State as a new species, C. pinlaungensis sp. nov. Cyrtodactylus pinlaungensis sp. nov. is most closely related to a clade comprising C. linnwayensis and C. ywanganensis from the western edge of the Shan Plateau approximately 90 km to the northwest. Cyrtodactylus pinlaungensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from all members of the C. linnwayensis group by a number of statistically different morphological characters, discrete color pattern differences, and its heavy tuberculation. It also bears an uncorrected pairwise sequence divergence of 5.0–7.6% from all other species combined based on the mitochondrial gene ND2 and its flanking tRNAs. The discovery of this new species on the Shan Plateau continues to underscore the fact that this region is rapidly emerging as a herpetological diversity hot-spot for Myanmar. 

Two new rock-inhabiting species of Cyphellophora from karst habitats in China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 397 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
WEI SUN ◽  
BINGJIE LIU ◽  
RONG FU ◽  
XINGZHONG LIU ◽  
MEICHUN XIANG
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Rock Inhabiting Fungi ◽  
Karst Habitats

During survey on rock-inhabiting fungi from karst habitats in Guizhou, China, two new species in Cyphellophora were discovered and identified. Phylogenetic analysis based on combined sequences of the nuclear large subunit (nucLSU) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of ribosomal DNA revealed that the tested isolates, clustered into two clades that well affiliated in the genus of Cyphellophora. Morphological characteristics were also supported the estabolishment of the new species. Herewith Cyphellophora botryose sp. nov. and Cyphellophora guizhouensis sp. nov. were described and their differences from closely related species were discussed.

Three new species of nocturnal geckos of the Paroedura oviceps clade from xeric environments of Madagascar (Squamata: Gekkonidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4433 (2) ◽  
pp. 305
Author(s):  
FRANK GLAW ◽  
JÖRN KÖHLER ◽  
MIGUEL VENCES
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Colour Pattern ◽  
Haplotype Sharing ◽  
The Third ◽  
Transitional Forest ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
Three New Species ◽  
Karst Habitats

We describe three new gecko species of the Paroedura oviceps clade, diagnosed by deep divergences in mitochondrial DNA, absence of haplotype sharing in two nuclear genes (sacs and kiaa1239), and morphological differences. Paroedura spelaea sp. nov. is an extremely slender species from karst habitats in the limestone massif of the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park in western Madagascar, morphologically reminiscent of P. homalorhina but distinguished by the absence of distinct dorsal rows of spiny tubercles. Paroedura fasciata sp. nov. from the small karstic island Nosy Hara in northern Madagascar is phylogenetically placed sister to P. spelaea despite radical morphological differences. It is morphologically most similar to P. hordiesi from the geographically close Montagne des Français massif, but is smaller, has slightly more spiny dorsal scales, and a distinctive colour pattern with light grey dorsal crossbands. The third species, Paroedura kloki sp. nov., is known from Ankarafantsika National Park and the western slopes of Makira, two sites of dry to transitional forest in western Madagascar. It is at least partly arboreal and morphologically very similar to P. oviceps, from which it differs by spiny scales extending over its entire tail. Although incomplete, the available phylogenetic evidence suggests that the karst specialists in the P. oviceps clade (P. fasciata, P. homalorhina, P. hordiesi, P. spelaea) form a monophyletic group which might have diversified by vicariance after becoming isolated, respectively, in their limestone habitats in Tsingy de Bemaraha, Ankarana, Nosy Hara and Montagne des Français. 

Three more new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Salween Basin of eastern Myanmar underscore the urgent need for the conservation of karst habitats

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (19-20) ◽  
pp. 1243-1294 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Lee Grismer ◽  
Perry L. Wood ◽  
Myint Kyaw Thura ◽  
Evan S.H. Quah ◽  
Matthew L. Murdoch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Karst Habitats

scholarly journals Erratum to: Exploitation of patchy soil water resources by the clonal vine Ficus tikoua in karst habitats of southwestern China

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-103
Author(s):  
Chang-Cheng Liu ◽  
Yu-Guo Liu ◽  
Ke Guo ◽  
Da-Yong Fan ◽  
Li-Fei Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Soil Water Resources ◽  
Karst Habitats

Comparative ecophysiological responses to drought of two shrub and four tree species from karst habitats of southwestern China

Trees ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 537-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Cheng Liu ◽  
Yu-Guo Liu ◽  
Ke Guo ◽  
Guo-Qing Li ◽  
Yuan-Run Zheng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Ecophysiological Responses ◽  
Karst Habitats

Exploitation of patchy soil water resources by the clonal vine Ficus tikoua in karst habitats of southwestern China

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Cheng Liu ◽  
Yu-Guo Liu ◽  
Ke Guo ◽  
Da-Yong Fan ◽  
Li-Fei Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources ◽  
Soil Water ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Soil Water Resources ◽  
Karst Habitats
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