scholarly journals Faunal survey of the termites of the genus Macrotermes (Isoptera: Termitidae) of Ethiopia

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 50-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Getahun Debelo Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Faunal Survey

scholarly journals A faunal survey in Kingu Pira (south Tanzania), with new karyotypes of several small mammals and the description of a new Murid species (Mammalia, Rodentia)

Zoosystema ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christiane Denys ◽  
Aude Lalis ◽  
Émilie Lecompte ◽  
Raphaël Cornette ◽  
Sibyle Moulin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Small Mammals ◽  
Faunal Survey

Mosquito Faunal Survey In a Central Park of the City of São Paulo, Brazil

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Ceretti-Júnior ◽  
Antônio Ralph Medeiros-Sousa ◽  
André Barretto Bruno Wilke ◽  
Regina Claudia Strobel ◽  
Lilian Dias Orico ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Central Park ◽  
The City ◽  
Faunal Survey

scholarly journals Checklist of ectoparasitic arthropods among cave-dwelling bats from Marinduque Island, Philippines

Check List ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 2029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ace Kevin S. Amarga ◽  
Philip A. Alviola ◽  
Ireneo L. Lit, Jr. ◽  
Sheryl A. Yap
Keyword(s):  
Host Species ◽  
Host Record ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
New Host ◽  
New Host Record ◽  
New Host Records ◽  
Faunal Survey

This paper constitutes the first ectoparasite faunal survey of bats for Marinduque Island, Philippines. From 1–12 June 2010, 150 bats belonging to 11 species were captured in 11 caves on the island. Each bat was sampled for ectoparasitic arthropods, and a total of 587 individuals representing 21 species, belonging to five families (Acari: Argasidae and Spinturnicidae; Diptera: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae; and Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) were collected. New host records (new host record) in the Philippines for Brachytarsina cucullata Jobling 1934, B. proxima Jobling 1951, B. werneri Jobling 1951, Raymondia pseudopagodarum Jobling 1951, Eucampsipoda philippinensis Ferris 1924, Nycteribia allotopa Speiser 1901, Nycteribia allotopoides Theodor 1963, Nycteribia parvuloides Theodor 1963, Ancystropus taprobanius (Turk 1950), and Carios batuensis Hirst 1929 were documented. A checklist of the ectoparasitic species known from the Philippines, their distribution, and bat host species is provided.

Faunal survey and identification key for the trematodes (Platyhelminthes: Digenea) infecting Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) as first intermediate host

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3418 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
RYAN F. HECHINGER
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Potamopyrgus Antipodarum ◽  
Diagnostic Information ◽  
Trematode Species ◽  
Relevant Research ◽  
Systematic Treatment ◽  
Mud Snail ◽  
New Zealand Mud Snail ◽  
First Intermediate Host ◽  
Faunal Survey

A diverse guild of digenean trematodes infects the New Zealand mud snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum, as firstintermediate host. This manuscript offers an initial systematic treatment of these trematodes and relies on published andnew information. I list 20 trematode species, for which I provide taxonomic affinities, life-cycle information, and anidentification key. A species account section presents photographs, diagnostic information, additional descriptive notes,and information on relevant research concerning the listed species. The major aim of this manuscript is to facilitateresearch on this trematode guild by providing information and identification tools, and by highlighting gaps in our knowledge.

scholarly journals Sibuyan Island in the Philippines – threatened and in need of conservation

Oryx ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 174-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Goodman ◽  
N. R. Ingle
Keyword(s):  
Endemic Species ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Primary Forest ◽  
Mammalian Fauna ◽  
Lowland Forest ◽  
Excellent Candidate ◽  
Faunal Survey

In the spring of 1992 a group of zoologists completed a faunal survey of Sibuyan Island, a small mountainous island in the central Philippines. This island, which is oceanic in origin and during the Pleistocene at least was not connected to any other island mass, has an exceptional amount of intact primary forest, including lowland forest, a habitat that has all but been destroyed in the Philippines. The mammalian fauna of Sibuyan Island is exceptionally high in endemic species and also contains many other species that are threatened throughout the Philippines. Current logging operations severely threaten the remaining areas of lowland forest on the island. With forests of the Philippines under intense pressure, the most realistic hope for conservation lies in the protection of forests on islands where the population and political pressures are less intense. Sibuyan Island is an excellent candidate for such initiative.

ACTIVITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF CARABIDAE, ARACHNIDA, AND STAPHYLINIDAE IN NEW BRUNSWICK POTATO FIELDS

1983 ◽  
Vol 115 (8) ◽  
pp. 1023-1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilles Boiteau
Keyword(s):  
Biological Control ◽  
Species Composition ◽  
New Brunswick ◽  
Flight Activity ◽  
Potato Pests ◽  
Faunal Survey

AbstractA 3-year faunal survey of insecticide-free potato fields revealed that Carabidae were the most abundant ground arthropods followed by Arachnida and Staphylinidae. Generic and species composition of Carabidae did not vary substantially from year to year but abundance did. The arthropods were distributed along a gradient decreasing with distance from the edge of the field closest to the woodland. Results of yellow pan trappings indicated that all types of Carabidae present in the pitfalls could fly but that flight activity was variable among genera. More than 50% of Staphylinidae and 85% of the Carabidae were trapped in the yellow pans at the time of field colonization in June. The significance of these findings in relation to the potential of the arthropods for natural biological control of potato pests is discussed.

PAPILIO BREVICAUDA IN CAPE BRETON ISLAND, N. S. (LEPID.)

1939 ◽  
Vol 71 (7) ◽  
pp. 153-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. McDunnough
Keyword(s):  
Sandy Beach ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Cape Breton Island ◽  
Eastern Side ◽  
Cape Breton ◽  
The Town ◽  
Faunal Survey

I first made the acquaintance of Papilio brevicauda in Cape Breton in the summer of 1936 when engaged on an Insect Faunal Survey of this region. We (i.e., my assistant Mr. T. N. Freeman and myself) had made our head-quarters at the picturesque town of Baddeck on Little Bras d'Or Lake and on the afternoon of July 12th I decided to row over to the small island opposite the town, which forms the eastern side of the harbour; this island is heavily wooded down to the water's edge except for a small strip of sandy beach on the Irest side, which is grown over with various coarse grasses and numerous low plants, chief among which is a flourishing colony of lovage (Ligusticum scothicum), a plant which to my knowledge does not accur on the mainland in this region.

scholarly journals A faunal survey of the Dieng Mountains, Central Java, Indonesia: distribution and conservation of endemic primate taxa

Oryx ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Nijman ◽  
S. (Bas) van Balen
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Primate Species ◽  
Research Needs ◽  
Trachypithecus Auratus ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Leaf Monkey ◽  
Hylobates Moloch ◽  
June July ◽  
Reserve System ◽  
Faunal Survey

A faunal survey was conducted in May–September 1994 and June–July 1995 in the Dieng Mountains, one of the last remaining larger patches of forest in CentralJava province, Indonesia. All three primate species endemic to the Javan faunal region – Javan gibbon Hylobates moloch, grizzled leaf monkey Presbytis comata and ebony leaf monkey Trachypithecus auratus – were found to be present. Hylobates moloch occurs only in the lowland and hill forests in the western part of the study area, while the other two species were found throughout the area from lowland to montane forests. Although more research needs to be done onhabitat preferences and densities at which the primates occur, the available data suggestthat the Dieng Mountains may harbour the second largest populations of both H. moloch and P. comata in the same location. In order to safeguard these two endangered primates itis suggested that the reserve system in Java be expanded to include the Dieng Mountains.

scholarly journals The Future of the African Fauna

Oryx ◽  
1950 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. B. Worthington
Keyword(s):  
Central Africa ◽  
The State ◽  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Half Century ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Faunal Survey

Captain Keith Caldwell, in his admirable report of a faunal survey in Eastern and Central Africa conducted in 1947, says: “… Were one of the old hunters who operated fifty years ago to visit Eastern Africa to-day, he would find vast districts in which he used to shoot completely denuded of game; in fact, it is probable that the game areas have been reduced by half, and the game within many of those left by 75 per cent.”That, I think, is a fair estimate: a reduction of the fauna of Eastern and Central Africa to between a half and one-quarter of what it was half a century ago. The same applies more or less, but mostly more, to the whole of Africa south of the Sahara. The question before us now is what will be the state of this unique assemblage of fauna, including many species found nowhere else in the world, at the end of the next half-century?

scholarly journals The threatened birds of Ambatovaky Special Reserve, Madagascar

1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. Thompson ◽  
M. I. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Shifting Cultivation ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Local People ◽  
Ressources Naturelles ◽  
Lowland Rainforest ◽  
Faunal Survey ◽  
Near Threatened ◽  
Important Site

SummaryAmbatovaky Special Reserve was created in 1956 and is the largest lowland rainforest reserve in Madagascar, comprising more than half of the total area of this habitat represented in the country's protected area system, yet there are no measures in place actively to protect it, due to its remoteness and a lack of funds. This study in February-March 1990, part of the first faunal survey to be undertaken in the reserve, found seven threatened, five near-threatened and two other localized bird species. In itself this would make the reserve an important site for conservation. However, three of the finds are of particular note: Ambatovaky is one of only two known sites for the Red-tailed Newtonia Newtonia fanovanae which was rediscovered in 1989; a dead Madagascar Serpent-eagle Eutriorchis astur was found - the first specimen since 1930 of one of the world's rarest raptors; and the White-breasted Mesite Mesitornis variegata was discovered in rainforest where Brown Mesite M. unicolor was also present, this being the only known case of sympatry within the endemic Mesitornithidae family. Shifting cultivation threatens the habitat of all these species and an integrated plan for conservation and sustainable development for the local people is urgently needed.La Réserve Spéciale d'Ambatovaky a été crée en 1956 et représente la plus grande réserve de forêt pluviale à basse altitude de Madagascar. Elle couvre plus de la moitié de la superficie totale de cet habitat, intégrée au système de zones protégées du pays. Pourtant, à cause de l'isolement géographique et du manque de ressources financières, aucune mesure de protection active n'a pu être encore mise en place. Cette étude accom-plie en février-mars 1990, et faisant partie de la première recherche menée sur la faune de cette réserve, a permis de découvrir sept espéces d'oiseaux menacées, cinq especes presque menacees et deux espèces locales. En soi, cela suffirait pour dormer à cette réserve le statut de site important pour la conservation. Cependant, trois de ces decouvertes méritent une attention particulière: Ambatovaky est l'un des deux seuls sites connus abritant la Newtonia fanovanae qui a été redécouverte en 1989; un aigle-autour de Madagascar, l'Eutriorchis astur a été trouvé mort - le premier spécimen depuis 1930 de l'un des rapaces les plus rares au monde; et le Mesitornis variegata, découvert dans la forêt pluviale où le Mesitornis unicolor éiait également présent, ceci représentant le seul cas connu de sympatrie à l'intérieur de la famille endémique des Mesitornithidae. L'exten-sion des cultures agricoles menace l'habitat de toutes ces espèces, et il est urgent d'établir un plan de conservation et de développement pour la population locale compatible avec l a conservation des ressources naturelles.

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