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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Monozoické tasemnice rodu \kur{Monobothrium} (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) z Palearktické a Nearktické zoogeografické oblasti / Monozoic tapeworms of the genus \kur{Monobothrium} (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) from the Palaearctic and Nearctic zoogeographical regions

ČAPKOVÁ, Lenka January 2014 (has links)
The genus Monobothrium Diesing, 1863 includes two Palaearctic species (parasitizing cyprinids, possessing postovarian vitelline follicles, lacking an external seminal vesicle and having digitiform or cuneicrispitate scolex) and five Nearctic species (parasitizing catostomid fish, lacking postovarian vitelline follicles, possessing an external seminal vesicle and having loculomonobothriate, monobothriate or loculotruncate scolex). Based on these morphological differences, supported by preliminary molecular data, five North American species (originally placed in Monobothrium) are proposed to be transferred to Promonobothrium Mackiewicz, 1968 as new combinations. European species Monobothrium auriculatum Kulakovskaya, 1961 should be transferred to Caryophyllaeus Gmelin, 1790 as C. auriculatus n. comb. As a result of this transfer, Monobothrium becomes monotypic, with M. wageneri Nybelin, 1922 representing its only species.
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Distribution des coléoptères coprophages (Scarabaeinae, Geotrupinae et Aphodiinae) dans les hautes montagnes de la Zone de Transition Mexicaine : analyse écologique et biogéographique. / Distribution of dung beetles (Scarabaeinae, Geotrupinae et Aphodiinae) in the high mountains of the Mexican Transition Zone : ecological and biogeographical analysis.

Arriaga Jimenez, Alfonsina 22 June 2015 (has links)
La faune des bousiers des hautes montagnes du Mexique a été encore très peu étudiée. Des travaux ponctuels avaient été réalisés pour certaines montagnes, mais une analyse approfondie et simultanée de plusieurs massifs montagneux n'avait jamais été faite auparavant, en particulier avec une double approche, écologique et historique. Les chaînes montagneuses sont des systèmes extrêmement favorables pour analyser les influences biogéographiques et les interactions écologiques dans les assemblages d'espèces. L'objectif de cette thèse est de décrire et d'analyser la distribution et la richesse des Scarabaeinae, Geotrupinae et Aphodiinae de quatre massifs volcaniques dans la partie Est du Système Volcanique Transversal (SVT), qui se trouve dans la Zone de Transition Mexicaine (ZTM). Les zones de transition sont des régions remarquables où différentes lignées évolutives coexistent. Les montagnes échantillonnées sont La Malinche, le Cofre de Perote, le Pico de Orizaba et la Sierra Negra. Il s'agit de volcans situés dans la partie Est du SVT. La Malinche est séparée des trois autres volcans, lesquels présentent une certaine connectivité entre eux. L'importance de notre travail est basée sur le fait qu'il s'agit aussi du premier échantillonnage systématique effectué simultanément au Pico de Orizaba, à la Sierra Negra et à La Malinche, assorti d'une approche écologique et biogéographique. Pour chaque massif, nous avons utilisé trois techniques complémentaires d'échantillonnage : pièges appâtés avec des excréments, une collecte directe dans les stations et l'excavation des terriers des gauphres (rongeurs) pour y trouver les coléoptères associés à leurs déjections. Pour chaque volcan l'échantillonnage a été conduit à deux niveaux d'altitude, aux environ de 2800 m et à environ 3400 m, en prenant en compte les deux versants de chaque montagne, au vent (humide) et sous le vent (sec). L'échantillonnage a été réalisé durant trois années consécutives (2011 à 2013), pendant la saison des pluies (juin, juillet, août). Après la collecte et l'identification des coléoptères, nous avons comparé les affinités biogéographiques des communautés de bousiers de chaque massif. Les différences de composition et d'abondance ont montré que les affinités néarctiques, paléoaméricaines et mésoaméricaines de montagne prédominent dans ces massifs. L'abondance et la richesse étaient maximales aux altitudes moyennes et sur les versants au vent. La colonisation horizontale par les espèces est prédominantepour ces volcans. Plusieurs espèces nouvelles pour la science ont été découvertes grâce à ce travail : trois coléoptères coprophages (un Onthophagus et deux Aphodius), ainsi que six espèces nouvelles d'acariens phorétiques. D'une manière générale, les espèces montagnardes ont une dispersion ensuivant les chaines de montagnes ou l'Altiplano (Haut Plateau). Les espèces d'origine néotropicale présentent une distribution plus large et se trouvent plutôt à plus basse altitude. Quelques espèces avec des affinités pour le Haut Plateau se retrouvent à La Malinche sur le versant sous le vent et à une altitude moyenne. Les résultats ont permis de mieux définir la répartition des genres néarctiques, paléoaméricains et mésoaméricains de montagne dans le SVT, principalement pour les Aphodiinae. Ce travail constitue une base solide pour la connaissance de la distribution de cette faune dans ces massifs montagneux qui n'avaient jamais été étudiés en profondeur au Mexique. / High mountains' dung beetles fauna was still little studied. Punctual works have been done for some mountains, but a deep and simultaneous analysis that includes several mountains has never been done before, especially with a dual approach, ecological and historical. Mountain ranges are extremely favorable systems to analyze biogeographic influences and ecological interactions in species assemblages. This thesis objective is to describe and analyze the richness and distribution of Scarabaeinae, Geotrupinae and Aphodiinae of four volcanoes in the eastern part of the Trans- Mexican Volcanic Belt (TMVB), located in the Mexican Transition Zone (MTZ). Transition zones are remarkable regions where different evolutionary lineages coexist. Sampled mountains are La Malinche, Cofre de PEROTE, Pico de Orizaba and Sierra Negra. These volcanoes are located in the Eastern part of the TMVB. Malinche is separated from the other three mountains which have certain connectivity between them. The importance of our work is based on the fact that it is the first systematic and simultaneous sampling performed at Pico de Orizaba, Sierra Negra and La Malinche, with both an ecological and biogeographic approach. For each mountain, we used three complementary sampling techniques, baited traps with feces, direct collection at each of the stations, and excavation of pocket gopher's burrows, to find the dung beetles associated with their droppings. For each mountain, the sampling was conducted at two altitude levels, one about 2800 meters and another one of about 3400 meters, taking into account both sides of each mountain, windward (wet) and leeward (dry). Sampling was conducted during rainy season (June to August) for three consecutive years (2011-2013). After the collection and identification of beetles, the biogeographic affinities of the dung beetles' communities of each mountain were compared. The differences in composition and abundance showed that the predominant pattern affinities are the Nearctic, Mountain Paleomaerican and Mountain Mesoamerican patterns. Abundance and richness was higher in the middle elevations and in the windward side. Horizontal colonization is predominant in these four volcanoes. Tree new dung beetles' species for science were discovered thanks to this work (one Onthophagus and two Aphodiinae) as well as six phoretic mite new species. In general, montane species have a dispersion following the mountain ranges or the high lands of the High Plateau. Species with a Neotropical affinity were found to have a wider distribution and found instead at the low altitude range. The High Plateau affinity species were found mainly at the leeward side and at the lower altitude range in La Malinche. These results have helped to define the distribution of Nearctic, Montane Paleoamerican and Montane Mesoamerican genera in the SVT, mainly for Aphodiinae. This work provides a solid basis of knowledge of the distribution of this fauna in these four mountains, which had never been studied extensively in Mexico.
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Ecology and conservation of Neotropical-Nearctic migratory birds and mixed-species flocks in the Andes

Colorado, Gabriel J. 07 January 2011 (has links)
No description available.
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Off-Host Biology and Ecology of Immature Gulf Coast Ticks (Amblyomma Maculatum Koch) in Mississippi

Portugal, Jose Santos 06 May 2017 (has links)
Little is understood about off-host behavior and ecology of immature Amblyomma maculatum Koch (Gulf Coast tick). A more complete understanding of this tick is essential to protect human and animal health. My research focused on seasonality and distribution of immatures in Mississippi, potential suitability of some insect and human hosts to larvae, and aspects of nymphal questing behavior. A single larva was collected (third off-host collection reported) when sampling A. maculatum habitat using a novel device. Collection of this larva in November expands the stage’s known seasonality and confirmed a prediction concerning seasonality of larval A. maculatum. Low frequency of immatures (8.3%) confirmed that they’re incredibly difficult to collect off-host. Nymphal collections peaked in March, and known seasonality was extended for both nymphs and adults. I examined known records, elucidating seasonality and distribution of A. maculatum in Mississippi. Either multiple generations per year or diapause are responsible for observed bi-modal distribution of immature collections. Additionally, I compiled the most extensive host record of immature A. maculatum in Mississippi and investigated seasonality patterns using USDA plant hardiness zones. I compiled the most complete record of ticks found on arthropods. Amblyomma americanum and A. maculatum were both confirmed to crawl onto arthropods, giving support to occasional, unintentional dispersal by phoresy. There was no conclusive evidence that larval A. maculatum feed on arthropods, however data supported feeding by larval A. americanum. These results have interesting implications regarding evolution of pathogens/endosymbionts. I provided the first evidence that larval A. maculatum can attach to humans. Rickettsia parkeri, a human pathogen transmitted by this species has recently been shown to be capable of transovarial transmission. Therefore, larval A. maculatum may provide another avenue of transmission. I have demonstrated that A. maculatum are difficult to collect off-host in part because they prefer to quest low to the ground. In choice studies, 5-cm-tall stems were most likely to be occupied by nymphs released into an array of stems. Low vapor pressure deficit encouraged questing, while higher VPD and warmer temperature increased questing height. These results may have implications in understanding host-seeking behavior in other tick species as well.

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