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The application of metabolic technologies to study the nutrition of wolves (Canis lupus) in central Italy and conservation implications.
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Contributi della Biologia molecolare alla sistematica entomologica, con particolare riferimento all’entomologia applicata. Introduzione.
No full textThe cave crickets of Greece: a contribution to the study of Southern Balkan Rhaphidophoridae diversity (Orthoptera), with the description of a new species of Troglophilus Krauss, 1879
No full textThe taxonomy, geographic distribution and ecology of Rhaphidophoridae of Greece are
updated herein. At present, 28 species of Dolichopoda Bolívar, 1880 and five species of
Troglophilus Krauss, 1879 are known to colonize Greek caves and, in a few circumstances,
epigean habitats. Dolichopoda includes a high number of species and shows a wide geographic
distribution, including most of Greece. The genus diversity peaks in the Hellenic
region, which hosts 28 of the 51 species described thus far. Most of the Dolichopoda species
show a high degree of endemism, being recorded from only one or a few caves in restricted
geographic areas. The thermo-xerophilic climate characterizing most of the southern Balkan
Peninsula and the high fragmentation of the Greek karstic areas could have played an important
role in the reduction of gene flow among cave cricket populations, leading to strong isolation
and multiple speciation events. All the Dolichopoda species found in the area are highly
dependent on caves and show clear adaptations to the subterranean ecosystems. Of the five
Troglophilus species known for the area, only two occur in continental Greece, with a very
scattered geographic distribution including a few mountain localities in northern and central
Greece. The remaining three species are widespread throughout Crete and some Aegean
islands. Finally the newly discovered Troglophilus zoiai n. sp. from a cave on the western
slope of Mount Parnassos (central Greece) is described
Pattern of gene flow and genetic divergence in the three Italian species of the cave cricket genus Troglophilus (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae): allozyme data
No full textIn this paper, we report data on the levels of genetic differentiation among and gene flow within each of the three species of the cave cricket genus Troglophilus living in Italy. We analyzed genetic variation at 18 enzymatic loci in 12 populations of T. cavicola, 6 populations of T. neglectus and 3 populations of T. andreinii. In particular, populations of T. cavicola and T. neglectus were sampled in overlapping geographical areas, from North-Eastern Italy to Slovenia and Croatia. We found a significant isolation by distance pattern for T. cavicola, indicating that the spatial distribution of genetic heterogeneity is best described by a stepping-stone model. The same does not hold for T. neglectus. Within the three species, the pattern of genetic structuring was mainly related to the limestone structure of the area rather than the availability of epigean routes for dispersal. A calibration for gene flow estimates in cave crickets is provided to discriminate between and current gene flow. This supports previous cave cricket data suggesting that detected gene flow is due to historical rather than current connections among populations
Phosphoglucomutase polymorphism and natural selection in populations of cave cricket Dolichopoda geniculata.
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2006. On trophic niche of three italian species of Troglophilus cave crickets (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae).
No full textThe Rhaphidophoridae cave crickets of the Eastern Mediterranean area: a check list of species from the Balkan peninsula, Greek islands and Turkey
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Ther cave crickets of the Eastern Mediterranean area: a contribution to the study of Balkan and Anatolian Rhaphidophoridae diversity
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