Temperature is a key factor that shapes the distribution of organisms.Having knowledge about how species respond to temperature is relevant to devise strategies for addressing the impacts of climate change.Aquatic ins...
This research was financially supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development(grant number:BMZ 81212690)and a‘Forschung vor Ort’grant for G.K.of the Max Weber-Program of the State of Bavaria.Special thanks are due to the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit(GIZ)GmbH,especially Klaus Schmidt-Corsitto,at that time Programme Director for“Biodiversity and Adaptation of Key Forest Ecosystems to Climate Change II Program”of GIZ and many employees of GIZ Mongolia.
Headwater streams play a major role for provision of ecosystem services,e.g.drinking water.We investigated a high-altitude headwater catchment of the Kharaa River(including 411st-order rivers)to understand the impact ...
Under the auspices of Universiti Sains Malaysia Research University Grant(1001/PBIOLOGI/815092)
A study on the distribution of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera and Odonata in relation of environmental interruptions was done at three different rivers tributaries of Bukit Merah Reservoir, Perak namely Sungai...
provided by a University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship;the University of Manitoba Research Grants Program;the Field Work Support Program of the Faculty of Science at the University of Manitoba;a Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory Research Fellowship;an NSERC Discovery Grant RGPIN386337-2011;a Canada Foundation for Innovation Award
The molecular phylogenetics of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) is well studied, but that of Trichoptera (caddisflies), the sister clade of Lepidoptera, is less studied. The PCR primer libraries developed f...
funded by grants from the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2012CB821900);The National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31372242, 41272006, 31230065);Fok Ying-Tong Education Foundation for Young Teachers in the Higher Education Institutions of China (No. 131021);Project of Outstanding Young-aged Talents of Beijing Municipal Commission of Education (No.CIT & TCD201304163);the Project of Great Wall Scholar and KEY project of Beijing Municipal Commission of Education (grants KZ201310028033);the State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS) (No.123114)
One new genus with a new fossil species,Declinimodus setulosus gen.et sp.nov.which was found in the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou,Inner Mongolia,China,are described and illustrated.The new species ...
supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (grant no. KZCX2-YW- QN104);the National Basic Research Program of China (2012CB821903);the National Science Foundation of China (grants no.91114201,40632010 and J0930006)
Diverse caddis flies are recently collected from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou fauna in Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia, northern China, and different types of caddis cases have been reported in the same locality. A n...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grants nos.40672013 and 40632010);the Chinese Academy of Sciences(grant no.KZCX2-YW-QN104);the Major Basic Research Projects of China's Ministry of Science and Technology(no.2006CB806400)
Three lepidopteran species, from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou beds (inner Mongolia, China), are described in a new family, Mesokristenseniidae, and new genus, Mesokristensenia, which could represent the sister group...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 30430100,40872022);the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing(No 5082002);the Scientific Research Key Programand PHR Project of Beijing Municipal Commission of Education
A new genus and new species,Juraphilopotamus lubricus gen.et sp.nov.,from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou,Inner Mongolia,China,is described and illustrated.It may be the first record of the famil...
A new species of Kisaura Ross (Philopotamidae) from Japan and a new species of Psychomyia Latreille (Psychomyiidae) from Russia are described. Kisaura imparis n. sp. is closest to Kisaura aurascens (Martynov, 193...