In the new century,global change has become one of the biggest challenges that threaten our ecosystem and society.Climate warming is causing range shifts of organisms which bring increased risk of species extinction...
On behalf of the Advisory Board,I wish to congratulate Integrative Zoology on its 10th anniversary.Ten years ago,in 2006,Integrative Zoology was launched as the multidisciplinary flagship journal of the newly formed ...
Integrative Zoology began in 2006 as a voice for the newly formed International Society of Zoologists.A decade later,it has clearly achieved this,and very much more,for it is now successfully placed within the top qua...
Research was conducted under Permit Number(2003/PFHG/05/GUI)from the Health Ministry of Guinea.We thank the CHU Donka team(PFHG-Guinea)and E.Fichet-Calvet for field work assistance,the“Service de Systématique Moléculaire of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle(UMS 2700 OMSI MNHN,Paris,France)for use of their molecular genetics laboratory,and J.Lambourdière for lab assistance.We are grateful to Dr E.Lecompte and Dr J.ter Meulen for virological analysis and for their input to the study,and to Dr R.Leblois for his support.This study benefited from the morphometrics facility of the Paris Muséum(UMS 2700 CNRS–MNHN:“Plateforme de Morphométrie”).We also thank J.B.Langlois and J.R Huet for help with image analysis(Plateforme ANIMAGE,CREATIS-LRMN).We also thank A.Herrel,M.Joron and K.Gavrilchuk for helpful comments on an earlier version of the manuscript.This is publication ISEM 2015-165.This study was financially supported by the European Commission(INCO-DEV grant ICA4-CT2002-10050),by a doctoral thesis grant from“Bourse Internationale de la Ville de Paris”and by the GDR CNRS 2474 Morphométrie et Evolution des Formes.
The commensal rodent Mastomys natalensis is the natural reservoir of Lassa arenavirus(LASV),which causes hemorrhagic fever in West Africa.To study a possible effect of the virus on phenotypic and genotypic variation o...
the ISZS international research program Biological Consequences of Global Change(BCGC)sponsored by Bureau of International Cooperation,Chinese Academy of Sciences(GJHZ200810).
We outline here an approach for understanding the biology of climate change,one that integrates data at multiple spatial and temporal scales.Taxon-free trait analysis,or“ecometrics,”is based on the idea that the dis...
It is now well recognized that Bangladesh is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change and sea level rise.Low levels of natural resources and a high occurrence of natural disasters further add to...
Biological Consequences of Global Change An invitation to join the 3rd International Symposium of Integrative Zoology and Darwin 200 Event The 3rd International Symposium of Integrative Zoology will be held at the Oly...
We are pleased to announce that Integrative Zoology(INZ)was recently accepted for inclusion in Zoological Record and ISI Web of Knowledge.This development marks a turning point for INZ and will have a positive effect ...
Biological Consequences of Global Change A Darwin 200 Symposium 3^(rd) International Symposium of Integrative Zoology INVITATION Dear Sir/Madam,The 3rd International Symposium of Integrative Zoology will be held at th...
Integrative Zoology recently entered its third year ofpublication and continues to develop its reputation as ahigh-quality, rapidly published journal that featuresintegrative research from a truly international platfo...