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Different lineages of freshwater jellyfishes (Cnidaria, Olindiidae, Craspedacusta) invading Europe: another piece of the puzzle from Sicily, Italy

2018

Correctly identifying and mapping the distribution patterns of passively dispersing freshwater organisms is an important task to understand the mechanisms through which these organisms move across the world and to counteract the introduction of invasive alien species in a timely way; moreover, in the light of the growing evidence of the pervasiveness of cryptic species and cryptic biological invasions among all animal groups, the use of molecular identification tools is strongly advisable. In this context, we present the first record of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii Lankester, 1880 in the Mediterranean island of Sicily, Italy. This invasive species, native to China, was fo…

0106 biological sciencesSettore BIO/07 - EcologiaSpecies complexJellyfishPopulationSettore BIO/05 - ZoologiaContext (language use)Aquatic Science010603 evolutionary biology01 natural sciencesCryptic invasionbiology.animaleducationWater Science and Technologyeducation.field_of_studybiologyEcologyEcology010604 marine biology & hydrobiologyInvasive speciebiology.organism_classificationlanguage.human_languageCraspedacusta sowerbiilanguageOlindiidaeSpecies richnessSicilianBiological invasionCraspedacusta sowerbii (= sowerbyi)

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Risultati della lotta biologica contro ilDacus oleae Gmel. a mezzo dell'Opius concolor Sz. siculus Mon.

1965

The Author reports on the essays of artificial biological control of the olive fly (Dacus oleaeGmel.) made by himself andGenduso with the specific parasiteOpius c. siculusMon. found in Sicily. The Authors followingDelanoue's technic have bred theseOpius in laboratory on larvae ofCeratitis capitataWied; so they were able to release: in 1961 — 1000Opius in a small olive plantation near Palermo; in 1962 — 24000Opius in the island of Pantelleria (Sicily); in 1963 — 40000Opius in the island of Salina (Eolic Islands-Sicily); in 1964 — 180000Opius also in the island of Salina.

LarvaEntomologyBiological pest controlZoologyPlant ScienceBiologybiology.organism_classificationDacusAnimal ecologyInsect ScienceGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesAgronomy and Crop ScienceEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsOlive flyEntomophaga

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Predicting the current and future global distribution of the invasive freshwater hydrozoan Craspedacusta sowerbii

2021

AbstractThe freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii is one of the most widespread invasive species, but its global distribution remains uncertain due to ephemeral appearances and general lack of information in various aquatic environments. The aim of this study was to map current and future distributions (2050 and 2100) using Species Distribution Models allowing to visualize the habitat suitability and make projections of its changes under potential climate change scenarios. Except in Oceania where the range decreased, an expansion of C. sowerbii was projected during the next century under modeled future scenarios being most intensive during the first half of the century. The present st…

Settore BIO/07 - EcologiaJellyfishMultidisciplinaryInvasive speciesbiologyEcologyRange (biology)ScienceAquatic ecosystemQSpecies distributionRClimate changebiology.organism_classificationFreshwater ecosystemArticleCraspedacusta sowerbiiGeographyBiogeographyCraspedacusta sowerbii Species Distribution Models predictionsbiology.animalThreatened speciesMedicineClimate changeScientific Reports

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Complete phylogeny and historical biogeography of true rosefinches (Aves:Carpodacus)

2013

True rosefinches (Aves: Carpodacus) are restricted to Eurasia, and 19 out of 25 species occur in the Sino-Himalayas, making this the likely centre of origin. To test this hypothesis, suggested species splits had to be evaluated and potential further cryptic diversity unravelled. A taxon-complete dated molecular phylogeny was reconstructed using maximum-likelihood and Bayesian methods. Maximum-parsimony and likelihood approaches were applied to deduce ancestral areas. Rosefinches, including the widespread Carpodacus erythrinus (Pallas, 1770), originated in south-west China (and the Himalayas) 14 Mya, and gave rise to a smaller clade consisting of C. erythrinus, Haematospiza sipahi (Hodgson, …

biologyLineage (evolution)BiogeographyPolyphylyMolecular phylogeneticsVicarianceZoologyAnimal Science and ZoologyCarpodacus rhodochlamysbiology.organism_classificationCarpodacus rubicillaCarpodacus thuraEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsZoological Journal of the Linnean Society

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Territorial song and song neighbourhoods in the Scarlet Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus

2000

Throughout the range of the Scarlet Rosefinch, its territorial song consists of 3–9 (usually 4–5) elements, of which there are 5 different types. The differences lie in the way the pitch of the element changes in time (frequency “slope”) and the width of the frequency band. Within a given type of song, the various elements can be present in almost any combination. Therefore, so many song types can be formed that the songs in even small parts of the species’ area are clearly distinct from one another. Despite this capacity for variation, however, by chance identical songs may be sung in widely separated parts of the area, in some cases by different subspecies. The species has not developed l…

biologyRange (biology)EcologyZoologySubspeciesGenus Carpodacusbiology.organism_classificationBreedErythrinusRosefinchVariation (linguistics)Seasonal breederAnimal Science and ZoologyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsJournal of Avian Biology

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RScriptsCommonRosefinch

2021

Lisovski S, Neumann R, Albrecht T, Munclinger P, Ahola M, Bauer S, Cepak J, Fransson T, Jakobsson S, Jaakkonen T, Klvana P, Kullberg C, Laaksonen T, Metzger B, Piha M, Shurulinkov P, Stach R, Strom K, Velmala W, Briedis M. 2021. The Indo-European Flyway: opportunities and constraints reflected by common rosefinches breeding across Europe. J Biogeogr. doi:10.1111/jbi.14085