L'exceptionnelle richesse floristique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie est mondialement connue. Plus de 3400 espèces de plantes vasculaires indigènes y sont répertoriées, dont les trois-quarts sont endémiques de l'archipel. L'endémisme ne concerne pas seulement les espèces, mais aussi les genres (près d'une centaine) et même trois familles. La diversité se...
Ecuador has an outstanding diversity of palm species, some of which have been well studied, certain others remain an enigma, however. A particular case is the American oil palm, Elaeis oleifera (Kunth) Cortés, first recorded in Ecuador in 1986. The genus Elaeis has a trans-Atlantic (Africa-America) distribution, with E. oleifera from the Neotropics...
Ecuador has an outstanding diversity of palm species, some of which have been well studied, certain others remain an enigma, however. A particular case is the American oil palm, Elaeis oleifera (Kunth) Cortés, first recorded in Ecuador in 1986. The genus Elaeis has a trans-Atlantic (Africa-America) distribution, with E. oleifera from the Neotropics...
Although fluctuating asymmetry is a sensitive indicator of stress, its links with health remains controversial, especially in humans. Here, we explored for the first time the association between fluctuating asymmetry and malaria infections in humans, from 107 participants involved in a long term medical survey in Senegal. No clear relationship was ...
Although fluctuating asymmetry is a sensitive indicator of stress, its links with health remains controversial, especially in humans. Here, we explored for the first time the association between fluctuating asymmetry and malaria infections in humans, from 107 participants involved in a long term medical survey in Senegal. No clear relationship was ...
La flore de Nouvelle-Calédonie est mondialement connue pour son exceptionnelle richesse avec quelque 3 371 espèces indigènes de plantes vasculaires dont les 3/4 sont endémiques du territoire. L'originalité de cette flore est remarquable, tant aux niveaux taxonomiques supérieurs (une centaine de genres et trois familles endémiques) que par la concen...
The Afrotropical Belostomatidae fauna has long proved to be a difficult taxonomic problem, not so much for the overwhelmingly large number of species involved but rather because of a lack of trained specialists. The rarity of some taxa also contributes to confusion, because some species remain poorly described or are known only from one or two spec...
Recent molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that most traditional families of zooxanthellate shallow-water scleractinians are polyphyletic, whereas most families mainly composed of deep-sea and azooxanthellate species are monophyletic. In this context, the family Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) has unique features. It shows a remarka...
Recent molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that most traditional families of zooxanthellate shallow-water scleractinians are polyphyletic, whereas most families mainly composed of deep-sea and azooxanthellate species are monophyletic. In this context, the family Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) has unique features. It shows a remarka...
A new scleractinian coral species, Pachyseris inattesa sp. n., is described from the Red Sea. Despite a superficial resemblance with some species in the agariciid genus Leptoseris with which it has been previously confused, P. inattesa sp. n. has micro-morphological characters typical of the genus Pachyseris. This genus, once part of the Agariciida...
