The tropical Atlantic fangtooth moray Enchelycore anatina (Lowe, 1838) (Muraenidae) has naturally extended its range into the Mediterranean in the last decades. The record of a third specimen of the fangtooth moray, in the coastal waters of southeast Adriatic Sea, results in listing the species as...

In the current scenario of defaunation and bioinvasion, increasing the knowledge about the composition in marine species and monitoring are an emergency need to control the biodiversity. Nearly 35 years have passed since Türkay (1982) published the decapod crustaceans of the Cape Verde islands. No...

Cibdela janthina (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) is a folivorous sawfly, native to Sumatra, that was introduced in the French island of La Réunion in the Mascarenes as a biological control agent of the giant bramble Rubus alceifolius (Rosaceae). It was released in 2008 and successfully controlled the ...

The occurrence of the exotic "granulate ambrosia beetle" Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky) in Argentina and Uruguay is reported for the first time, documenting expansion in South America. Morphological characters are provided to allow distinction of this species from other similar ambrosia...

Background and purpose: The zigzag elm sawfly, Aproceros leucopoda (Hymenoptera), originating from Asia is being considered as one of the major pests of elm trees (Ulmus spp.) within Europe where it was first recorded in 2003. Recent investigations document the fast spread of this invasive species...

The Korean fir (Abies koreana), a subalpine cold-adapted climatic relict, has declined in the Republic of Korea (ROK) since the 1980's, and IUCN 3.1 has assessed it as a species endangered by global warming. We projected thermal habitat suitability for Korean fir at the subalpine zone of Mt. Halla...

This study aims to determine the allelopathic potential of Amaranthus retroflexus (Ar) with different climatic zones on seed germination and growth of A. tricolor (At) treated with a gradient N addition. Ar leaf extracts only displayed significantly allelopathic potential on the underground growth...

Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation is a key but under-researched environmental factor that initiates diverse responses in plants, potentially affecting their distribution. To date, only a few macroecological studies have examined adaptations of plant species to different levels of UV-B. Here, we...

The plum seed wasp, Eurytoma schreineri Schr. (Schreiner, 1908) is non-native species insect for Bulgarian fauna. This species was first recorded in Bulgaria in 2013, in the regions Dobrich and Silistra, in the northeastern part of the country. E. schreineri is oligophagous. The larva feeds in the...

This article discussed the incidence of inter-species pathogen transmission (adenovirus, ADV) of the non-native species grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) to red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) which occurred last October 2016, wherein out of 14 dead red squirrels that were reported from a number of...