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TÜBİTAK

2017

Balkan Peninsula

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First Records Of Spongillaflies (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) In Serbia And Bosniaand Herzegovina, With Notes On Their Occurrence In The Balkan Countries, Jan Podlesnik, Vesna Klokocovnik, Tina Klenovsek, Franc Janzekovic, Dusan Devetak Jan 2017

First Records Of Spongillaflies (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) In Serbia And Bosniaand Herzegovina, With Notes On Their Occurrence In The Balkan Countries, Jan Podlesnik, Vesna Klokocovnik, Tina Klenovsek, Franc Janzekovic, Dusan Devetak

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Data on the occurrence of four spongillafly species in the Balkan countries are provided. Two species are recorded for the first time in two countries: Sisyra nigra (Retzius, 1783) in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and Sisyra terminalis Curtis, 1854 in Serbia.


Color And Pattern Variation Of The Balkan Whip Snake,Hierophis Gemonensis (Laurenti, 1768), Daniel Jablonski, Marton Szabolcs, Aleksandar Simovic, Edvard Mizsei Jan 2017

Color And Pattern Variation Of The Balkan Whip Snake,Hierophis Gemonensis (Laurenti, 1768), Daniel Jablonski, Marton Szabolcs, Aleksandar Simovic, Edvard Mizsei

Turkish Journal of Zoology

In the present paper color and pattern variations of Hierophis gemonensis, a snake with little morphological variation, are described. For the first time, partially melanistic individuals were observed and described for this species. The identity of one of these snakes was corroborated by genetic means. Taxonomical circumstances and environmental causes of this color and pattern variation are discussed.


A Nonparametric Approach In Quantifying Species Richness Of Lumbricidae In East Serbia, Balkan Peninsula, Mirjana Stojanovic, Jovana Sekulic, Tanja Trakic Jan 2017

A Nonparametric Approach In Quantifying Species Richness Of Lumbricidae In East Serbia, Balkan Peninsula, Mirjana Stojanovic, Jovana Sekulic, Tanja Trakic

Turkish Journal of Zoology

The concept of species richness is currently the most basic and most often used parameter in quantitative assessments of biodiversity. The species richness of Lumbricidae was investigated in East Serbia, one of the highly complex areas in the eastern and central part of the Balkan Peninsula. Our database included 2615 individuals from a total of 54 species. Quantification of species richness was done by using the observed number of species and richness estimators. A nonparametric approach was used to evaluate the performance of various estimation techniques: Chao 2, Jackknife 2, and Bootstrap. However, only Chao 2 reached the asymptote, maintaining …