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Characterization of soils on consolidated limestone and its relations to grassland vegetation 固结石灰岩土壤特征及其与草地植被的关系

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Archives of Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.2298/abs230106006b

Jelena Bogosavljevic, A. Djordjevic, U. Šilc, Z. Dajić-Stevanović, S. Aćić, Svjetlana Radmanović

{"title":"Characterization of soils on consolidated limestone and its relations to grassland vegetation","authors":"Jelena Bogosavljevic, A. Djordjevic, U. Šilc, Z. Dajić-Stevanović, S. Aćić, Svjetlana Radmanović","doi":"10.2298/abs230106006b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/abs230106006b","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding the relations between soil features and plant responses is important for agricultural production and nature conservation. The aim of this study was to investigate the importance of the influence of soils? physical and chemical features on the composition of plant species and richness in grasslands studied on the limestone massif in eastern Serbia (Mt. Rtanj). The data set included 22 phytosociological relev?s, the same number of corresponding mixed soil samples (0-10 cm depth) and 8 soil profiles. Two vegetation types were distinguished by numerical classification as Saturejion montanae and Festucion valesiacae. The results of detrended correspondence analysis (DCA) indicated that the most important soil parameters affecting species composition in dry grasslands were humus, the content of calcium, soil exchange capacity and base saturation, in addition to total acidity, pH and soil depth. The communities of both vegetation types are developed on Leptosols and Phaeozems. Under similar physical and chemical conditions of the soil, the grassland vegetation exhibits differences in floristic composition.","PeriodicalId":8145,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Biological Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68390135","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Structure and function of benthic invertebrate assemblages of the Djerekarska River (southwestern Serbia, Pester plateau) 塞尔维亚西南部佩斯特高原杰里卡尔斯卡河底栖无脊椎动物群落的结构与功能

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Archives of Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.2298/abs230306017n

Melisa Numanovic, K. Stojanović, B. Novakovic, Milica Živković, N. Živić, B. Miljanović

{"title":"Structure and function of benthic invertebrate assemblages of the Djerekarska River (southwestern Serbia, Pester plateau)","authors":"Melisa Numanovic, K. Stojanović, B. Novakovic, Milica Živković, N. Živić, B. Miljanović","doi":"10.2298/abs230306017n","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/abs230306017n","url":null,"abstract":"This study is focused on benthic invertebrate communities in the Djerekarska River in Serbia, sampled from June to December 2016. We examined how different microhabitats with various substrates influenced the structure and function of the community. Taxonomic analysis revealed 55 species from 43 genera and 35 families, with the most diverse groups being Trichoptera, Ephemeroptera, and Plecoptera. ANOVA showed that different substrate types impacted the functional feeding groups within the assemblages. Cluster formation was primarily influenced by the substrate structure; this was followed by shredders, gatherers and collectors, passive filters, active filter feeders, the river depth, biochemical oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, and the flow velocity; for grazers and scrapers, discharge and saturation did not significantly affect cluster formation. Using twostep cluster analysis, we identified three clusters based on the substrate structure. The first group consisted of organisms that prefer a stone substrate; the second group consisted of organisms that prefer a mixed stone/gravel/sand substrate; the third group consisted of organisms that prefer gravel and sand substrates. Each cluster had a dominant functional feeding group, such as shredders and predators in the first cluster, gatherers and collectors in the second cluster, and predators, grazers, and scrapers in the third cluster.","PeriodicalId":8145,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Biological Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68390432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The protective effect of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) seed extract containing polysaccharides on human keratinocytes and fibroblasts 含多糖紫花苜蓿种子提取物对人角质形成细胞和成纤维细胞的保护作用

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Archives of Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.2298/abs230403022k

Jeeyoung Kim, W. Bang, Jung Woo, Younghwa Kim, Hee Shin, Junoh Kim, Kim Gi, Y. Joo, C. Lee

{"title":"The protective effect of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) seed extract containing polysaccharides on human keratinocytes and fibroblasts","authors":"Jeeyoung Kim, W. Bang, Jung Woo, Younghwa Kim, Hee Shin, Junoh Kim, Kim Gi, Y. Joo, C. Lee","doi":"10.2298/abs230403022k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/abs230403022k","url":null,"abstract":"To protect the body against environmental threats, cosmetics can play important antiinflammatory and anti-aging roles. Many researchers have developed cosmetic ingredients using natural plant extracts or the active compounds of such extracts. In this study, we assessed the ability of extracts from the seeds of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) to affect skin cells. In a keratinocyte-derived cell line (HaCaT cells), alfalfa polysaccharide extract (APE) treatment triggered cornified envelope formation and increased the gene expression levels of filaggrin and involucrin, suggesting that APE increased epidermal cell differentiation. In addition, APE dramatically increased the mRNA and protein levels of claudin1, suggesting that it enhances tight junction formation. Finally, APE exerted antiinflammatory effects in keratinocytes by decreasing the LPS-induced production of proinflammatory cytokines. In primary normal human dermal fibroblasts (NHDF), APE increased procollagen synthesis and decreased elastase activity and metalloproteinase-1 (MMP) secretion. APE also showed superoxide dismutase (SOD)-like activity in a cell-free system, resulting in antioxidant effects. Finally, we found that the polysaccharides from alfalfa seeds used in our experiments consist mainly of galactose and mannose. Based on our findings, we conclude that APE may have potent skinprotective and skin-improving effects and could be developed as an important ingredient in cosmetics and medicines.","PeriodicalId":8145,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Biological Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68391063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Phosphate solubilization and the enhancement of chickpea growth by new rhizospheric microorganisms Bacillus tequilensis and Trichoderma orientale 龙舌兰芽孢杆菌和东方木霉对鹰嘴豆生长的增磷作用及促进作用

4区生物学

Archives of Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.2298/abs230823034b

Ahmed Bekkar, Souad Zaim

{"title":"Phosphate solubilization and the enhancement of chickpea growth by new rhizospheric microorganisms Bacillus tequilensis and Trichoderma orientale","authors":"Ahmed Bekkar, Souad Zaim","doi":"10.2298/abs230823034b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/abs230823034b","url":null,"abstract":"Two Trichoderma strains and three Bacillus strains isolated from the rhizosphere of healthy chickpeas in Algeria were assessed for their phosphate solubilizing capacity in vitro as well as their growth effects on seedlings of the chickpea in pot experiments. The microorganisms tested had higher phosphate-solubilizing activities, with the solubilization index ranging from 2.41 to 7.40. The concentration of solubilized phosphate varied from 30.17 to 157.44 ?g/mL. The maximum phosphatesolubilizing activity was observed in the two culture filtrates of Bacillus tequilensis Bt1 (157.44 ?g/mL) and Trichoderma orientale T1 (143.33 ?g/mL), accompanied by a decrease in pH of the growth medium from 4.51 to 5.75. The application of the strains (B. tequilensis Bt1 and T. orientale T1) separately and in combination had a beneficial effect on germination by promoting the development of the seeds and effectively enhancing plant growth. Chickpea seedlings showed better vegetative growth when treated with a mixture of B. tequilensis Bt1 and T. orientale T1 together than an individual treatment. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the phosphate-solubilizing potential of the combined microorganisms B. tequilensis and T. orientale and their capacity to promote plant growth in chickpeas.","PeriodicalId":8145,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Biological Sciences","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135913173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Some biological aspects of Mediterranean mud shrimp, Upogebia pusilla (Petagna, 1792) in the Boka Kotorska Bay, Southeastern Adriatic Sea 亚得里亚海东南部Boka Kotorska湾地中海泥虾的生物学特征

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Archives of Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.2298/abs230213010m

O. Marković, M. Djurovic, Zdravko Ikica, Aleksandra Huter

{"title":"Some biological aspects of Mediterranean mud shrimp, Upogebia pusilla (Petagna, 1792) in the Boka Kotorska Bay, Southeastern Adriatic Sea","authors":"O. Marković, M. Djurovic, Zdravko Ikica, Aleksandra Huter","doi":"10.2298/abs230213010m","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/abs230213010m","url":null,"abstract":"Biological aspects (length frequency distribution, length-weight ratio, sex ratio, allometric growth, Fulton's condition factor) of Upogebia pusilla were studied in Tivat Saline (Tivatska solila), Boka Kotorska Bay in 2019. A total of 1,415 individuals were collected. The total length of all studied individuals ranged from 27 to 55 mm (8 and 20 mm CL), while the total weights ranged from 0.29 to 2.56 g (the total length of males ranged from 27 to 51 mm, non-ovoid and ovoid females ranged from 27 to 51 mm and 30 to 55 mm, respectively; the weights ranged from 0.29 to 2.52 g, 0.34 to 2.52 g and 0.47 to 2.56 g for males, non-ovoid and ovoid females, respectively). The overall female:male ratio was 1.2:1. Egg-shaped females were recorded from April (74.3%) to June (23.8%), with a peak in May (91.4% of all females). Males dominated in July (66.4%). The relationship between CL and W was negatively allometric in both males and females and in all sampled individuals. Fulton?s condition factor was higher only in females during the breeding season, while there were no significant differences between males and females during the rest of the year. Since this species is mainly used as live bait for commercial and sports fishermen, the results of this study would be useful for the sustainable management of this species.","PeriodicalId":8145,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Biological Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68390324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Direction selectivity of the retinotectal system of fish: Findings based on microelectrode extracellular recordings of the tectum opticum 鱼类视顶盖系统的方向选择性:基于视顶盖细胞外微电极记录的发现

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Archives of Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.2298/abs221216003d

I. Damjanovic, A. Aliper, P. Maximov, A. Zaichikova, Z. Gacic, E. Maximova

{"title":"Direction selectivity of the retinotectal system of fish: Findings based on microelectrode extracellular recordings of the tectum opticum","authors":"I. Damjanovic, A. Aliper, P. Maximov, A. Zaichikova, Z. Gacic, E. Maximova","doi":"10.2298/abs221216003d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/abs221216003d","url":null,"abstract":"Vision in fish plays an important role in different forms of visually guided behavior. The visual system of fish is available for research by different methods; it is a convenient experimental model for studying and understanding the mechanisms of vision in general. Responses of retinal direction-selective (DS) ganglion cells (GCs) are recorded extracellularly from their axon terminals in the superficial layers of the tectum opticum (TO). They can be divided into three distinct groups according to the preferred directions of stimulus movement: caudorostral, dorsoventral and ventrodorsal. Each of these groups comprises both ON and OFF units in equal proportions. Relatively small receptive fields (3-8?) and fine spatial resolution characterize retinal DS units as local motion detectors. Conversely, the responses of direction-selective tectal neurons (DS TNs) are recorded at two different tectal levels, deeper than the zone of retinal DS afferents. They are characterized by large receptive fields (up to 60?) and are indifferent to any sign of contrast, i.e., they can be considered as ON-OFF-type units. Four types of ON-OFF DS TNs preferring different directions of motion have been recorded. The preferred directions of three types of DS TNs match the preferred directions of three types of DS GCs. Matching the three preferred directions of ON and OFF DS GCs and ON-OFF DS TNs has allowed us to hypothesize that the GCs with caudorostral, ventrodorsal and dorsoventral preferences are input neurons for the corresponding types of DS TNs. On the other hand, the rostrocaudal preference in the fourth type of DS TNs, recorded exclusively in the deep tectal zone, is an emergent property of the TO. In this review, our findings are compared with the results of other authors examining direction selectivity in the fish retinotectal system.","PeriodicalId":8145,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Biological Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68390574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Phytochemical composition of Verbascum stachydifolium Boiss & Heldr. var. stachydifolium growing in Türkiye and in vitro analysis of wound healing activity 牡荆的植物化学成分研究。水仙在<s:1>基耶生长及体外创面愈合活性分析

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Archives of Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.2298/abs221222001k

B. İğci, Z. Aytaç

{"title":"Phytochemical composition of Verbascum stachydifolium Boiss & Heldr. var. stachydifolium growing in Türkiye and in vitro analysis of wound healing activity","authors":"B. İğci, Z. Aytaç","doi":"10.2298/abs221222001k","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/abs221222001k","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to investigate the phenolic content, antioxidant activity, cytotoxicity and the in vitro wound healing activity of methanolic and aqueous extracts of Verbascum stachydifolium Boiss & Heldr. var. stachydifolium. Total phenolic and flavonoid contents and antioxidant activity were measured using spectrophotometry-based methods. Quantitative analysis of the selected phenolics was performed by HPLC. The cytotoxic effects of the extracts on L929 mouse fibroblast cells were evaluated by the MTT assay. The migration of treated fibroblast cells was assessed by the cell scratch assay. The expressions of type I collagen, FGF7, TGF-?1 and VEGF were evaluated by qRT-PCR and ELISA. The HPLC-based analysis revealed the presence of different phenolic compounds at varying amounts and high antioxidant activities were detected. The cytotoxicity assay results indicated that the methanolic and aqueous extracts did not exhibit any cytotoxic effect on fibroblast cells when used up to 500 ?g/mL concentration. Fibroblast migration was stimulated to the highest degree by the aqueous extract obtained by maceration as observed in the scratch assay at 60.4% closure. The molecular mechanism of the wound healing activity involves the upregulation of the analyzed genes.","PeriodicalId":8145,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Biological Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68390585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effects of green synthesized calcium oxide nanoparticles from extracts of Citrullus colocynthis on body weight, plasma atherogenic index, and histology of liver and stomach of high-fat-diet-fed rats 枸橼提取物绿色合成氧化钙纳米颗粒对高脂喂养大鼠体重、血浆动脉粥样硬化指数及肝脏和胃组织的影响

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Archives of Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.2298/abs230531024m

Mubsher Mazher, M. Ishtiaq, Mussaddaq Mazhar

{"title":"Effects of green synthesized calcium oxide nanoparticles from extracts of Citrullus colocynthis on body weight, plasma atherogenic index, and histology of liver and stomach of high-fat-diet-fed rats","authors":"Mubsher Mazher, M. Ishtiaq, Mussaddaq Mazhar","doi":"10.2298/abs230531024m","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/abs230531024m","url":null,"abstract":"Citrullus colocynthis has been used to treat obesity and hyperlipidemia. Nanoparticles, due to their nano size, phytochemical adsorption, improved systemic absorption and high bioavailability, can potentially improve the bioactivity of C. colocynthis. The present research focused on studying the effects of green synthesized calcium oxide nanoparticles (CaONPs) from C. colocynthis fruit extracts (CCFE) on the body weight, the atherogenic index of plasma (AIP), and the histopathology of male albino rats. Ethyl??-d-glucopyranoside was the major constituent of CCFE, along with phenols and fatty acids. The total phenolic and flavonoid contents of CCFE were 203.52 and 173.56 mg/g, respectively. Male albino rats (n=36) were divided into six groups (six rats per each group). Rats in different groups received a normal diet, a high?fat diet (HFD), HFD with lovastatin (10 mg/kg), HFD with CCFE (20 mg/kg), HFD with CaONPs (2 mg/kg), and HFD with a synergistic solution of CCFE (10 mg/kg) and CaONPs (1 mg/kg), respectively. When CaONPs were administered in combination with CCFE, significant weight-lowering activity (36.36%), improved cardiovascular health as per AIP (0.12?0.01b), and fewer disturbances in liver function parameters were observed. Histological analysis at the end of the experiment showed that CaONPs were not toxic to the gastric mucosa and were slightly toxic to hepatocytes. It can be concluded that CaONPs synthesized from CCFE can be a potent weight-lowering and antilipidemic agent with fewer side effects.","PeriodicalId":8145,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Biological Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68390661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Apifloristic diversity in the eastern Mediterranean region: Implications for biodiversity conservation and use 东地中海地区蜜蜂区系多样性:对生物多样性保护和利用的启示

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Archives of Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.2298/abs230331018t

A. Topal, A. Uzun, Osman Polat

{"title":"Apifloristic diversity in the eastern Mediterranean region: Implications for biodiversity conservation and use","authors":"A. Topal, A. Uzun, Osman Polat","doi":"10.2298/abs230331018t","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/abs230331018t","url":null,"abstract":"The ecological role of honeybees in the world and their value for sustainable agriculture and food industry are more important than ever. For this reason, we study the apiflora in the eastern Mediterranean region of T?rkiye in the context of planning bee forests aimed at biodiversity conservation. The results show that honeybee forests are quite rich in both endemism and apifloristic diversity. A total of 511 plant taxa belonging to 264 genera and 59 families were identified, of which 335 (65%) taxa were evaluated as nectar (N) and/or pollen (P) bearing honey plants (45 N, 54 P, and 236 N&P). In terms of apiflora, the richest families are Fabaceae (n=76, 3 N, 73 N&P), Lamiaceae (n=57, 19 N, 38 N&P) and Asteraceae (n=44, 1 N, 10 P, 33 N&P). Nectariferous plants were more common at higher elevations, while polleniferous plants were more common at lower elevations. According to the Shannon-Wiener diversity index, the highest diversity values were found in honeybee forests at higher elevations and the lowest diversity values at lower elevations. Sorensen analysis also showed that floristic similarities among honeybee forests ranged from 1% to 42%. Cluster analysis supported these differences by dividing the forests into two separate groups.","PeriodicalId":8145,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Biological Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68391050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Standard descriptive matrices in the identification of exophytophagous caterpillars 外食毛虫鉴定的标准描述矩阵

IF 0.8 4区生物学

Archives of Biological Sciences Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.2298/abs230116008t

Aleksandra Trajković, Maja Lazarević, Saša S Stanković, M. Popović, Marijana Ilic-Milosevic, V. Žikić

{"title":"Standard descriptive matrices in the identification of exophytophagous caterpillars","authors":"Aleksandra Trajković, Maja Lazarević, Saša S Stanković, M. Popović, Marijana Ilic-Milosevic, V. Žikić","doi":"10.2298/abs230116008t","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2298/abs230116008t","url":null,"abstract":"Identification of exophytophagous lepidopteran larvae is a necessity for researchers in biological disciplines ranging from biodiversity inventorying to research in parasitoid evolution and species monitoring. The lack of expertise in the field jeopardizes the outcomes of further investigations and recording of the multilevel plasticity of juvenile Lepidoptera. This paper offers an improvement to the existing haphazard approach by developing 41 simplified characters that include 150 morphological, behavioral and autecological states and their delineation, visual validation, and a descriptive matrix for 83 heterogeneous species. By combining the states into all possible identification scenarios, the matrix revealed 582 morphological, habitat and resource polyphenisms for the mentioned species. The categorical nature of the data implied the use of categorical principal component analysis to visualize the discriminative capacity without character relationship assumptions. The object-point biplot was used to derive the K value for K-mode clustering, while the cluster membership was introduced as a labeling variable to further inspect the grouping pattern. The results of this descriptive-analytic research indicate that descriptive matrices will allow continuous expansion and fine examination of many different species assemblages. From interactive identification keys to machine learning training, the presented framework can make data storage and interpretation significantly more attainable.","PeriodicalId":8145,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Biological Sciences","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68390199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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