Publications by authors named "Scott Bartlam"
Four new species belonging to genera Amyntha and Metaphire were discovered from an extensive area in southern China, covering the provinces Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi and Anhui. The species are named Amynthas dispersus Sun Qiu, sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLand-use intensification is a central element in proposed strategies to address global food security. One rationale for accepting the negative consequences of land-use intensification for farmland biodiversity is that it could 'spare' further expansion of agriculture into remaining natural habitats. However, in many regions of the world the only natural habitats that can be spared are fragments within landscapes dominated by agriculture.
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- The study constructed the first phylogenetic tree for New Zealand's earthworm species, using genetic data from both mitochondrial and nuclear rRNA genes.
- It identified distinct clades within the earthworm group Acanthodrilinae that are regionally restricted and suggested some lineages have existed since New Zealand separated from Gondwana.
- The research also uncovered about 48 new earthworm species, highlighting the need for further exploration to better understand the biodiversity and ecology of New Zealand's earthworm fauna.