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JournalISSN: 0022-2933

Journal of Natural History 

Taylor & Francis
About: Journal of Natural History is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Genus & Annals. It has an ISSN identifier of 0022-2933. Over the lifetime, 16424 publications have been published receiving 142852 citations. The journal is also known as: J. Nat. Hist. (London).
Topics: Genus, Annals, Population, Fauna, Type species


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TL;DR: A criterion for comparing diversity is offered based on dominance patterns involving all the proportional species abundances by plotting percentage cumulative abundance curves, which can reveal that some assemblages cannot be compared in terms of diversity or equitability and that intrinsic diversity indices cannot under these circumstances be relied upon.
Abstract: Summary A criterion for comparing diversity is offered based on dominance patterns involving all the proportional species abundances. The method is applied by plotting percentage cumulative abundance curves. This can reveal that some assemblages cannot be compared in terms of diversity or equitability and that intrinsic diversity indices cannot under these circumstances be relied upon. The behaviour and interpretation of these dominance curves under different circumstances is explored using examples from macrobenthic and marine nematode studies. Dominance curves are also compared with Sanders' rarefaction curves and the relative advantages discussed. It is recommended that these graphical methods be routinely applied to marine biological data before calculating more complex diversity or equitability indices.

571 citations

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TL;DR: The inflorescences of 53 plant species in a variety of habitats were examined for the presence of adult hymenopteran parasitoids (‘Parasitica’ only), and the wasps observed for feeding behaviour, and the literature reviewed.
Abstract: The inflorescences of 53 plant species in a variety of habitats were examined for the presence of adult hymenopteran parasitoids (‘Parasitica’ only), and the wasps observed for feeding behaviour. At inflorescences of 32 of the plant species examined, over 1000 parasitoid individuals were observed displaying feeding behaviour (either feeding at nectaries or displaying behaviour associated with searching for food). Over 900 individuals were collected. Around 250 species belonging to 15 families of Hymenoptera were represented. The taxonomic, behavioural and ecological significance of known parasitoid-food plant associations are discussed, and the literature reviewed.

481 citations

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TL;DR: The Monkeys of the Amazon as discussed by the authors were the first to be studied in the field of natural history, focusing on the animals' behavior in the Amazon environment, and their behavior was studied extensively.
Abstract: (1854). On the Monkeys of the Amazon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Vol. 14, No. 84, pp. 451-454.

457 citations

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John S. Noyes1
TL;DR: The most profitable ways of collecting chalcids are discussed, namely by sweeping, suction sampler, beating, pyrethrum spray, rearing, Malaise traps, yellow pan traps, suctions traps, pitfall traps and extraction from leaf litter or grass tussocks.
Abstract: Summary The most profitable ways of collecting chalcids are discussed, namely by sweeping, suction sampler, beating, pyrethrum spray, rearing, Malaise traps, yellow pan traps, suction traps, pitfall traps and extraction from leaf litter or grass tussocks. Methods of preserving chalcids are also outlined, with particular emphasis on storing all unmounted material dry rather than in alcohol. The techniques of sweeping, card mounting specimens and slide preparation are described in detail.

367 citations

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TL;DR: An account is given of 114 new or otherwise interesting species of benthic marine flagellates from Fiji, Northern Australia (Queensland), Hawaii, Panama and Brazil.
Abstract: An account is given of 114 new or otherwise interesting species of benthic marine flagellates from Fiji, Northern Australia (Queensland), Hawaii, Panama and Brazil. Most species are heterotrophs drawn from the euglendis, dinoflagellates, kinetoplastids, bicosoecids, heteroloboseids, and a variety of taxa of uncertain affinities. The work emphasizes the rich variety of protist taxa in marine benthic sites. New names are Amphidinium corrugatum, Anisonema glaciale, Bodo cephalophorus, B. platyrhynchus, B. saliens, Bordnamonas tropicana, Cafeteria ligulifera, C. marsupialis, C. minuta (Ruinen, 1938) nov. comb., Cryptaulax elegans, Dinematomonas inaequalis = Dinema inaequale, Dinematomonas maculata (= Dinema maculatum), Dinematononas valida (= Dinema validum), Diplonema ambulator, Diplonema metabolicum, Discocelis punctata, Dolium sedentarium, Goniomonas amphinema, Goniomonas pacifica, Gyrodinium oblongum, Heteronema exaratum, H. splendens, H. vittatum, Mastigamoeba psammobis, M. skujae nom. nov., Massisteria ...

316 citations

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No. of papers from the Journal in previous years
YearPapers
202348
202292
2021101
2020150
2019164
2018149