R. Pellens

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Phylogeny of Dictyoptera: Dating the Origin of Cockroaches, Praying Mantises and Termites with Molecular Data and Controlled Fossil Evidence
Understanding the origin and diversification of organisms requires a good phylogenetic estimate of their age and diversification rates. This estimate can be difficult to obtain when samples are… Expand
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Evolution on a shaky piece of Gondwana: is local endemism recent in New Caledonia?
New Caledonia is well known as a hot spot of biodiversity whose origin as a land mass can be traced back to the Gondwanan supercontinent. The local flora and fauna, in addition to being remarkably… Expand
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Biodiversity Sampling Using a Global Acoustic Approach: Contrasting Sites with Microendemics in New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a Pacific island with a unique biodiversity showing an extreme microendemism. Many species distributions observed on this island are extremely restricted, localized to mountains or… Expand
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Evaluation of soil conditions in fast-growing plantations of Eucalyptus grandis and Acacia mangium in Brazil: a contribution to the study of sustainable land use
This study is a comparison of the holorganic horizons (L and F) and hemiorganic horizons (A11 and A12) of 7-years-old stands of Eucalyptus grandisand Acacia mangium, in the region of the Tabuleiro… Expand
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The evolutionary transition from subsocial to eusocial behaviour in Dictyoptera: phylogenetic evidence for modification of the "shift-in-dependent-care" hypothesis with a new subsocial cockroach.
Cockroaches have always been used to understand the first steps of social evolution in termites because they are close relatives with less complex and integrated social behaviour. Termites are all… Expand
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The genus Cryptocercus in East Asia : distribution and new species (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Blattaria, Polyphagidae)
Three new species of Cryptocercus Scudder, 1862 are described: C. hirtus Grandcolas & Belles n. sp., C. meridianus Grandcolas & Legendre n. sp. and C. parvus Grandcolas & Park n. sp. They extend the… Expand
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Electron microscopic identification of the intestinal protozoan flagellates of the xylophagous cockroach Parasphaeria boleiriana from Brazil
Flagellate protozoa of the hindgut of the xylophagous blattid Parasphaeria boleiriana were examined by light and electron microscopy. This species harbours two oxymonad species of the genera… Expand
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Edaphic macroarthropod communities in fast-growing plantations of Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex Maid (Myrtaceae) and Acacia mangium Wild (Leguminosae) in Brazil
Abstract This study compares the edaphic macroarthropod communities from experimental plantations of Acacia mangium and Eucalyptus grandis, both 7 years old, and from the primary forest, all located… Expand
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Outstanding micro-endemism in New Caledonia: More than one out of ten animal species have a very restricted distribution range
New Caledonia is a biodiversity hotspot, with an extremely high number of endemic species with narrow distribution ranges that are at high risk of extinction due to open-cast nickel mining, invasive… Expand
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Patterns of Species, Phylogenetic and Mimicry Diversity of Clearwing Butterflies in the Neotropics
The Neotropical region comprises six of the major biodiversity hotspots of the planet, including the Andean foothills, which harbour the most diverse terrestrial ecosystems. It is also one of those… Expand
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