Catalogue of spider species of Piemonte and Lombardia (NW-Italy) with twelve new records
for Italian fauna. The work here presented summarizes the current knowledge of the …

The foremost feature of a diatom is the species-specific ornamentation of the silicon cell wall,
which is preserved and faithfully reproduced through the generations. If exposed to …

The purpose of this study was to investigate spider assemblages of the Italian vineyards of
Langa Astigiana (northwest Italy). Pitfall trapping and standardized hand collecting were …

The term biospeleology refers to the wide set of experimental activities and studies, performed
in the laboratory or in the field, that are devoted to the knowledge of the biological aspects …

Biotic indexes are one of severas types of measures that are routinely used in biological
monitoring in temperate streams and offer interesting possibilities to assess the environmental …

Over the last years, issues concerning diatom teratological forms and environmental stress
have received growing interest within the scientific community. Publications on this topic …

… Affiliations: From the Department of Nephrology and Transplantation (Stratta), Amedeo
Avogadro University, Novara, Italy; and the Department of Animal and Human Biology (Badino), …

It is generally argued that epilithic diatoms and macroinvertebrates are highly sensitive to
changes in water quality, while only a few studies have been conducted on their response to …

Spiders are typical terrestrial predators that show a high degree of diversity in agroecosystems
according to prey capture strategies. Their role as biological controllers constitutes a …

Spiders have been commonly considered as polyphagous predators. For this reason, it has
been argued that spiders may not be efficient in controlling pests. However, in recent years it …