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</div> </article> <div class="more"> <article class="obj_announcement_summary"> <h4> <a href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/announcement/view/4"> New format for the Belgian Journal of Zoology starting 31st of March, 2024 </a> </h4> <div class="date"> 2024-03-29 </div> </article> </div> </section> <section class="current_issue"> <a id="homepageIssue"></a> <h2> Current Issue </h2> <div class="current_issue_title"> Vol. 154 (2024) </div> <div class="obj_issue_toc"> <div class="heading"> <div class="published"> <span class="label"> Published: </span> <span class="value"> 2024-01-12 </span> </div> </div> <div class="sections"> <div class="section"> <h3> Articles </h3> <ul class="cmp_article_list articles"> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-114" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/114"> The Moa the Merrier: Resolving when the Dinornithiformes went extinct </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Floe Foxon </div> <div class="pages"> 1-9 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/114/192" aria-labelledby=article-114> PDF </a> </li> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/114/193" aria-labelledby=article-114> PDF/A </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-116" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/116"> The find of six species new to Belgium highlights the role of the stone trade as a pathway for non-native land snails (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Louis Bronne, Johann Delcourt </div> <div class="pages"> 11-30 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/116/194" aria-labelledby=article-116> PDF </a> </li> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/116/195" aria-labelledby=article-116> PDF/A </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-117" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/117"> Sexual dimorphism and allometry in the head and body size of two viperid snakes (genus Vipera) </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Bartosz Borczyk, Przemysław Puszkiewicz, Stanisław Bury </div> <div class="pages"> 31-44 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/117/196" aria-labelledby=article-117> PDF </a> </li> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/117/197" aria-labelledby=article-117> PDF/A </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-118" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/118"> Intraspecific morphological and genetic variation in South African populations of a polystomatid flatworm parasite </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Anneke Lincoln Schoeman, Nikol Kmentová, Maarten P.M. Vanhove, Louis Heyns Du Preez </div> <div class="pages"> 45-62 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/118/198" aria-labelledby=article-118> PDF </a> </li> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/118/199" aria-labelledby=article-118> PDF/A </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-178" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/178"> First record of Eckström’s topknot Zeugopterus regius (Bonnaterre, 1788) in Belgian waters </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Jan Ranson, Jasper Van Vlasselaer, Sofie Vranken, Mattias Van Opstal </div> <div class="pages"> 63-69 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/178/260" aria-labelledby=article-178> PDF </a> </li> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/178/261" aria-labelledby=article-178> PDF/A </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-179" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/179"> First record of Eckström’s topknot Zeugopterus regius (Bonnaterre, 1788) in Belgian waters — Corrigendum </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Jan Ranson, Jasper Van Vlasselaer, Sofie Vranken, Mattias Van Opstal </div> <div class="pages"> 70-71 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/179/262" aria-labelledby=article-179> PDF </a> </li> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/179/263" aria-labelledby=article-179> PDF/A </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-180" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/180"> Non-native common snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) in Western Europe: a focus on Central Italy showing evidence of a hot spot of introduction </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Vincenzo Ferri, Corrado Battisti, Giulia Cesarini, Massimiliano Scalici </div> <div class="pages"> 73-82 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/180/264" aria-labelledby=article-180> PDF </a> </li> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/180/265" aria-labelledby=article-180> PDF/A </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-181" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/181"> Origin of the invasive North American beaver (Castor canadensis) sampled in Western Europe </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Lise-Marie Pigneur, Damien Gailly, Benoit Manet, Jan Herr, Laurent Schley, Steffi Venske, Yoann Bressan, Johan Michaux </div> <div class="pages"> 83-95 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/181/269" aria-labelledby=article-181> PDF </a> </li> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/181/270" aria-labelledby=article-181> PDF/A </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-183" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/183"> Spawning migration and habitat characteristics of Labeobarbus species in the Gumara River and its tributaries, Lake Tana subbasin, Ethiopia </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Wondie Zelalem, Minwyelet Mingist, Wassie Anteneh, Mulugeta Kibret, Enyew Adgo, Jan Nyssen, Elie Verleyen, Alain De Vocht </div> <div class="pages"> 97-116 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/183/272" aria-labelledby=article-183> PDF </a> </li> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/183/273" aria-labelledby=article-183> PDF/A </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-184" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/184"> Growth parameters of the clupeids Limnothrissa miodon and Stolothrissa tanganicae in northern Lake Tanganyika (Bujumbura sub-basin) </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> N'Sibula T. Mulimbwa, Cesc Gordó-Vilaseca, Leona J.M. Milec, Deepti M. Patel, Busanga Alidor Kankonda, Jean-Claude Micha, Jouko Sarvala, Joost A.M. Raeymaekers </div> <div class="pages"> 117-137 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/184/275" aria-labelledby=article-184> PDF </a> </li> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/184/276" aria-labelledby=article-184> PDF/A </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-193" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/193"> Population dynamics and reproductive features of the Amazon River prawn Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862) in Neotropical reservoirs under drought events </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Lucas Rezende Penido Paschoal, Fernando José Zara </div> <div class="pages"> 139-160 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/193/285" aria-labelledby=article-193> PDF </a> </li> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/193/286" aria-labelledby=article-193> PDF/A </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="obj_article_summary"> <h4 class="title"> <a id="article-194" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/194"> Ant-icipating the fallout: a study on the radioresistance of the black garden ant Lasius niger </a> </h4> <div class="meta"> <div class="authors"> Martin Vastrade, Valérie Cornet, Anne-Catherine Heuskin, Boris Hespeels </div> <div class="pages"> 161-178 </div> </div> <ul class="galleys_links"> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/194/287" aria-labelledby=article-194> PDF </a> </li> <li> <a class="obj_galley_link pdf" href="https://belgianjournalofzoology.eu/BJZ/article/view/194/288" aria-labelledby=article-194> PDF/A </a> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div 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