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Arianta 6, 2018 ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Arianta Jahr/Year: 2018 Band/Volume: 6 Autor(en)/Author(s): diverse Artikel/Article: Vorträge / Lectures 6 ARIANTA 6 Vorträge / Lectures Sunday 20th Begrüßung – Helmut Sattmann Josef Greimler: Pflanzenleben im Fels Michael Duda: Schnecken in Fels und Schutt Daniel Kreiner: Federn im Fels – Vögel als Felsbewohner im Nationalpark Gesäuse Monday 21st Zoltan Feher: Range­constrained co­occurrence simulation reveals little niche partitioning among rock­dwelling Montenegrina land snails (Gastropoda: Clausiliidae) Katharina Mason: Peculiar points in the phylogeny of the rock­dwelling land snail genus Montenegrina Willy De Mattia: Stability and variability of anatomical traits in Montenegrina species (Gastropoda, Clausiliidae) against shell­based taxonomy: the case of M. subcristata and M. perstriata Andjela Bulatovic & Jovana Markovic: Population size, density and dispersion patterns Montenegrina subcristata in the area of Virpazar (Montenegro) Tuesday 21st Sinos Giokas: Shell adaptations for heat and water management in a rock­dwelling snail Raiko Slapnik: The subterranean snails of genus Zospeum (Eupulmonata, Ellobioidea, Carychiidae), what do we know about them. Josef Harl: Phylogeny of the land snail genus Schileykula (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Orculidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences ­ Evidence for repeated hybridization Wednesday 23rd Ira Richling: Progress in understanding the European species of Bythiospeum with an outlook on Austrian taxa Luise Kruckenhauser: Where is the border to neighbours garden? – assessing population size in Cylindrus obtusus Anatoly Schileyko: Reduction as one of important ways of Pulmonata (Gastropoda) evolution Poster presentation Katharina Mason: MoFA – the newly founded Society for Molluscan Research in Austria Iris Fischer & Marcia Sittenthaler: Summer in the city! DNA Barcoding and survey of dragonflies in Vienna: preliminary results 6.
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