Derek S. Sikes
Derek Sikes
taxonomy, systematics, Coleoptera, Silphinae, Staphylinidae, Nicrophorini
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-2365
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, US
Ciência habilitada por dados de espécimes
Liu, X., T. M. Blackburn, T. Song, X. Li, C. Huang, and Y. Li. 2019. Risks of Biological Invasion on the Belt and Road. Current Biology 29: 499-505.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.12.036
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is an unprecedented global development program that involves nearly half of the world’s countries [1]. It not only will have economic and political influences, but also may generate multiple environmental challenges and is a focus of considerable academic and p…
Booysen, M., D. Sikes, M. Bowser, and R. Andrews. 2018. Earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) of Interior Alaska. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e27427. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.6.e27427
Earthworms in the family Lumbricidae in Alaska, which are known from coastal regions, primarily in south-central and south-eastern Alaska, are thought to be entirely non-native and have been shown to negatively impact previously earthworm-free ecosystems in study regions outside of Alaska. Despite o…
Piel, W. H. 2018. The global latitudinal diversity gradient pattern in spiders. Journal of Biogeography 45: 1896–1904. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13387
Aim: The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the global latitudinal diversity gradient pattern in spiders is pear‐shaped, with maximum species diversity shifted south of the Equator, rather than egg‐shaped, centred on the equator, this study infers the gradient using two large datasets…