Non-biting midges of the genus Chironomus are a model organism to answer questions on the molecular evolution of genes and genome organisation. In ecotoxicology, the aquatic chironomid larvae are used
ABSTRACT: Spiders are part of the soil biodiversity, considered fundamental to the food chain hierarchy, directly and indirectly influencing several services in agricultural and forest ecosystems. The
Population sizes of many birds are declining alarmingly and methods for estimating fluctuations in species’ abundances at a large spatial scale are needed. The possibility to derive indicators from th