Rare Invasive Yeast Infections in Greek Neonates and Children, a Retrospective 12-Year Study by Maria Noni, Angeliki Stathi, Aristea Velegraki, Mika Malamati, Alexandra Kalampaliki, Levantia Zachariadou, Athanasios Michos

“…A retrospective study was performed from 6/2008–6/2020 regarding IFI caused by rare species. Identification of isolates was attained by conventional, molecular, and MALDI TOF MS methods, and susceptibility testing was performed according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards (CLSI) methodology. …”
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Estimating competition in metacommunities: accounting for biases caused by dispersal by Liang Xu, Adam T. Clark, Mark Rees, Lindsay A. Turnbull

“…We reveal that: estimates of competition coefficients are biased when dispersal is not properly accounted for; and the resulting bias is often correlated with abundance, with rare species suffering the greatest overestimation. We also provide a standardized metric of competition that allows the bias to be calculated for a broad range of other population models. …”
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Lowland forest butterflies of the Sankosh River catchment, Bhutan by A.P. Singh

“…Establishment of a butterfly conservatory and park as a ‘biodiversity offset’ for conservation of ‘rare’ species along with more field surveys in the study area will be a way forward along with the present work to bridge the exisiting gaps in knowledge on butterflies of the sub-tropical lowland forests of the Himalayas.…”
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The seasonality of butterflies in a semi-evergreen forest: Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, northeastern India by Arun P. Singh, Lina Gogoi, Jis Sebastain

“…<p class="p1">A study spanning 3.7 years on the butterflies of Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary GWS (21km²), a semi-evergreen forest, in Jorhat District of Assam, northeastern India revealed 211 species of butterflies belonging to 115 genera including 19 papilionids and seven ‘rare’ and ‘very rare’ species as per Evans list of the Indian sub-continent (Great Blue Mime <em>Papilio paradoxa telearchus</em>; Brown Forest Bob<em>Scobura woolletti</em>; Snowy Angle <em>Darpa pteria dealbatahas</em>; Constable <em>Dichorragia nesimachus</em>; Grey Baron <em>Euthalia anosia anosia</em>; Sylhet Oakblue <em>Arhopala silhetensis</em>; Branded Yamfly <em>Yasoda tripunctata</em>). …”
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Avian Louse Flies and Their Trypanosomes: New Vectors, New Lineages and Host–Parasite Associations by Anežka Santolíková, Jana Brzoňová, Ivan Čepička, Milena Svobodová

“…A total of 567 louse fly specimens belonging to 7 species were collected from birds at several localities in Czechia, including the rare species <i>Ornithophila metallica</i> and <i>Ornithoica turdi</i>. …”
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Conservation implications of wildlife translocations; The state's ability to act as conservation units for wildebeest populations in South Africa by Nicole Benjamin-Fink, Brian K. Reilly

“…Ironically, they may also be responsible for the extinction of pure genetic lineages via hybridization, thereby negatively impacting endangered, indigenous, and rare species. Due to recent evolutionary divergence, black wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) and blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) can mate and produce fertile offspring when sympatric. …”
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Useful model organisms, indicators, or both? Ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) reflecting environmental conditions by Matti Koivula

“…The ability of assemblage indices and specialist or functional-group abundances to reflect rare species and habitats should be examined in detail. (2) Experimental evidence suggests that carabids may potentially serve as keystone indicators. (3) Carabids are sensitive to human-altered abiotic conditions, such as pesticide use in agro-ecosystems and heavy metal contamination of soils. …”
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Identifying best conservation areas for an endangered and endemic raptor in Cuba through abundance spatial modeling: A niche-centroid distances approach by Yarelys Ferrer-Sánchez, Ricardo Rodríguez-Estrella

“…Several rare species of the island of Cuba are facing local extinction risk and threats. …”
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Analysis of species floristics within the oak forests of Guerrouche (Jijel, Algeria) by Bounar Rabah, Charmat Sabah, Amara Djilani Ghemmam, Adjabi Amina

“…The number of rare and very rare species was 70 taxa. The study also revealed the clear degradation of the genus Erica of this ecosystem. …”
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Factors Which Contribute to the Immunogenicity of Non-replicating Adenoviral Vectored Vaccines by Lynda Coughlan

“…Although a significant amount of information exists regarding the tropism determinants of the common human adenovirus type-5 vector, very little is known about the receptor usage and tropism of rare species or non-human Ad vectors. Increased understanding of how different facets of the host response to Ad vectors contribute to their immunological potency will be essential for the development of optimized and customized Ad vaccine platforms for specific diseases.…”
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Environmental heterogeneity determines beta diversity and species turnover for woody plants along an elevation gradient in subtropical forests of China by Lan Jiang, Xin Zhang, Jing Zhu, Xin Wei, Bo Chen, Jinfu Liu, Shiqun Zheng, Zhongsheng He

“…By using the Classification Method, we divided the species of Daiyun Mountain into four groups, namely generalists, high-elevation specialists, low-elevation specialists and rare species. We then calculated beta diversity, and partitioned it into species turnover and species nestedness. dbRDA was conducted to analyze the impact of spatial and environmental distance on the beta diversity and its partitioning components. …”
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The Colonization of a Cold Spring Ecosystem by the Invasive Species <i>Potamopyrgus antipodarum</i> (Gray, 1843) (Gastropoda: Tateidae) (Southern Poland) by Mariola Krodkiewska, Anna Cieplok, Aneta Spyra

“…Springs are unique aquatic environments that support specific biota, including endemic species and rare species listed in Red Lists. Due to their usually small size, springs are highly sensitive to disturbance. …”
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Habitat Heterogeneity and Geographic Location as Major Drivers of Cerrado Small Mammal Diversity Across Multiple Spatial Scales by Ana Paula Carmignotto, Renata Pardini, Mario de Vivo

“…As hypothesized, we found: (1) rich assemblages (12–21 species) characterized by few abundant and several intermediate-level and rare species; dominated by oryzomyine and akodontine cricetid rodents, and thylamyine and marmosine within marsupials, each tribe showing distinct habitat requirements; (2) strong habitat selectivity, with assemblages composed of forest dwellers, savanna specialists, and grassland inhabitants; and (3) similar species richness (α-diversity) but high species turnover (β-diversity) across sites, habitats, and localities, suggesting that horizontal stratification (within localities) and geographic location (across the Cerrado) are key drivers of small mammal diversity in tropical savannas. …”
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Recent Development in Micropropagation Techniques for Rare Plant Species by Vasiliy A. Chokheli, Pavel A. Dmitriev, Vishnu D. Rajput, Semyon D. Bakulin, Anatoly S. Azarov, Tatiana V. Varduni, Victoria V. Stepanenko, Sarieh Tarigholizadeh, Rupesh Kumar Singh, Krishan K. Verma, Tatiana M. Minkina

“…Methods of biodiversity conservation as well as several overview recommendations for the preservation of various rare species have been considered. An overview of the taxa included in the red book has been presented on the example of the Russian Federation. …”
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Assembling genetic structure of Gardenia remyi, a critically endangered tree endemic to the Hawaiian Islands by Kristina Egholm Hansen, Mike Opgenorth, Tim Flynn, Barbara Kennedy, Nina Rønsted, Jill K. Olofsson, Christopher J. Barnes

“…Abstract Conservation and restoration planning of extremely rare species relies on an understanding of the genetic diversity and population dynamics within a species to overcome potential inbreeding depression. …”
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Phytoplankton Community Structure in Highly-Mineralized Small Gypsum Karst Lake (Russia) by Alexander Okhapkin, Ekaterina Sharagina, Pavel Kulizin, Natalja Startseva, Ekaterina Vodeneeva

“…The formation of mono- and oligo-dominant nannoplankton diatom communities with a predominance of the rare species <i>Cyclotella distinguenda</i> Hustedt was demonstrated there. …”
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Surveying frogs from the bellies of their parasites: Invertebrate-derived DNA as a novel survey method for frogs by Timothy P. Cutajar, Jodi J.L. Rowley

“…We demonstrate for the first time that iDNA can be used in targeted surveys of frog diversity and that it may increase the detectability of some species compared to traditional surveys. iDNA holds particular promise in the search for rare species, including those that are missing, feared extinct, and may also be useful in biosecurity, detecting invasive species.…”
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Staphylinids (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of Ukrainian metropolises by A. V. Puchkov, V. V. Brygadyrenko, L. I. Faly, N. A. Komaromi

“…Almost two thirds of the fauna of staphylinids of the cities was classified as rare species. The lowest faunistic similarity was seen between the staphylinids of the urban cenoses of Dnipro and those in Kyiv and Kharkiv (15.3% and 17.5%), similarity was higher for Staphylinidae of Kyiv and Kharkiv (36.0%). …”
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Estimating wolf abundance from cameras by David E. Ausband, Paul M. Lukacs, Mark Hurley, Shane Roberts, Kaitlyn Strickfaden, Anna K. Moeller

“…Recent advances in trail camera technology provide an unprecedented opportunity for biologists to monitor rare species economically. Few studies, however, have conducted rigorous analyses of our ability to estimate abundance of low‐density carnivores with cameras. …”
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DNA Barcoding and Genetic Structure Analysis of Deep-Sea Notacanthiform Fishes by David Barros-García, Juan Carlos Arronte, Lourdes Fernandez

“…The DNA barcode of the rare species Lipogenys gillii was obtained for the first time ever. …”
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