Microbial erosion assessment on waterlogged archaeological woods (WAWs) from a Chinese ancient shipwreck, Nanhai No. 1

Abstract This article aims at identifying the timber species of Nanhai No.1, an ancient shipwreck (Song Dynasty, 800 years ago) sunk in the South China Sea, finding out the types of bacteria that corrode the wood components of the shipwreck and analyzing the erosion level.The changes of the internal structure of wood under different erosion degrees

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Behavioural adaptations to moisture as an environmental constraint in a nocturnal burrow-inhabiting Kalahari detritivore Parastizopus armaticeps Peringuey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

The nocturnal desert detritivore Parastiz.opus armaticeps shows differences in surface activity SENSOR patterns and burrow fidelity depending on surface humidity.After rain approximately half of the beetle population, independent of sex, is highly vagile and disperses over long distances.During drought, beetles are more sedentary and show higher bu

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