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First report of Hainesia lythri causing leaf spots of Paeonia suffruticosa in China

First report of Halkieria and enigmatic globular fossils from the central European Marianian (Lower Cambrian, Gorlitz Syncline, Germany)

First report of Helicobacter pullorum in the faeces of a diarrhoeic psittacine bird (Psephotus haematogaster)

First report of Hesperoctenes fumarius Westwood (Hemiptera: Polyctenidae) from the island of Dominica

First report of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora (Nematoda : Heterorhabditidae) from UK

First report of Honeysuckle yellow vein mosaic virus on tomato affected by yellow dwarf disease in Japan

First report of Hop latent viroid (HLVd) in China

First report of Hyalomma marginatum isaaci Sharif (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) from the Union of Myanmar, with a concurrent collection of H. hussaini Sharif

First report of Hydaphis coriandri (Das) and Cavariella aegopodii (Scop.) on Antehum and other hosts in Iran

First report of Involutinidae (Foraminifera) in marine Triassic rocks of North America

First report of Lappetascaris lutjani Rasheed, 1965 (Nematoda, Ascaridoidea, Anisakidae) parasitizing Trachipterus arawatae (Pisces, Lampridiformes) on the Atlantic Coast of Brazil

First report of Lathromeris Foerster (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from India

First report of Leiochrides australis Augener, 1914 (Polychaeta, Capitellidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and notes on the genus Leiochrides

First report of Lepidotrachelophyllum fornicus Nicholls and Lynn in the United States

First report of Lercaritubus in North America, from the Permian Capitan limestone, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico

First report of Lily mottle virus infecting Narcissus pseudonarcissus in China

First report of Little cherry virus 1 in cherry, plum, almond and peach in Italy

First report of Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) umbratilis Ward & Frahia, 1977 outside of Amazonian region, in Recife, state of Pernambuco, Brazil (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)

First report of Lutzomyia (Psychodopygus) bispinosa Fairchild and Hertig (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Costa Rica

First report of Lutzomyia Franca in the Department of Guainia, Amazonian Colombia, and of Brumptomyia mesai Sherlock (Diptera : Psychodidae) in the Colombian Caribbean Coast FT Primer informe de Lutzomyia Franca en el Departamento de Guaima, Amazonia Colombiana, y de Brumptomyia mesai Sherlock (Diptera: Psychodidae) en el Litoral Caribe Colombiano

First report of Macrophomina phaseolina causing crown and root rot of strawberry in Spain

First report of Megatrigoniinae (Bivalvia, Cretaceous) from Papua New Guinea

First report of Melanaphis bambusee (Homoptera: Aphididae) in the Neotropical Region

First report of Meloidogyne graminis (Nematoda : Tylenchida) in Venezuela FT Primer reporte de Meloidogyne graminis (Nematoda: Tylenchida) en Venezuela

First report of Melon necrotic spot virus on melon in Tunisia

First report of Mesocestoides sp. tetrathridia (Cyclophyllidea: Mesocestoididae) in the Texas alligator lizard, Gerrhonotus liocephalus (Sauria: Anguidae), from Coahuila, Mexico

First report of Metapterus linearis from Slovakia (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae)

First report of Microsporidia of blackfly larvae (Simuliidae) from Bulgaria

First report of Myotis nattereri in Romagna (Mammalia, Vespertilionidae)

First report of Oidium neolycopersici on tomatoes in Turkey

First report of Olive latent virus 2 in wild castor bean (Ricinus communis) in Italy

First report of Ophiosphaerella herpotricha causing spring dead spot of bermudagrass in Mississippi

First report of Orobanche crenata parasitism on ornamental anemone (Anemone coronaria) in Israel

First report of Orthochirus innesi (Scorpionida: Buthidae) from Morocco

First report of PCV-2 associated diseases in Bulgaria

First report of Paradistichodus dimidiatus (Pellegrin), a citharinid fish, in the Senegal River

First report of Parasitylenchus coccinellae Iperti and Waerebeke (1968) from India in two new hosts Menochilus sexmaculatus (F.) and Illeis indica Timb

First report of Paruscanoidea and Haeckeliania (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from India, with descriptions of two new species

First report of Passiflora leaf mottle disease caused by a whitefly-transmitted geminivirus in Puerto Rico

First report of Peach latent mosaic viroid infecting peach in Egypt

First report of Pear blister canker virold in Malta

First report of Peltophryne lemur from St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands

First report of Periclemenes yucatanicus (Ives) (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) in association with a corallimorpharian anemone

First report of Phaeoacremonium viticola affecting grapevines in Spain

First report of Phoma exigua as a pathogen of hop in Slovenia

First report of Phylloxere notebilis (Hemiptera: Phylloxeridae), in the Neotropical Region

First report of Physaloptera losseni Ortlepp, 1937 (Nematoda: Physalopteroidea) in Leptodon forbesi (Swann, 1922) (Falconiformes: Accipitridae) from Brazil

First report of Phytophthora cactorum Lithuania FT Pirmas pranesimas apie Phytophthora cactorum Lietuvojein

First report of Phytophthora capsici on cucurbits and peppers in British Columbia

First report of Phytophthora nicotianae causing blight of Dendrobium candidum in Zhejiang province, China

First report of Phytophthora primulae in Greece: identification based on morphology and DNA analysis and determination of its host range

First report of Podosphaera fusca causing powdery mildew of marigold in Mendoza, Argentina. FT Primera cita de Podosphaera fusca, responsable del oidio de la calendula en Mendoza, Argentina.

First report of Prochloron in association with the genus Polysyncraton didemnid ascidian (Tunicata)

First report of Prunus necrotic ringspot virus in peach in Mexico

First report of Pseudocladochonus hicksoni Versluys from Korea (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Telestacea)

First report of Pseudodactylogyrus anguillae (Yin et Sproston, 1948) Gussev, 1965 (Monogenea: Monopisthocotylea) in Spain

First report of Psychodopygus lloydi (Antunes) (Diptera, Psychodidae) in Parana State, southern of Brazil FT Primeiro registro de Psychodopygus lloydi (Antunes) (Diptera, Psychodidae) no Estado do Parana, Sul do Brasil

First report of Questidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) in the Mediterranean Sea: Questa cuadicirra Hartman

First report of Rhizoctonia solani causing blight on yam bean (Pachyrrhizus erosus) in India

First report of Rhizoctonia solani causing web blight on pigeonpea in Brazil

First report of Rhizoctonia solani subgroup AG 1-ID causing leaf blight on durian in Vietnam

First report of Sarcocystis rangiferi and a second Sarcocystis species with parasite-induced encapsulation in cervids from central Europe

First report of Schistocephalus sp (Cestoda : pseudophyllidea) in slimy sculpin, Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836, from Lake Michigan,

First report of Schistocephalus sp (Cestoda : pseudophyllidea) in slimy sculpin, Cottus cognatus Richardson, 1836, from Lake Michigan, USA

First report of Schistosoma spindale in Yunnan Province

First report of Sclerotinia minor infecting Ipomoea hederacea and I. coccinea in Texas

First report of Septoria pachyspora causing leaf blotch of Zanthoxylum schinifolium

First report of Southern Blight on bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) caused by Sclerotium rolfsii in South Carolina

First report of Stemphylium botryosum causing leaf blight of kiwi in the Province Imathia, Northern Greece

First report of Stemphylium vesicarium as causal agent of wilting and root rotting of radish sprouts in Itay

First report of Strombus gallus (Gastropoda: Strombidae) from coral reefs of the Colombian Caribbean

First report of Suberites undulatus (Demospongiae) from coastal waters of the Gulf of Mexico

First report of Temnocephala brevicornis Monticelli 1889 (Temnocephalidae: Platyhelminthes) in Argentina

First report of Tobacco mosaic virus on sugar beet in China

First report of Tomato chlorosis virus infecting tomato crops in Sinaloa, Mexico (Vol 56, Pg 311, 2007)

First report of Tomato chlorosis virus infecting tomato crops in Sinaloa, Mexico Corrigenda

First report of Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid infecting commercial petunia stocks in the United Kingdom

First report of Tomato severe rugose virus infecting pepper plants in Brazil

First report of Tomato yellow leaf curl China virus infecting kidney bean in China

First report of Trichinella britovi in wildlife from Poland

First report of Turnip mosaic virus in horseradish in Brazil

First report of Turnip mosaic virus on Brassicaceae crops in Turkey

First report of Xenus cinereus (Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae) for Brazil

First report of Zaga Girault and Oligositoides Doutt (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from India, with descriptions of three new species

First report of Zyginella pulchra Low. as a harmful insect on deciduous fruit trees in Iran

First report of Zygospores in Asellariales and new species from the Caribbean

First report of a 16SrI, Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris group phytoplasma associated with a date palm disease in Saudi Arabia

First report of a Jurassic ray outside of Europe

First report of a KDR mutation in Anopheles arabiensis from Burkina Faso, West Africa

First report of a Nemestrinidae (Diptera) parasitoid of the Mantodea

First report of a foliar nematode Aphelenchoides fragariae (Aphelenchidae) on Stachys riederi var. japonica, a medicinal plant, in Korea

First report of a fossil marsh crocodile Crocodylus palustris from the Manneru Valley, Andhra Pradesh

First report of a freshwater amphipod (Gammaridea: Hyalellidae), Hyalella azteca (Saussure), from nonanchihaline waters of Bermuda

First report of a hitherto unknown larval food plant of the brown king crow, Euploea klugii Moore (Lepidoptera: Insecta)

First report of a leaf spot on snow lotus caused by Alternaria carthami in China

First report of a loggerhead sea turtle from Alaska

First report of a minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede, 1804) in Hellenic waters

First report of a new potyvirus, Tricyrtis virus Y, and Lily virus X, a potexvirus, in Tricyrtis formosana in the United States

First report of a new predator, Andrallus spinidens (Fabr.), on Mexican bettle Zygogramma bichlorata (Pallister) from Uttaranchal, India

First report of a phase II clinical trial of lenalidomide oral therapy

First report of a phytoplasma associated with Praxelis witches' broom in China

First report of a quaternary crocodylian from a cave deposit in Northern Puerto Rico

First report of a rhabdovirus affecting carp in Spain

First report of a samson gray fox

First report of a sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates) on a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), and a re-evaluation of remora-cetacean associations

First report of a species of Aleuroclava on sure orange from south of Iran (Boshehr)

First report of a species of silverbelly, Leiognathus smithursti (Ramsay and Ogilby) from Kakinada coast

First report of a strain of Tobacco leaf curl Japan virus associated with a satellite DNA in honeysuckle in Japan

First report of a terrestrial slug (Arion fasciatus) living in an aquatic habitat

First report of a tube anemone, Cerianthus filiformis Carlgren, from Korean waters, including comparison of cnidae in adults and planulae

First report of a water mite in the family Pionidae (Acari: Parasitengona: Hygrobatoidea) in the Hawaiian Islands

First report of ace 1 mutation in Anopheles arabiensis populations from Burkina Faso (West Africa)

First report of aflagellate spermatozoon in a parasitic platyhelminthe, found in the monogenean Diplozoon gracile (Polyopisthocotylea, Diplozoidae)

First report of an albino Rana temporaria in Flanders, Belgium

First report of an arachnid order Cyphophthalmi(da) from India in Arunachal Pradesh

First report of an association between Planes cyaneus (Decapoda: Grapsidae) and loggerhead sea turtles in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean

First report of an entomogenous nematode, Panagrolaimus sp. from coffee-berry borer, Hypothenemus gampei (Ferrari) from Karnataka, India

First report of an outbreak of Rice stripe virus on wheat in China

First report of antennular attachment organs in a barnacle nauplius larva

First report of anthracnose fruit rot caused by Colletotrichum acutatum on pepper and tomato in Bulgaria

First report of ascochyta leaf spot caused by Phoma exigua var. exigua on common bean in Greece

First report of bacterial blight of passionfruit in Roraima, Brazil FT Ocorrencia da mancha bacteriana do maracujazeiro em Roraima

First report of bacterial leaf and flower spot of Zinnia elegans caused by Xanthomonas campestris pv. zinniae in Hungary

First report of black scab caused by Diplotheca tunae (Myriangiaceae) on Epiphyllum phyllanthus FT Primeiro relato de verrugose negra causada por Diplotheca tunae (Myriangiaceae) em Epiphyllumphyllanthus

First report of brooding in Syllides japonica Imajima (Syllidae: Polychaeta)

First report of brown patch on bristle basket grass in Iran

First report of brown root rot of alfalfa caused by Phoma sclerotioides in Colorado and New Mexico

First report of bryophyte bird-nests and their bryophytes in China

First report of canine-distemper-like disease and lesions in harbor seals: pathologic-histologic findings and virus isolation

First report of chestnut ink disease by Phytophthora katsurae on chestnut in Korea (vol 92, pg 312, 2008)

First report of chromosome number in Astasia longa Pringsheim, a colourless euglenoid flagellate

First report of crown gall caused by an Agrobacterium sp. on diffuse knapweed (Centaurea diffusa)

First report of dopamine responsive dystonia as the presentation of dihydropteridine reductase deficiency

First report of downy mildew caused by Peronospora sp on basil in northern Iran

First report of egg deposition and egg morphology of the endangered endemic Romanian perch

First report of emetic toxin producing Bacillus cereus strains isolated from clinical and raw vegetable diet in Korea

First report of fish pasteurellosis from Malta

First report of fossil dinoflagellates from the west coast of India and some observations

First report of furunculosis in turbot reared in floating cages in northwest of Spain

First report of genus Pasteelsia Malasie (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) with a new species from India and a key to Oriental species

First report of genus Pristiphora Latreille with three new species from India and a key to Oriental species (Hymenoptera: Symphyta: Tenthredinidae: Nematinae)

First report of genus Senoclidea Rohwer (Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Tenthredinidae: Blennocampinae) with two new species from India and a key to Oriental species

First report of heartwater (cowdriosis) in kafue lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis) in Zambia

First report of hexactinellid dictyosponges and other sponges from the Upper Mississippian Bengor Limestones, northwestern Alabama

First report of human Centrocestus formosanus infection

First report of human angiastrongyliasis cantonensis in the south of Fujian Province

First report of human angiostrongyliasis in Hong Kong diagnosed by computerized axial topography and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay

First report of human cestodiasis in Equatorial Guinea

First report of human schistosomiasis and Oncomelania snails in Yulin County, Guangxi

First report of ichthyosaurian remains from the Cretaceous of Venezuela

First report of larval Eustrongylides ignotus (Nematoda: Dioctophymatidae) in peacock bass in Gatun Lake, Republic of Panama

First report of larval and pupal Trichopseniinae: external morphology, taxonomy and behaviour (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

First report of lavender wilt caused by Fusarium solani in China

First report of leaf blight of Chlorophytum borivilianum caused by Colletotrichum capsici in northern India

First report of leaf blight of garlic (Allium sativum) caused by Stemphylium solani in China

First report of leaf smut on fescue (Festuca rubra) caused by Urocystis agropyri in interior Alaska

First report of lymphocystis disease in Sparus aurata (Linnaeus) in Spain

First report of lymphocystis in the family Gerreidae: Caitipa Mojarras Diapterus rhombeus from La Parguera, Puerto Rico

First report of male sleeping aggregations in the pollen wasp Celonites abbreviatus (Villers, 1789) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae)

First report of mange caused by Sarcoptes scabiei in a wild raccoon dog, Nyctereutes procyonoides, in Nopporo Forest Park, Hokkaido, Japan

First report of masked booby, Sula dactylatra from the shores of coastal Karnataka

First report of mefenoxam-resistant isolates of Phytophthora capsici from lima bean pods in the Mid-Atlantic Region

First report of mites (Gamasida : Laelapidae) parasitic on wild rodents in Uruguay, with new host records FT Primer registro de acaros (Gamasida: laelapidae) pardsitos de roedores silvestres en Uruguay, con nuevos registros de hospedadores

First report of natural infection with quartan malaria parasite Plasmodium shortti in Macaca fascicularis umbrosa (=irus) of Nicobar Islands

First report of nematode trapping by a fungus (Arthrobotrys oligospora) in South Africa

First report of nesting lesser goldfinch in Idaho

First report of nesting ring-billed gulls in Nevada

First report of occurrence of Trypanosoma clariae Montel, 1905 in the blood of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus) from India

First report of palaemonid shrimp Onycocaris callyspongiae (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from Korea

First report of pasteurellosis in freshwater hybrid tilapia (Oreochromis aureus x O. nilotica) in Israel

First report of penguins nesting on Isla Floreana

First report of phaeohyphomycosis of Nezara viridula Linn. (Insecta: Heteroptera) caused by Curvularia lunata

First report of piscine nodavirus (Betanodaviridae) infecting wild winter flounder, Pleuronectes americanus, from Passamaquoddy Bay, New Brunswick

First report of plant associated mites (Acari) from Lakshadwip Islands

First report of plant parasite Helicanthus elastica (Ders.) Dans. in ailanthus plantation in tamil nadu

First report of plastic ingestion by striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea

First report of pospiviroids infecting ornamentals in the Netherlands: Citrus exocortis viroid in Verbena sp., Potato spindle tuber viroid in Brugmansia suaveolens and Solanum jasminoides, and Tomato apical stunt viroid in Cestrum sp

First report of powdery mildew (Oidium carpini) on Carpinus betulus in Poland

First report of powdery mildew (Oidium sp.) on greater celandine (Chelidonium majus)

First report of powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe Ionicerae var. Ionicerae on Lonicera sempervirens in Korea

First report of powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe cruciferarum on Brassica juncea in Australia

First report of powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe lonicerae var. lonicerae on Lonicera sempervirens in Korea

First report of powdery mildew caused by Golovinomyces cichoracearum on English daisy (Bellis perennis) in Italy

First report of powdery mildew of Platanus orientalis caused by Erysiphe platani in China

First report of powdery mildew on Sedum alboroseum in Europe

First report of primary culture for deep-sea clams

First report of purple coneflower phyllody associated with a 16SrI-B phytoplasma in Maryland

First report of qnr genes in Salmonella in The Netherlands

First report of qnrB-producing Enterobacter cloacae and qnrA-producing Acinetobacter baumannii recovered from Algerian hospitals

First report of rabies in vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) in an urban area, Ubatuba, Sao Paulo state, Brazil

First report of raceme blight caused by Cladosporium cladosporioides on macadamia nuts in South Africa

First report of remoras on two killer whales (Orcinus orca) in the Gulf of California, Mexico

First report of rhizoctonia blight of a coastal redwood tissue-culture-derived saplings caused by Rhizoctonia solani AG-IV in Taiwan

First report of rust disease caused by Puccinia elymi on Leymus chinensis in China

First report of scissor-tailed flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus Gmelin (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae), in eastern Cuba

First report of septate gregarines (Protozoa: Apicomplexa) from insects of the Sagar Islands

First report of seven fish species from Colombian Caribbean waters

First report of seven fish species from the bottom, of Colombian Caribbean waters

First report of shell boring predation by a member of the Nassariidae (Gastropoda)

First report of simultaneous presence of Tomato yellow leaf curl Sardinia virus and Tomato yellow leaf curl Israel virus infecting crops and weeds in Tunisia

First report of snapping shrimp Synalpheus neomeris (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) from Korea

First report of stem necrosis of okra by Corynespora cassiicola in Bangladesh

First report of syntopic occurrence of Oliva oliva Linnaeus, 1758 with an Oliva sp. of the Oliva oliva complex (Gastropoda: Olividae): field observations regarding localities and habitat, with some notes on live animal behaviour

First report of the Alberta Bird Record Committee

First report of the Columbian root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne chitwoodi) in Virginia

First report of the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum Koch in Iowa

First report of the Indian myna in Swaziland

First report of the Japanese red alga Antithamnion nipponicum (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta) in Norway, an invasive species new to northern Europe

First report of the Kentucky Bird Records Committee

First report of the Maryland/DC records committee

First report of the Mesozoic urodelans from China

First report of the NOU Records Committee

First report of the New South Wales Ornithological Records Appraisal Committee December 1992

First report of the North Dakota rare bird committee

First report of the North Sea Benthos Working Group

First report of the OAZ Rarities Committee

First report of the Sabine's gull in Kentucky

First report of the Stylodactylid shrimp Parastylodactylus bimaxillaris (Decapoda: Caridea: Stylodactylidae) from Korea

First report of the Trinidad and Tobago Rare Bird Committee

First report of the West Virginia Bird Records Committee July 1997

First report of the acanthocephalan Macracanthorhynchus ingens from the domestic dog Canis familiaris in Kansas

First report of the alpheid shrimp Salmoneus gracilipes (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) from Korea

First report of the association Loxothylacus texanus (Cirripedia: Sacculinidae) - Goniopsis cruentata (Crustacea: Grapsidae) in the Colombian Caribbean

First report of the brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch (Araneae : Theridiidae) from India

First report of the deepwater squirrelfish, Adioryx bullsi, from new Jersey waters

First report of the dispersal into Montana of Urophora quadrifasciata (Diptera: Tephritidae), a fly released into Canada for biological control of spotted and diffuse knapweed

First report of the downy mildew Peronospora lamii on Salvia officinalis and Rosmarinus officinalis in the UK

First report of the electron micrograph of "Candidatus liberibacter" particles on Citrus in Brazil

First report of the electron micrograph of Candidatus liberibacter particles on Citrus in Brazil

First report of the emergence of CTX-M-Type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ES-BLs) as the predominant ESBL isolated in a US health care System del

First report of the emergence of CTX-M-Type extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBLs) as the predominant ESBL isolated in a U.S. health care system (vol 51, pg 4015, 2007)

First report of the enigmatic metazoan Anomalocaris from the southern hemisphere and a trilobite with preserved appendages from the Early Cambrian of Kangaroo Island, South Australia

First report of the entomogenus fungus Cordyceps dipterigena from Peninsular Malaysia

First report of the existence of sunn pest EGG parasitoid, Trissolcus festivae Viktorov (Hym. Scelionidae) in Iran and some preliminary studies on its biology

First report of the family Lecanodiaspididae and other new records and notes on Philippine scale insects (Coccoidea, Hemiptera)

First report of the family Vaejovidae (Scorpionidae: Arachnida) in Madhya Pradesh, with the description of a new species Scorpiops (Scorpiops) pachmarhicus

First report of the fossil fish, Diodon (family Diodontidae) from the Miocene of Cuba

First report of the genus Didymophyes Stein, 1848 (Apicomplexa: Sporozoen) from an orthopteran insect in India

First report of the genus Pachynematus Konow from India with two new species (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae)

First report of the genus Phymetoceridea Rohwer, with a new species from India and a key to Oriental species (Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Tenthredinidae: Blennocampinae)

First report of the genus Proadusta Sacco, 1894 (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) from the Western Hemisphere, with a description of a new species from the Eocene of Washington

First report of the genus Rhabdochona (Globochona) rahimi sp. n. from a fresh water fish Brilius pakistanicus in Pakistan

First report of the genus Siphlaenigma Penniket and the family Siphlaenigmatidae (Ephemeroptera) from Australia

First report of the genus Trichodinella Sramek-Husek, 1963 (Ciliophora: Urecolariidae) from an Indian fish

First report of the gray heron in the United States

First report of the identification of Moroccan watermelon mosaic virus in papaya in Democratic Republic of Congo

First report of the incidence of eugregarine (Protozoa: Sporozoa) infection in a coccinellid beetle in India

First report of the interstitial testate amoebae (Protozoa: Testacea) in the marine supralittoral of the Livingston Island (the Antarctic)

First report of the joint NCC-SPNC otter group

First report of the leafhopper Graminella fitchii for Michigan (Homoptera: Cicadellidae)

First report of the lesion nematode Pratylenchus brachyurus on groundnut in India

First report of the little-known scyphomedusa Drymonema dalmatinum in the Caribbean Sea, with notes on its biology

First report of the lizard Phyllodactylus ventralis (Sauria: Gekkonidae), from a mangrove in Colombia

First report of the natural occurrence of Beauveria bassiana (Moniliales: Moniliaceae) in Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

First report of the neotropical damsel bug Alloeorhynchus trimacula (Stein) in the United States, with new records for two other nabid species in Florida (Heteroptera: Nabidae: Prostemmatinae)

First report of the nest and young of the variegated antpitta (Grallaria varia)

First report of the occurrence of brachypterous adult in Gerris limnogonus (s. s.) fossarum fossarum (Fabr.)

First report of the occurrence of chicken Cryptosporidium in Guangdong Province

First report of the palearctic species Cydia coniferana (Tortricidae) in the western United States

First report of the plerocercus of Grillotia angeli Dollfus 1969 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha)

First report of the presence of Acartia margalefi (Copepoda: Calanoida) in Southampton Water and Horsea Lake, UK

First report of the protists Cochliopodium and Lepidotrachelophyllum in Florida

First report of the southern great skua (Stercorarius skua lonnbergi) at Cape Bird, Ross Island, Antarctica

First report of the threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, from Sable Island

First report of the western wheat aphid, Diuraphis tritici (Gillette) in Indiana

First report of two Balantidium species from the Chinese giant salamander, Andrias davidianus: Balantidium sinensis Nie 1935 and Balantidium andianusis n. sp

First report of two Balantidium species from the Chinese giant salamander, Andrias davidianus: Balantidium sinensis Nie 1935 and Balantidium andianusis n. sp.

First report of two eriophyoid mites from pistachio in Kerman and Yazd

First report of unsegmented tapeworm Gigantolina (Unilobulata) raebareliensis n. subg. from fresh water fish Mystus tengra (Ham.) from India

First report of uppermost Lower Pliocene calcareous nannofossil assemblage and sedimentary environments from northwestern Hainan Island, China

First report of verticillium wilt of artichoke caused by Verticillium dahliae in Tunisia

First report of viral erythrocytic necrosis in Alaska, USA, associated with epizootic mortality in Pacific herring, Clupea harengus pallasi (Valenciennes)

First report of well-preserved precambrian Microfossils in Brazil (Paraopeba formation, Bambui group, near Brasilia)

First report on CTX-M and SHV genes encoding beta-lactamases in ESBL producing Shigella sonnei isolates in Lebanon

First report on Chlorobotrys neglecta Pascher and Geitler from India

First report on Pyrenophora teres causing lesions of wheat leaves in Hungary

First report on a Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary section at Makhtesh Gadol, southern Israel

First report on a fossil Rattus (Murinae, Rodentia) from the Pinjor Formation of Upper Siwalik of India

First report on a new crocodile from the Upper Cretaceous of Spain (Province of Segovia): a short comparative review with the Gondwana and Laurasia Upper Cretaceous crocodiles

First report on an emerging imipenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae strain in Lebanon with detection of bla(VIM-2), bla(IMP-1) and bla(KPC-1) encoding genes

First report on bacterial soft rot of graft-cactus Chamaecereus silvestrii caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp carotovorum in Korea

First report on bird remains from Buldir Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

First report on clinical features of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections in Vietnamese children

First report on hirudiniasis of ricefield eel, Monopterus albus, caused by Hemiclepsis marginata

First report on leaf blight of Lindera obtusiloba caused by Pestalotiopsis microspora in Korea

First report on lymphocytis disease virus infection in pond-cultured black-spotted grouper (Epinephelus amblycephalus Bleeder) and gray snapper (Lutjanus argentimaculatus forsskal) in Taiwan

First report on orally administered methadone to multi-drug resistance (MDR1) gene normal horses

First report on paralytic shellfish poisoning caused by Gymnodinium catenatum Graham (Dinophyceae) in Japan

First report on population structure for the Leishmania major vector, Phlebotomus papatasi sandfly using microsatellite loci

First report on proteocephalid larvae from fish at Allahabad

First report on studying dinosaur egg fossils with method of medical CT scanning

First report on the 'synergist' of rearing shrimp fry

First report on the Sino-Japanese joint survey on the ecology of Sasakia funebris and observations on other butterflies

First report on the amphibians of Kasaragod District, Kerala

First report on the centipedes collected from Uttar Pradesh Terai, India (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae)

First report on the deep sea Porifera from the Northern Weddell Sea and the slope of South Sandwich Trench

First report on the distribution of microsporidian infections of browntail moth (Euproctis chrysorrhoea L.) populations in Bulgaria

First report on the ecology of the phreatic water beetle Siettitia avenionensis Guignot (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

First report on the ecology of the phreatic water beetles Siettitia avenionensis Guignot (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

First report on the fauna of Tammaro valley

First report on the fine structure of unpigmented rhabdomeric photoreceptors in a free-living species of the Dalyellioida (Plathelminthes, Rhabdocoela)

First report on the lizards of Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu

First report on the occurence of Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus (Pallas, 1781) and Polymorphus magnus Skrjabin, 1913 (Acanthocephala) in wild pig and Garganey teal in India

First report on the occurrence of Botia almorhae Gray in the River Alaknanda of Garhwal Himalaya

First report on the occurrence of Botia geto (Ham.) in the River Alaknanda of the Garhwal Himalaya

First report on the occurrence of Coccinella septempunctata L. var. confusa Wied: from Nilgiris

First report on the occurrence of Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus on nine cucurbitaceous species in China

First report on the occurrence of Limothrips cerealium Haliday (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Hungary

First report on the occurrence of Scutellonema bradys on Dioscorea alata in Brazil, established in the State of Sao Paulo FT Primeiro assinalamento de scutellonema bradys em Dioscorea alata no Brasil, Estabelecido no estado de sao Paulo

First report on the occurrence of Stenoponia tripectinata spinellosa Jordan 1958 (Siphonaptera: Stenoponiinae) in Iran

First report on the occurrence of human cases of alveolar echinococcosis in the northeast of Austria

First report on the presence in France of a B-chromosome polymorphism in Apodemus flavicollis

First report on the rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) in Venezuela and preliminary observations on its behavior

First report on the sightings of the red panda (Ailurus fulgens) in the Singhalila National Park, Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India

First report on the snow leopard studbook Panthera uncia and 1976 world register

First report on the zooplankton of the Miani Hor Lagoon, Balochistan (Pakistan)

First reported breeding of black-bellied whistling-duck in northern Florida

First reported human oral exposure to a reed diffuser air freshener containing 3-methoxy-3-methyl-1-butanol (MMB)

First reported nest of the white-eared ground-sparrow (Melozone leucotis)

First reported nesting house finch in U.P

First reported nesting of black-necked stilt in Kentucky

First reported nesting of brown creeper in Kentucky

First reported nesting of long-eared owls in Kentucky

First reported nests of the black-breasted wood-quail (Odontophorus leucolaemus)

First reported occurrence of Argulus mississippiensis (Crustacea: Branchiura) from Illinois

First reported occurrence of Carabus sylvosus Say in north central Ontario (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

First reported occurrence of Salmincola californiensis (Dana 1852) (Copepoda: Lernaeopodidae) east of the Rocky Mountains

First reported occurrence of the filarioid nematode, Litomosoides westi, in Geomys personatus

First reported outbreak of charcoal disease caused by Biscogniauxia mediterranea on Turkey oak in Slovenia

First reported settlement of zebra mussels Dreissena polymorpha in the Erne system, Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

First reported sighting of Japanese bush-warbler (Cettia diphone) on the island of Hawaii

First reports of leatherback turtles tagged in Mexico and recaptured in Chile

First reports of pellet ejection in 11 species

First reports of some Pipunculidae (Diptera) from the Czech Republic and Slovakia with a note from Germany

First reports of synapsid tracks from the Wingate and Moenave Formations, Colorado Plateau region

First reports of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbyi (Hydrozoa: Olindiidae) from Maritime Canada with a review of Canadian occurrences

First reports on a specimen of Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris) and on a specimen of Gervais' beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus) stranded on the Atlantic coast of France

First reports on some leafhoppers (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae) from the Czech Republic and notes from Slovakia

First representative of the family Parastenocarididae from Sicily (Italy), and description of two new species of Parastenocaris Kessler (Crustacea Copepoda: Harpacticoida)

First representative of the genus Parisangulocrinus (Crinoidea, Inadunata) from the territory of the USSR.

First representative of the order Macrostomida in Australia (Platyhelminthes, Macrostomidae)

First reproduction of a panther (Felis concolor coryi) in southwestern Florida, U.S.A

First research on marine and nonmarine sedimentary sequences and micropaleontologic significance across Permian/Triassic boundary in Iran (Isfahan and Abadeh)

First resuls of summer movements of Grampus griseus (Cuvier, 1812) in the north-western Mediterranean Sea

First result from an ibex Capra ibex ibex radio-tracking study in the Orobie Alps, Italy

First results from buffalo propagation in our country

First results from investigations of an international scientific project on honeydew producers on Picea excelsa and Abies alba Mill

First results in quantifying natural parasitism on Heliothis armigera in tomato fields in south Portugal

First results obtained about the contents in lipid, protein, water, ash and free fatty-acids in same species of sea-fish most commonly used in feeding and aquaculture

First results of Argopecten purpuratus spat obtained since April to December 2006 by intensive cultivation in hatchery and on the Arena Beach-Casma, Peru

First results of Breast Cancer Screening Program in Khanty-Mansiysk State region Ugra

First results of Late Triassic palynology of the Wombat Plateau, northwestern Australia

First results of Oligochaeta studies (Tubificidae and Lumbriculidae) from Chukhotsk Peninsula.

First results of SEM study of the Conchostraca carapaces microsculpture from the north part of Siberian Platform

First results of Tremadoc to Lower Arenig acritarchs from the Yangtze Platform, southwest China

First results of a study of the feeding habits of Synodontis comoensis (Siluriformes : Mochokidae) in a West African river (Comoe River, Comoe National Park, Cote d'Ivoire)

First results of a taxonomic revision of the SE Asian Sparassidae (Araneae)

First results of biostratigraphical investigations of Lago d'Averno near Naples relating to the period 800 BC-800 AD

First results of breeding sparrowhawks in the Zuiderkempen (Flanders, Belgium)

First results of colour marking of the white stork (Ciconia boyciana)

First results of colour ringing of the Mediterranean gull in the Netherlands.

First results of colour-ringing Mediterranean gulls Larus melanocephalus in the Netherlands

First results of colour-ringing non-breeding Mediterranean gulls Larus melanocephalus in NW France

First results of intercalibration of young fish trawls used in the Baltic Sea by GDR and Poland

First results of investigations on oligochaetes (Oligochaeta, Tubificidae and Lumbriculidae) from Chukotka Peninsula.

First results of public involvement in wolf research in Latvia

First results of radio-tracking black mud turtles Pelusios subniger parietalis

First results of raptor monitoring in Latvia

First results of research on Pliocene and Pleistocene land molluscs in the Don Basin

First results of research on Pliocene and Pleistocene land molluscs in the Don drainage area

First results of settlement of bobak marmot in Nikolaev region.

First results of tagging experiments on crab Carcinus maenas (L.) in the Ria de Aveiro lagoon - Portugal

First results of the East Pacific green turtle, Chelonia mydas, nesting population assessment in the Galapagos Islands

First results of the Katwijk-Noordwijk beach survey (November 1977 up to and including January 1978) 1. Echinodermata, Crustacea, Pisces.

First results of the RAMBAS experiment on investigation of the radiation mechanism of chiral influence

First results of the Swiss Biological Records Center (CSCF: Centre suisse de cartographie de la faune)

First results of the application of isozyme analysis to study of Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

First results of the butterfly scheme in Holland (European Invertebrate Survey)

First results of the coast guard station Katwijk - Noordwijk (November 1977 to January 1978). 1. Echinodermata, Crustacea, Pisces.

First results of the coast guard station Katwijk-Noordwijk (November 1977-January 1978).

First results of the compilation and keeping of the Red Data Book of the Latvian SSR for 1977-1981

First results of the conservation plan for the common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) in the Alsace

First results of the new mapping-program of Odonata in Belgium

First results of the non-hatchery method of final egg incubation and release of young autumn chum Oncorhynchus keta (Walb.) into the Caspian Sea

First results of the prospective Hospital del Mar Bone Health Breast Cancer study (HMBHBC) in postmenopausal women receiving adjuvant aromatase inhibitors for early breast cancer

First results of the survey of the Lower Cretaceous Anura from Una, east Spain

First results of the wintering bird atlas of Valencia City

First results of white-naped crane banding by coloured rings

First results of woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) ringing in the north-west regions of Russia

First results on Copepoda Calanoida from the equatorial Atlantic (RV 'Meteor' cruise 51)

First results on acadja-enclos as an extensive aquaculture system (West Africa)

First results on clutch-size and breeding time of blue tit (Parus caeruleus) in Morocco

First results on feeding rates of gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata, larvae reared in the laboratory

First results on genetic variability in an autochthonous population of roe deer from a Mediterranean forest in southern Spain

First results on morphology and behaviour in Proteus anguinus - larvae and youngs carrying an eye of Euproctus asper

First results on the aging of juvenile swordfish, Xiphias gladius L., from the Mediterranean Sea, using otoliths

First results on the diet of the red-shanked Douc langur, Pygathrix memaeus

First results on the distribution of cetaceans in the Society Islands (French Polynesia)

First results on the effects of different types of unsprayed grass margins on the biodiversity of entomofauna

First results on the influence of activated water on vegetative and generative development with apple FT Erste Ergebnisse zum Einfluss von aktiviertem Wasser auf vegetative

First results on the water chemistry, algae and trophic status of an Andean acidic lake system of volcanic origin in Patagonia (Lake Caviahue)

First results with a new estuarine fish tracking system

First results yielded through ringing the red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) in the neighbourhood of Moldava nad Bodvou

First rimaps description of patterns of root development displayed in hydroponics

First ringed kingfisher in Oklahoma: northernmost record for the United States

First ringing record of pied stonechat Saxicola caprata in the Western Palearctic, at Eilat, Israel

First ringing recovery of a glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) in the Mechelse area.

First ringing recovery of a southern yellow-legged herring gull Larus cachinnans micahellis in the Netherlands.

First ringing report for the Sudan

First rotation season in birches', black alders', pines', spruces' and willows' plantations fertilized with wastewater sewage sludge in mineral and peat soils in Latvia

First ruddy duck

First rufous-chested sparrowhawk breeding record for east Africa

First sage thrasher sighting in Manitoba

First sandhill crane sighting in Centre County

First seabird censuses at Seal Rock

First section of new Hall of Human Origins opens

First seen or first heard? A useful distinction when counting forest birds

First seizure definitions and worldwide incidence and mortality

First seizure: EEG and neuroimaging following an epileptic seizure

First sheep clones born in South America

First shrimp hybrid produced by artificial insemination

First sight and breeding record of the spinifexbird Eremiornis carteri in South Australia

First sight of a rare creature

First sight record for the sage thrasher in Minnesota

First sight record of 'gray-headed' junco in Tennessee

First sight record of Barrow's goldeneye for Virginia

First sight record of Philadelphia vireo (Vireo philadelphicus) for Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, with notes on other migrant songbirds

First sight record of South Polar skua Catharacta maccormicki, for Trinidad, West Indies

First sight record of Vaux's swift in Florida

First sight record of black-crested bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus on Bali

First sight record of northern parula (Parula americana) for Trinidad and a fourth record for Tobago

First sight record of orange-breasted falcon for Belize

First sight record of red-footed falcon for Japan

First sight record of rufous hummingbird in Tennessee

First sight record of the black-headed gull for Cameroon, west Africa

First sight record of the cactus wren in Saskatchewan and Canada

First sight record of the common bittern in Malawi

First sight record of the king vulture in Baja California, Mexico

First sight record of the royal tern Sterna maxima in southern Africa

First sight record of the spotted dove Streptopelia chinensis from Luzon and a summary of its range expansion in the Philippines

First sight record of the yellow-vented flowerpecker for Bali

First sight record of western reef herons for Barbados

First sight record of yellow-crowned night-heron on north Manitou Island

First sight records of Lincoln's sparrow for Costa Rica

First sight records of Swainson's hawk (Buteo swainsoni) for Trinidad and Chacachacare Island, with comments on its status and trans-Caribbean migration

First sight records of the booted eagle in Angola

First sighting and new subspecies of butterfly from Camiguin Island, Babuyan Islands.

First sighting of Oriental plover on mainland Kalimantan

First sighting of Tachybaptus novaehollandiae on Bali

First sighting of a black skimmer in Ontario

First sighting of a colour banded Chinese egret in Singapore

First sighting of a guillemot (Cepphus sp.) in Maryland since Audubon

First sighting of a probable rufous-bellied heron in the western Cape

First sighting of a short-eared owl in the U.S. Virgin Islands

First sighting of a varied thrush in Florida

First sighting of chestnut-brested shelduck in New Zealand

First sighting of lesser adjutant-stork Leptoptilos javanicus from Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai

First sighting of mountain bluebird reported from western North Carolina

First sighting of pied bush-chat in Sumatra

First sighting of seahorse

First sighting of the elegant imperial-pigeon Ducula concinna in Australia

First sighting of the groove-billed ani in Kentucky

First sighting of the little gull from South Carolina waters

First sighting of the tufted duck in Zimbabwe

First sightings of melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) in the Gulf of Mexico

First sightings of the North Atlantic (Cory's) shearwater Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli, 1769) in Australasian Seas

First sightings of the ruff in Peru

First signalization of Odostomia lukisii Jeffreys, 1859, Acteocina knockeri (Smith EA, 1872) and Cylichnina crebrisculpta Monterosato, 1884 in the Pleiocene Mediterranean FT Prima segnalazione di Odostomia lukisii Jeffreys, 1859, Acteocina knockeri (Smith E.A., 1872) e Cylichnina crebrisculpta Monterosato, 1884 nel Pliocene mediterraneo

First skulls of the Early Eocene primate Shoshonius cooperi and the anthropoid-tarsier dichotomy

First snowy egret record for St. Louis County

First sooty falcon specimen from Zimbabwe

First sooty tern nest in the contiguous western United States

First sources of resistance to Sitona weevil (Sitona crinitus Herbst) in wild Lens species

First southeastern U.S. records of the western heteropterans Prionosoma podopioides (Pentatomidae) and Aufeius impressicollis (Rhopalidae), with a review of distribution and host plants

First sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus nesting records in Israel

First species of Pleurocerinella from the new world (Diptera : Conopidae), with the description of a new species

First specific locality record for Liophis dilepis (Cope, 1862) in Argentina

First specimen based record of the Egyptian Free-Tailed Bat Tadarida aegyptiaca E. Geoffroy, 1818 (Chiroptera : Molossidae) from Andhra Pradesh, India

First specimen of Ambystoma tremblayi for Algonquin Park, Ontario

First specimen of a hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus mesoleucus) from Bexar County, Texas

First specimen of least tern from New Brunswick

First specimen of stonechat (Saxicola torquata) for North America

First specimen of the nominate race of the kelp gull Larus dominicanus in Africa

First specimen of the shiny cowbird, Molothrus bonariensis (Aves: Emberizidae), in North Carolina

First specimen of the spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) from Colorado

First specimen of white-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica) for Washington, DC

First specimen record of the broad-winged hawk for Washington

First specimen record of the indigo bunting, Passerina cyanea, in British Columbia

First specimen record of the little stint (Calidris minuta) for North America

First specimen record of the purple martin from eastern Washington

First specimen record of the short-billed dowitcher from eastern Washington; subspecific identification of Idaho specimens

First specimen record of the white-chinned petrel for South Australia

First specimen records of the rock squirrel (Spermophilus variegatus) in Idaho

First specimens of Campbell's fairy-wren, Malurus campbelli from New Guinea

First specimens of Drymophila devillei from Colombia

First specimens of Glis glis (Linnaeus 1776) from Turkish Thrace. (Mammalia: Rodentia: Gliridae)

First specimens of royal tern Sterna maxima in southern Africa

First specimens of sooty shearwater, Newell's shearwater, and white -faced storm-petrel from American Samoa

First specimens of the Nashville warbler from coastal South Carolina in fall

First specimens of the fangjaw eel Echiophis brunneus (Pisces: Ophichthidae) from the Gulf of California, Mexico

First specimens of the rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax, from Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba

First speculations on the size of areas and the number of species of caddisflies (Trichoptera) in southeastern Asia

First sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) recorded in Mississippi

First spike latency and spike count as functions of tone amplitude and frequency in the inferior colliculus of mice

First spotless crake's nest for the South Island

First spring

First spring record for Pacific loon in Minnesota

First spring record of western kingbird from South Carolina piedmont

First spring records of the red breasted flycatcher Ficedula parva

First stage approximation of the exstrophic bladder in patients with cloacal exstrophy-should this be the initial surgical approach in all patients?

First stage larva of Axiopsis serratifrons (A. Milne Edwards, 1873) reared in the laboratory (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Axiidae)

First stage larva of Coronis scolopendra Latreille (Stomatopoda: Nannosquillidae)

First stage larvae of Agabus bipustulatus (L.) and A. solieri Aube (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

First stage larvae of Agabus chalconotus (Panz) and A. melanocornis Zimm. (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

First stage larvae of Agabus congener (Thunb.), A. uliginosus (L.) and A. paludosus (Fabr.) (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

First stage larvae of Agabus guttatus (Payk.), A. biguttatus (Ol.) and A. melanarius Aube (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

First stage larvae of Agabus subtilis Er., A. nigroaeneus Er. and A. fuscipennis (Payk.) (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

First stage larvae of Agalous sturmi (Gyll.), A. labiatus (Brahm) and A. undulatus (Schrank) (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

First state nesting record for the little gull

First state record Neotropic cormorant

First state record for the lesser black-backed gull and possible sighting of a little gull

First state record of Richardson's ground squirrel in Iowa

First state record of black-headed grosbeak

First state record of rose feeding plume moth

First state record: Sabine's gulls in northeastern Connecticut

First state record: sage thrasher

First state records and nesting of black-necked stilts at Memphis, Tennessee

First stegosaurian dinosaur remains from the Early Cretaceous of Burgos (Spain), with a review of Cretaceous Stegosaurs

First steps forward in the breeding of the plum-crowned pionus Pionus tumultuosus at Loro Parque

First steps in Setswana herpetology

First steps in developing a multimetric macroinvertebrate index for

First steps in establishing a developmental toxicity test method based on human embryonic stem cells

First steps in the ecology of the Bamingui-Bangoran National Park, Central African Republic

First steps in the macaque world: do rhesus mothers encourage their infants' independent locomotion?

First steps on land: Arthropod trackways in Cambrian-Ordovician eolian sandstone, southeastern Ontario, Canada

First steps on the path

First steps to establish a new population of onagers in Yazd Province, Central Iran

First steps towards a biochemically based reconstruction of the phylogeny of the genus Vipera

First steps towards systems radiation biology studies concerned with

First steps towards systems radiation biology studies concerned with DNA and chromosome structure within living cells

First steps? Analyses of the postcranium of early hominids

First stereoselective synthesis of meso-secoisolariciresinol and comparison of its biological activity with (+) and (-)-secoisolariciresinol

First straightforward synthesis of 1-hydroxy-3,4-dihydro-1H-benzgisochromene-5,10-dione and structure revision of a bioactive benzgisochromene-5,10-dione from Psychotria camponutans

First studies in teriology and ornithology in Lithuania (18th century).

First studies on age and growth of sailfish (Istiophorus albicans) caught off northeastern Brazil

First studies on morphometric relationships and size at maturity of caused by Rhizocephalan infestation, in the San Matias Gulf, Patagonia, Argentina

First studies on morphometric relationships and size at maturity of the red crab Platyxanthus patagonicus (Milne-Edwards) and variations caused by Rhizocephalan infestation, in the San Matias Gulf, Patagonia, Argentina

First study in Argentine for the determination of the specificity of against-HLA antibodies and its use for the prediction of results of direct Crossmatch prediction FT Primer estudio en Argentina de determinacion de la especificidad de anticuerpos v su utilizacion anti-HLA en la prediccion del resultado

First study on the ecology of Sepia australis in the southern Benguela ecosystem

First subfossil find of the Aesculapian snake, Elaphe longissima (laur.) (Colubridae) from a Mesolithic settlement in Denmark

First subfossil records of Daphnia headshields and shells (Anomopoda, Daphniidae) about 10 000 years old from northernmost Greenland, plus Alona guttata (Chydoridae)

First subsequent record of Erebus macrops Linnaeus (Noctuidae) from Ehime Prefecture, Shikokn

First success for the Scottish red kite reintroduction

First success in rearing hatchlings of the squid Loligo pealei Lesueur 1821

First success in transfer of Wolbachia symbionts between two Trichogramma species (Hym.: Trichogrammatidae)

First successful Minnesota breeding record of the yellow-throated warbler

First successful artificial insemination in an African elephant in Europe

First successful breeding of Ganges gharials (Gavialis gangeticus)

First successful breeding record of the red kite in the Netherlands.

First successful breeding record of the tufted duck (Aythya fuligula) in Spain

First successful captive propagation of Schneider's smooth-fronted caiman, Paleosuchus trigonatus

First successful green turtle nesting in Devils's Hole

First successful hatching of the eastern white stork outside of China

First successful inoculation of Artemia and production of cysts in the coastal saltpans of Bangladesh

First successful mass rearing of anthocorids (Heteroptera) on the acarid mould mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae Schr. as new alternative prey

First successful nesting of double-crested cormorant in the Niagara Frontier Region

First summer Franklin's gull at Musselburgh

First summer record of a female Indiana bat, Myotis sodalis, in West Virginia

First summer record of golden eagle in Minnesota

First summer record of ruby-throated hummingbird Archilochus colubris in Belize

First summer record of the Henslow's sparrow in Florida

First summer roseate tern at Colwick Park

First summer season record of Swainson's hawk in St Louis County

First summering of smew in Belgium

First summering of the Slavonian grebe in Belgium

First supplement to 'Bibliographia Malacofaunae Jugoslaviae'.

First supplement to The Sphingidae (Lepidoptera) of the Philippines

First supplement to a check-list of West Indian amphibians reptiles

First supplement to the catalogue of the type and figured specimens in the Paleontological Research Institution

First survey of dinoflagellate cysts in the Gulf of Trieste (northern Adriatic Sea)

First survey of interstitial fauna in New Caledonian rivers: influence of geological and geomorphological characteristics

First survey of sessile communities on subtidal rocks in an area with hydrothermal vents: Milos Island, Aegean Sea

First survey of the Glabromicroplitis Papp species of the Holarctic region, with taxonomical remarks of three Microgaster Latreille species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Microgastrinae)

First survey of the Heterocera fauna of the Asir Mts. in SW Arabia

First survey of the Triaspidini species of the Indo-Australian region (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Calyptinae) 2. The genus Schizoprymnus Foerster, 1

First survey of the Triaspidini species of the Indo-Australian region (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Calyptinae) 3. The genus Schizoprymnus Foerster, 2

First survey of the Triaspidini species of the Indo-Australian region (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Calyptinae) 1. The genus Triaspis Haliday

First survey of the braconid fauna of the Kiskunsag National Park (Hymenoptera, Braconidae)

First swift fox, Vulpes velox, reintroduction in the USA: results of the first two years

First symposium on Steller' s and white-tailed sea eagles in East Asia. Proceedings of the international workshop and symposium in Tokyo and Hokkaido, 9-15 February, 1999

First synthesis of 4 '-selenonucleosides showing unusual Southern conformation

First synthesis of 4'-selenonucleosides showing unusual Southern conformation

First synthesis of N-(3-carboxylpropyl)-5-amino-2-hydroxy-3-tridecyl-1,4-benzoquinone, an unusual quinone isolated from Embelia ribes

First synthesis of oxa-analogous isoindigo-N-glycosides

First synthesis of the cytotoxic and antifungal C14-amine (2S,3E,5Z)-2-amino-3,5,13-tetradecatriene isolated from the New Zealand ascidian Pseudodistoma novaezelandiae

First synthesis of zeolite-encapsulated copper (II) hydrazone complex: characterization and CO adsorption

First systematic tagging of brow-antlered deer at Calcutta Zoo

First tagging of leatherbacks in Venezuela

First tandem nucleophilic addition-electrophilic amination reaction of Eschenmoser's salts: synthesis of cyclic and spiro-fused hydrazonium salts

First tests show flood waters high in bacteria and lead

First thoughts on fish

First three records of the wreckfish, Polyprion americanus for Nova Scotia

First tigecycline-resistant Enterococcus strain isolated from a German

First time in Vietnam - tiger gives birth to four cubs in Hanoi Zoological Gardens

First time validation of point to point NavX map registration to 3D subject-specific computed tomography (CT)

First time, low dose citalopram use-related serotonin syndrome

First total syntheses of (+/-)-Penicillones A and B

First total syntheses of (+/-)-annuionone B and (+/-)-tanarifuranonol

First total synthesis of a barnacle hatching factor 8(R)-hydroxy-eicosa-5(Z),9(E),11(Z),14(Z),17(Z)-pentaenoic acid

First total synthesis of modiolide A, based on the whole-cell yeast-catalyzed asymmetric reduction of a propargyl ketone

First total synthesis of protoapigenone and its analogs as potent cytotoxic agents

First total synthesis of sterenins A, C and D

First total synthesis of trimeric indole alkaloid, psychotrimine

First total synthesis of vialinin A, a novel and extremely potent inhibitor of TNF-alpha production

First tour of inspection of Quebec heronries, 1977

First trematosaurid temnospondyl from the Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone of South Africa and its biostratigraphic implications

First trials to save threatened populations of Parnassius apollo L. in south Finland and south-west Germany

First trimester T13/18 screening using maternal dried blood free Beta HCG, PAPP-A and NT

First trimester ambulatory blood pressure monitoring with calculation of the hyperbaric index for prediction of preeclampsia or pregnancy induced hypertension

First trimester aneuploidy screening in a high risk population

First trimester bacterial vaginosis, individual microorganism levels,

First trimester bacterial vaginosis, individual microorganism levels, and risk of second trimester pregnancy loss among urban women

First trimester detection of trisomies 13/18 when NT availability is limited

First trimester maternal serum biomarkers for prediction of preeclampsia

First trimester pregnancy-associated plasma protein a and subsequent abnormalities of fetal growth

First trimester screening with nasal bone in twins

First trimester serum inhibin A in normal pregnant women

First trimester three-dimensional transvaginal imaging of alobar holoprosencephaly associated with proboscis and hypotelorism (ethmocephaly) in a 46,XX fetus

First trimester uterine arterydoppler pulsatility index (UA PI) screening will not predict all severe cases of placental dysfuction

First twentieth-century specimen of the violet-throated metaltail Metallura baroni

First two-year growth of the bleak, Alburnus alburnus in Lake Balaton

First ultrastructural data in the nephron of Calamoichthys calabaricus Smith

First updating bulletin for 'A bird atlas of Kenya'

First use in Wales of audit tool for genetic services

First use of ornithiscian dinosaurs for biostratigraphic zonation of the Upper Triassic

First valence, then arousal: The temporal dynamics of brain electric activity evoked by emotional stimuli

First verifiable record of the Red-necked Grebe in Florida

First verifiable records of the thick-billed vireo from the United States

First verified Cape May warbler for Oregon

First verified observation of the rock leguaan (Varanus albigularis Daudin, 1802) in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Republic of South Africa; with notes on the flora and fauna

First verified record for Forster's terns nesting in S.C

First verified record of Williamson's sapsucker for Alberta

First verified record of the hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Virginia waters

First verified record of the mew gull for Idaho

First verified record of the phainopepla from Kansas

First verified record of the shortfin mako shark, Isurus oxyrhinchus, and second records or range extensions for three additional species, from British Columbia waters

First verified record of the stonecat, Noturus flavus (Ictaluridae), in the south Platte River system, Colorado, with notes on an albinistic specimen

First verified sight record of Cassin's kingbird (Tyrannus vociferans) for the southeastern United States

First wattled chick

First well-established track-trackmaker association of Paleozoic tetrapods based on Ichniotherium trackways and diadectid skeletons from the Lower Permian of Germany

First western Atlantic record of Zeugopterus punctatus (Pleuronectiformes: Scophthalmidae) from off the Newfoundland coast (Canada)

First white ibis record for Athens, Georgia

First white lions born in Pretoria

First white tiger in Africa

First white-faced ibis for Connecticut

First wild sighting of the white-eyed river-martin, Pseudochelidon sirintarae

First winter common rosefinch in Swinton. A new species for Greater Manchester