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Arboreal ants use the "Velcro® principle" to capture very large prey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Plant-ants live in a mutualistic association with host plants known as "myrmecophytes" that provide them with a nesting place and sometimes with extra-floral nectar (EFN) and/or food bodies (FBs); the ants can also attend sap-sucking Hemiptera for their ...
Boulay, Raphaël   +6 more
core   +9 more sources

Local Thermal Extremes Shape the Nature of Herbivore Plasticity That Controls Plant Communities

open access: yesEcology Letters, Volume 28, Issue 12, December 2025.
We discovered a spatial mosaic of two unique integrations of grasshopper plasticity (behavioural, physiological) that corresponded to mean diel maximum temperatures. Cool and Warm site grasshoppers both altered their canopy height and metabolism in response to experimental warming, but in opposite ways depending on spider predation risk.
Matthew S. Baker   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the bamboo locust Rammeacris kiangsu (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2009
Twelve polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed and characterized from the bamboo locust, Rammeacris kiangsu, based on enriched genomic libraries.
XUAN Wen-Juan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of large herbivores on grassland arthropod diversity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Both arthropods and large grazing herbivores are important components and drivers of biodiversity in grassland ecosystems, but a synthesis of how arthropod diversity is affected by large herbivores has been largely missing. To fill this gap, we conducted
Olff, H   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Insects as Food and Feed Source: A Comprehensive Review on Nutritional Value, Food Safety Concern, Environmental Benefits, Economic Potential, Technological Innovations, Challenges, and Future Prospects

open access: yesFood Frontiers, Volume 6, Issue 6, Page 2591-2646, November 2025.
Edible insects offer a sustainable protein source, requiring fewer resources than traditional livestock. Despite challenges, they have the potential to enhance food security and sustainability for a growing global population. ABSTRACT As the world faces an escalating protein crisis amid climate change, population growth, and resource scarcity, edible ...
Anil Gautam   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of polymorphic Robertsonian rearrangements on the frequency and distribution of chiasmata in the water-hyacinth grasshopper, Cornops aquaticum (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2007
The New World grasshopper Cornops aquaticum (Leptysminae: Acrididae) shows a geographical pattern for three Robertsonian polymorphisms in its southernmost area of distribution in Argentina and Uruguay.
Pablo C. COLOMBO
doaj   +1 more source

Phylogenetic diversity of insecticolous fusaria inferred from multilocus DNA sequence data and their molecular identification via FUSARIUM-ID and Fusarium MLST [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
We constructed several multilocus DNA sequence datasets to assess the phylogenetic diversity of insecticolous fusaria, especially focusing on those housed at the Agricultural Research Service Collection of Entomopathogenic Fungi (ARSEF), and to aid ...
Aoki, T.   +10 more
core   +3 more sources

Spatial Interpolation in Applied Insect Ecology: A Review, Including Guidelines and Datasets for Practical Use

open access: yesJournal of Applied Entomology, Volume 149, Issue 9, Page 1319-1334, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Spatial interpolation represents a fundamental approach in applied insect ecology, offering insight into species distributions and supporting biodiversity analysis, pest management and disease vector mapping. Insects—including important pollinators—face escalating threats due to habitat loss, climate change and anthropogenic pressures. As data‐
Janne Heusler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

New insects including invasive species for the fauna of Rostov Region (Russia) [PDF]

open access: yesКавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2012
Data about new insects including invasive species for the fauna of Rostov Region (Russia) are considered. Distribution of invasive pest Aproceros leucopoda is studied.
K.S. Artokhin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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