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The Growing Problem of the Spruce Bark Beetle
CHIMIA, 2023 The European spruce bark beetles release aggregation pheromones to trigger attack on Norway spruce trees; attracting beetles through the use of pheromone traps proves less effective than conventional forest management.
Catherine E. Housecroft
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SACOC: A spectral-based ACO clustering algorithm [PDF]
, 2014 The application of ACO-based algorithms in data mining is growing over the last few years and several supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms have been developed using this bio-inspired approach. Most recent works concerning unsupervised learning
A.P. Dempster +8 more
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European Journal of Entomology, 2017 The Chinese white pine beetle, Dendroctonus armandi Tsai and Li is a native species of bark beetle and one of the most destructive in much of western China.
Mingzhen ZHAO +4 more
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A link between microscopic and macroscopic models of self-organized aggregation
Networks and Heterogeneous Media, 2012 In some species, one of the roles of pheromonesis to influence aggregation behavior. We first proposea macroscopic cross-diffusion model for theself-organized aggregation of German cockroaches thatincludes directed movement due to an aggregation ...
Tadahisa Funaki +3 more
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eLife, 2015 Animals use olfactory cues for navigating complex environments. Food odors in particular provide crucial information regarding potential foraging sites.
Chun-Chieh Lin +3 more
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The role of volatiles in aggregation and host-seeking of the haematophagous poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae (Acari: Dermanyssidae) [PDF]
, 2010 Infestations with ectoparasitic poultry red mites (Dermanyssus gallinae) pose an increasing threat to poultry health and welfare. Because of resistance to acaricides and higher scrutiny of poultry products, alternative and environmentally safe management
Dicke, M., Koenraadt, C.J.M.
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Sensory neurons that respond to sex and aggregation pheromones in the nymphal cockroach
Scientific Reports, 2020 In the common pest cockroach, Periplaneta americana, behavioural responses to the sex and aggregation pheromones change in an age-dependent manner. Nymphs are attracted by the aggregation pheromone periplanolide-E (PLD-E) but not by the sex pheromone ...
Kosuke Tateishi +4 more
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Insects, 2023 The longhorned beetle Rosalia batesi Harold (Coleoptera; Cerambycidae) is endemic to Japan, where its range extends from Hokkaido to Kyushu. The colorful adults are well-known to entomologists and collectors worldwide.
Midori Fukaya +7 more
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Adaptive female choice for middle-aged mates in a lekking sandfly [PDF]
, 2000 Most theoretical models of age-related mate choice predict that females should prefer older males because they have proven survival ability. An alternative view is that older males represent inferior mates because of negative genetic correlations between
Balmford, A. +2 more
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A male-produced aggregation-sex pheromone of the beetle Arhopalus rusticus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Spondylinae) may be useful in managing this invasive species. [PDF]
, 2019 The longhorned beetle Arhopalus rusticus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Spondylinae) is a common species in conifer forests of the Northern Hemisphere, but with global trade, it has invaded and become established in New Zealand, Australia, and South America.
McElfresh, J Steven +4 more
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