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Field evaluations of thermal optics and tracking tunnels for small mammal surveys at airports and grass dominated habitats

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Small mammal survey tools are needed at airports to help inform aircraft strike‐risk management. We evaluated thermal optics and tracking tunnels as small mammal survey tools. We conclude that thermal optics would not be a viable survey tool for mouse‐sized mammals (19‐41 g) at airfields and other thick grass habitats unless grass height was maintained
Aaron B. Shiels, Hunter Ray, Travis L. Guerrant, Craig K. Bloomquist, Scott F. Beckerman   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors Contributing to the Success of a Single-Shot, Multiyear PZP Immunocontraceptive Vaccine for White-Tailed Deer

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
We evaluated 6 different porcine zona pellucida (PZP) preparations used as a single-shot vaccine for multiyear contraception of captive white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).
Lowell A. Miller, Kathleen A. Fagerstone, Donald C. Wagner, Gary J. Killian   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Local adaptation to host plants in herbivorous insects: A meta‐analysis

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Local adaptation, wherein populations are well‐adapted to local biotic and abiotic conditions, is a common outcome of natural selection and a driver of diversification.
Mariana Abarca, Shannon M. Murphy, Gina M. Wimp, Mattheau S. Comerford, Chase Ryan‐Embry, Dhaval K. Vyas, Macawan S. Luu, Mayra C. Vidal   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic data_Wingless Aphis gossypii on melon crops

, 2016
Genetic data_Wingless Aphis gossypii on melon ...
Anne Loiseau (179746), Vanlerberghe-Masutti, , Flavie (3283902), Pascale Mistral (3283896), Mistral, Pascale, Nathalie Boissot (3283893), Vanlerberghe-Masutti, , Flavie, Loiseau, Anne, Boissot, Nathalie, Sophie Thomas (3181170), Thomas, Sophie   +9 more
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Use of faecal volatile organic compound analysis for ante-mortem discrimination between CWD-positive, -negative exposed, and -known negative white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)

Prion, 2019
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a naturally occurring infectious, fatal, transmissible spongiform encephalopathy of cervids. Currently, disease confirmation relies on post-mortem detection of infectious prions in the medial retropharyngeal lymph nodes ...
Christine K. Ellis, Steven F. Volker, Doreen L. Griffin, Kurt C. VerCauteren, Tracy A. Nichols   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Beggars can't be choosers: Competitive dominance and size‐dependent resource investment jointly constrain partner associations in a multispecies mutualism

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study demonstrates that competition structures access to mutualistic partners that vary in value. Competitively dominant ants disproportionately invest in larger aphid colonies that produce more honeydew, restricting subordinate ants to smaller colonies.
Annika S. Nelson, Nhan T. T. Nguyen, Spencer Levings, Parker N. Hawk, Kailen A. Mooney   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hemipteran vectors of stylet‐borne plant viruses: Aphids lead the charge

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Among all sap‐feeding hemipterans, aphids stand out by far as the most important vectors of noncirculative plant viruses. Compared to whiteflies and mealybugs, aphids’ highly specialized stylet anatomy and distinct feeding behaviors contribute, together with other features of their biology, to their remarkable efficiency in transmitting stylet‐borne ...
Yu Fu, Stefano Colella, Marilyne Uzest
wiley   +1 more source

Development of microsatellite loci for two New World vultures (Cathartidae)

BMC Research Notes, 2019
Objective Use next-generation sequencing to develop microsatellite loci that will provide the variability necessary for studies of genetic diversity and population connectivity of two New World vulture species.
Darren J. Wostenberg, Jennifer A. Fike, Sara J. Oyler-McCance, Michael L. Avery, Antoinette J. Piaggio   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ant–aphid mutualism: the influence of Tapinoma ibericum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphidae) control by commercial and spontaneous natural enemies

Insect Science, EarlyView.
The mutualism between Tapinoma ibericum ants and Aphis gossypii disrupts the biological control exerted by Aphidius colemani in greenhouse peppers. Ant exclusion increased parasitism and the presence of most natural enemies, although Aphidoletes aphidimyza was more abundant with ants.
Jesús Foronda, Estefanía Rodríguez, Mónica González, María del Mar Téllez, Carmen Robles‐Vallet, Pablo Barranco, Felipe Pascual, Francisca Ruano   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reduced fertilization regimes could boost biocontrol service without reducing crop yield

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Fertilization level influences pest control effectiveness in tomato crops. High fertilization increases plant growth and aphid density but reduces the performance of the parasitoid Aphidius ervi. In contrast, the predator Adalia bipunctata maintains consistent aphid suppression regardless of fertilization regime.
Ruohan Ma, Maceo Valente, Roger Boll, Peng Han, Nicolas Desneux, Anne‐Violette Lavoir   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source