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Entomopathogenic Nematodes for Sustainable Thrips Control in Nectarine Cultivation: Efficacy, Pollinator Safety, and Integrated Pest Management Strategies

Agronomy
The efficacy of entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs), Steinernema feltiae and Heterorhabditis bacteriophora, for controlling Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae, Pergande, 1895) in nectarine orchards, was evaluated, alongside their potential
Evangelos Moutsaras, Aikaterini Gerasimatou, Athanasios Antonopoulos, Christina Panopoulou, Dimitrios Lazarakis, Antonios Tsagkarakis   +5 more
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Potential Correlation Between Bombus lantschouensis Thoracic Morphology and Flight Behavior

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Potential correlation between Bombus lantschouensis thoracic morphology and flight behavior. ABSTRACT Remarkably little modern work has investigated the thoracic structures of insects and their relationship to flight locomotion. Most studies focus exclusively on either morphology or flight kinematics.
Wenjie Li, Sipei Liu, Le Zong, Zhengzhong Huang, Lei Jiang, Xiaokun Liu, Pingping Yang, Yitian Zhang, Zhong Du, Weili Fan, Zhuanghui Qin, Xieshuang Wang, Xinying Zhang, Xiaolong Wang, Haodong Yin, Jiandong An, Chaodong Zhu, Michael C. Orr, Jiangning Wang, Siqin Ge   +19 more
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Taxonomic, Phylogenetic and Functional Diversity of Mammals Across a Nationwide Protected Area Network

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Using camera‐trap data from 26 protected across Tanzania, we show that greater landscape heterogeneity and stronger protection are associated with higher mammal species richness and, in turn, functionally and phylogenetically richer mammal assemblages. Greater landscape heterogeneity appears to favour generalist species while stronger protection seems ...
Ben G. Parker, Nathalie Pettorelli, Alex Lobora, Maurus J. Msuha, Joseph A. Tobias, Charles Foley, Sarah M. Durant   +6 more
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Modulating Hunting Atmospheres: Mud and Material Flows Beyond the Kill

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article argues that hunting is not a bounded event but a materially redistributed atmosphere that extends beyond the kill and across field, truck, clothing, and home. Drawing on long‐term ethnographic fieldwork with wild boar hunters in Uruguay, I show how mud, odors, blood, and bodily residues carry the sensory, affective, and material ...
Juan Martin Dabezies
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Coinvasional disruptions to island pollinator networks

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Biological invasions can adversely affect pollinator diversity by threatening the maintenance of animal‐pollinated plant communities. Although most studies have examined single invasive species, accelerating species introductions driven by global trade highlight the need to understand how multiple co‐occurring invaders jointly influence ...
Marta Quitián, Isaac Planas‐Sitjà, Maki Morooka, Anna Traveset, Simon M. Tierney, Adam L. Cronin   +5 more
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Novel α-Glucosidase Inhibitory Peptides from Mulberry Leaf Based on Molecular Docking and Network Pharmacology Approaches

Shipin gongye ke-ji
Mulberry leaves are a rich source of high-quality protein and possess the potential to yield bioactive peptides. This study identified novel α-glucosidase inhibitory peptides from mulberry leaf proteolytic products based on peptidomics identification and
Daodian WANG, Xingying YANG, Na WEN, Chen CUI, Jinjian LI, Pingping LI, Wen YANG   +6 more
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Hygienic Behaviour of Honeybee Colonies with Different Levels of Polyandry and Genotypic Composition

Journal of Apicultural Science, 2015
Honey bee queens were inseminated with diluted, homogenised semen collected from a few dozen drones. This procedure was carried out to increase the diversity of the queens’ offspring, which is in comparison to the offspring of queens inseminated with ...
Gerula Dariusz, Węgrzynowicz Paweł, Panasiuk Beata, Bieńkowska Małgorzata, Skowronek Wojciech   +4 more
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BumbleBEEP: A Sensor System for Bumblebee Colony Monitoring

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
We present a bumblebee colony monitoring system, BumbleBEEP. The system is fitted with thermometers and a custom weight sensor. These record data up to every 15 min, recording bumblebee brood nest temperature, environmental ambient temperature, and colony growth.
Nynke Blömer, Matteo Redana, Sarah B. Scott, Pim van Gennip, Marten Schoonman, Lynn V. Dicks   +5 more
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Performance of Bee Colonies Headed by Queens Instrumentally Inseminated with Semen of Drones Who Come from a Single Colony or Many Colonies

Journal of Apicultural Science, 2014
The aim of the study was to determine the effect of honey bee worker diversity within the colony on: development, honey productivity, and wintering. Two different levels of diversity within the colony were tested.
Gerula Dariusz, Węgrzynowicz Paweł, Panasiuk Beata, Bieńkowska Małgorzata, Skowronek Wojciech   +4 more
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Geographic Classification of Social Bees Using Automated Wing Pattern Analysis

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
We present an end‐to‐end deep learning framework for automated geographic classification of honey bee populations based on wing morphology. A dataset of 1040 wing images from seven regions was analyzed using four CNN architectures with transfer learning.
Emine Dilara Çavuş, Cansu Özge Tozkar
wiley   +1 more source