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High nitrogen loading impacts the temperature‐size rule and heat tolerance in a nettle‐feeding butterfly

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Host‐plant quality and ambient temperature are key environmental drivers of herbivorous insect performance, affecting growth, development, and survival. While temperature accelerates physiological processes in ectothermic insects, nutrient limitation in host plants can ...
Berber M. J. W. Meulepas, Thomas Merckx, Hans Van Dyck, Dirk Maes, Wilco C. E. P. Verberk   +4 more
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Complex multitrophic species interactions and fitness costs: Intricate consequences of jasmonate and salicylate induced plant defences

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reveals how long‐term activation of jasmonic and salicylic acid signalling reshapes arthropod communities and plant fitness across seasons. By showing that induced defences generate contrasting outcomes and cascading trade‐offs across trophic levels, it challenges the assumption that induced resistance is uniformly beneficial in natural ...
Mônica F. Kersch‐Becker, Guilherme P. Pinheiro, Thaís S. Schweller, Martin Pareja, Victoria M. Pocius, José R. Trigo, Gustavo Q. Romero   +6 more
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Arthropod EVs Mediate Dengue Virus Transmission Through Interaction With a Tetraspanin Domain Containing Glycoprotein Tsp29Fb

, 2018
Dengue virus (DENV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that causes dengue fever in humans, worldwide. Using in vitro cell lines derived from Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti, the primary vectors of DENV, we report that DENV2/DENV3-infected cells secrete ...
Vora, Ashish, Collpitts, Tonya M., Woodson, Michael, Londono-Renteria, Berlin, Neelakanta, Girish, Sherman, Michael B., Sultana, Hameeda, Zhou, Wenshuo   +7 more
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First record of the forensically important genus Protopiophila Duda (Diptera: Piophilidae) from South Korea and an integrative framework for forensic identification

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract The family Piophilidae is of significant forensic importance due to its association with late‐stage decomposition; however, the Korean piophilid fauna remains poorly studied, lacking comprehensive morphological and molecular data. This study reports the first record of the genus Protopiophila Duda from South Korea.
Sangjin Han, Taemin Kang, Seung‐Gyu Lee, Seunggwan Shin   +3 more
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An Insight into the Sialomes of Bloodsucking Heteroptera

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2012
Saliva of bloodsucking arthropods contains dozens or hundreds of proteins that affect their hosts' mechanisms against blood loss (hemostasis) and inflammation.
José M. C. Ribeiro, Teresa C. Assumpção, Ivo M. B. Francischetti   +2 more
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The structure of arthropod hemocyanins

, 1985
Hemocyanins are large multi-subunit copper proteins that transport oxygen in many arthropods and molluscs. Comparison of the amino acid sequence data for seven different subunits of arthropod hemocyanins from crustaceans and chelicerates shows many ...
Nakashima, H., Soeter, N. M., Linzen, B., Vereijken, J. M., Yokota, E., Bak, H. J., Hol, W. G. J., Riggs, A. F., Schneider, H. J., Gaykema, W. P. J., Takagi, T., Nemoto, T., Moore, M. D., Beintema, J. J., Volbeda, A., Behrens, P. Q., Schartau, W.   +16 more
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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations

Insect Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean, Xim Cerdá, Jérôme Orivel, Frédéric Azémar, Alexander L. Wild, Bruno Corbara, Axel Touchard   +6 more
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Sequence analysis of the small (s) RNA segment of viruses in the genus Orthobunyavirus

, 2007
Viruses in the genus Orthobunyavirus (family Bunyaviridae) are classified serologically into 18 serogroups. The viruses have a tripartite genome of negative sense RNA composed of large (L), medium (M) and small (S) segments.
Mohamed, Maizan
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Update on the proteomics of major arthropod vectors of human and animal pathogens

, 2012
Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) are defined as infectious diseases of humans and animals caused by pathogenic agents such as viruses, protists, bacteria, and helminths transmitted by the bite of blood-feeding arthropod (BFA) vectors.
Surasombatpattana, Pornapat, Boulanger, N., Choumet, V., Biron, D. G., Surasombatpattana, P., Choumet, Valérie, Patramool, S., Rabilloud, Thierry, Biron, David Georges, Missé, Dorothée, Boulanger, Nathalie, Sabatier, Laurence, Thomas, Frédéric, Sabatier, L., Patramool, Sirilaksana, Thongrungkiat, Supatra, Rabilloud, T., Thongrungkiat, S., Thomas, F.   +18 more
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A preventive strategy for the control of aphids in sweet pepper using lacewings and micrococcinelid beetles

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Aphids pose a serious risk to horticultural crops. Current biocontrol strategies often fail due to the poor establishment of natural enemies when aphids are scarce. We evaluated the potential of two aphidophagous predators, Micromus variegatus and Scymnus interruptus, to be used as preventive biocontrol agents, released before aphid infestation.
Jesica Pérez‐Rodríguez, Reinier T. Valstar, Ada Leman, Gerben J. Messelink   +3 more
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