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Declining abundance of beetles, moths and caddisflies in the Netherlands
Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2019 Recently, reports of insect declines prompted concerns with respect to the state of insects at a global level. Here, we present the results of longer‐term insect monitoring from two locations in the Netherlands: nature development area De Kaaistoep and ...
C. Hallmann +8 more
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Sociobiology, 2016 In the Cerrado, many plants are patrolled by ants, but in some cases, predatory wasps may also play an important role in herbivore deterrence. Here we examined the effects of the wasp Brachygastra lecheguana and the ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis on the ...
Kleber Del-Claro, Estevão Alves-Silva
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Tree defence and bark beetles in a drying world: carbon partitioning, functioning and modelling.
New Phytologist, 2019 Drought has promoted large-scale, insect-induced tree mortality in recent years, with severe consequences for ecosystem function, atmospheric processes, sustainable resources and global biogeochemical cycles.
Jianbei Huang +12 more
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Journal of Pollination Ecology, 2011 Cantharophily is reported for the first time in a Brazilian asclepiad, involving the mylerid Astylus variegatus and the nectariferous flowers of Oxypetalum banksii, a plant mainly pollinated by wasps. The use of nectar as food by A.
Milene Faria Vieira +1 more
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Aquatic beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera) of Koundinya wildlife sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2023 The present investigation was carried out to study the fauna of aquatic beetles of Koundinya wildlife sanctuary (India). A total of forty two species belonging to four families was recorded.
Shiva Shankar +5 more
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Beetles as Model Organisms in Physiological, Biomedical and Environmental Studies – A Review
Frontiers in Physiology, 2019 Model organisms are often used in biological, medical and environmental research. Among insects, Drosophila melanogaster, Galleria mellonella, Apis mellifera, Bombyx mori, Periplaneta americana, and Locusta migratoria are often used.
Z. Adamski +14 more
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New localities of Sarcodontia crocea (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) in Poland
Acta Mycologica, 2017 Sarcodontia crocea is a fungus relatively rarely recorded in Central and Northern Europe, where as a parasite it grows mainly on old apple trees. The most recent data on the occurrence of this fungus in Poland are presented in this study.
Andrzej Szczepkowski +3 more
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The complete mitochondrial genome of Sympiezomias velatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2017 Here, we determined the complete mitogenome sequence of Sympiezomias velatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae). This mitogenome was 15,592 bp long with an A + T content of 74.1% and contains 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 21 transfer RNA genes ...
Pei-An Tang +4 more
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Insects, 2022 The Order Coleoptera provides good examples of morphological specializations in the reproductive apparatus, gonadic maturation, and allometry differing between the sexes. The female and male reproductive apparatus has been modified to ensure reproduction
Abraham Sanchez-Cruz +2 more
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Insects, 2021 Wireworms are yellowish soil-dwelling larvae that damage a wide range of arable crops. The most common wireworms found in European cultivated fields (except for the Caucasus) belong to the genus Agriotes (Coleoptera: Elateridae).
Lorenzo Furlan +4 more
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