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Species composition and elevational distribution of bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Bombus Latreille) in the East Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, India [PDF]

ZooKeys, 2019
The East Himalaya is one of the world’s most biodiverse ecosystems. However, very little is known about the abundance and distribution of many plant and animal taxa in this region.
Martin Streinzer, Jharna Chakravorty, Johann Neumayer, Karsing Megu, Jaya Narah, Thomas Schmitt, Himender Bharti, Johannes Spaethe, Axel Brockmann   +8 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Impacts of the Use of Nonnative Commercial Bumble Bees for Pollinator Supplementation in Raspberry

, 2011
Evidence for pollinator declines has led to concern that inadequate pollination services may limit crop yields. The global trade in commercial bumble bee (Bombus spp.) colonies provides pollination services for both glasshouse and open-field crops.
S N Jennings (16200008), D. Goulson, Jennings, S. N., Lye, Gillian, Osborne, Juliet L, S. N. Jennings, G C Lye (16199942), Osborne, J. L., Jennings, S Nikki, Goulson, D., J. L. Osborne, Goulson, Dave, G. C. Lye, J L Osborne (16158101), Dave Goulson (4460962), Lye, G. C.   +15 more
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No trade-off between learning speed and associative flexibility in bumblebees: a reversal learning test with multiple colonies [PDF]

, 2012
Potential trade-offs between learning speed and memory-related performance could be important factors in the evolution of learning. Here, we test whether rapid learning interferes with the acquisition of new information using a reversal learning paradigm.
Raine, Nigel E., Raine Nigel E., Lars Chittka, Chittka Lars, Chittka, Lars, Raine, Nigel, Raine, NE, Chittka, L, Nigel E Raine   +8 more
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Orchard netting impacts on biodiversity leading to cascading effects at the ecosystem level

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Agriculture must ensure food production without further compromising the ecosystem functions upon which it depends. Agricultural practices should therefore avoid harming farmland biodiversity, especially of taxa that supply the key ecosystem services (e.g.
Corrado Alessandrini, Karan Sethi, Emanuela Granata, Ekaterina Mogilnaia, Valeria Vitangeli, Giovanni Zanfei, Chiara Fedrigotti, Paolo Biella, Dino Scaravelli, Luigi Marchesi, Péter Batáry, Diego Rubolini, Paolo Pedrini, Mattia Brambilla   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Proper Treatment of Dynamics in Cognitive Science

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract This essay examines the relevance of dynamical ideas for cognitive science. On its own, the mere mathematical idea of a dynamical system is too weak to serve as a scientific theory of anything, and dynamical approaches within cognitive science are too rich and varied to be subsumed under a single “dynamical hypothesis.” Instead, after first ...
Randall D. Beer
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating Nest Box Utilization by Bumble Bees and Reproductive Development of Male Bumble Bees

, 2020
Bumble bees (Bombus Latrielle) are a wide-spread group of pollinating insects that are important species to conserve across many environments to ensure both ecological and economic resiliency because they pollinate important agricultural, horticultural ...
Herndon, James Daniel
core   +2 more sources

Gender, violence, and killing: Revisiting femicide, and the overlooked realities of male victimization

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The term femicide, widely used in reference to the “killing of a woman because she is a woman,” has been questioned on the ground that it implies unequal dignity of men and women victims of gender related death. This position called for an analysis of the terminology used to describe and define the various forms of killing of women and men. We
Giuseppe Benagiano, Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson, Marwan Habiba, Sekaren Shantha‐Kumari   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of climate on intra- and interspecific size variation in bumble-bees

, 2005
1. In contrast to other social bees, bumble-bees exhibit considerable size variation within the worker caste. This size variation has not been adequately explained, although it is known that larger workers tend to be foragers and smaller bees spend more ...
Peat, J., Ellis, J., Ellis, Jonathan, Goulson, D., Darvill, Ben, Goulson, Dave, B Darvill (16199777), Dave Goulson (4460962), Peat, James, J Peat (13294395), Darvill, B., J Ellis (7807520)   +11 more
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Marine Isotope Stage 4 glaciation in northern England, UK: Evidence from Victoria Cave, North Yorkshire

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Victoria Cave, north Yorkshire, England, contains a long sequence of Pleistocene clastic sediments and calcite flowstones. Earlier work, using U–Th dating, established that the flowstone units formed in interglacial stages corresponding to Marine Isotope Stages (MIS) 13, 11, 9, 7 and 5.
Tom C. Lord, Peter Wilson, Joyce Lundberg, Adrian P. Palmer, Matt W. Telfer, Rhiannon E. Stevens, Phillip J. Murphy, Mark Lewis   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mycotoxin management in the cereal supply chain: Advanced detection, detoxification, and smart packaging strategies

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Mycotoxins remain a persistent threat to the safety and quality of cereal grains and other agricultural products, and their impact on human health continues to raise global concerns. In many situations, the practices traditionally used to control these toxins are no longer sufficiently effective. They can be costly, difficult to implement on a
Abolfazl Asqardokht‐Aliabadi, Dipendra Kumar Mahato, Jafar Mohammadzadeh Milani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source