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The Search for Invertebrate Consciousness [PDF]

, 2020
There is no agreement on whether any invertebrates are conscious and no agreement on a methodology that could settle the issue. How can the debate move forward?
Birch, Jonathan
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Solar flower power

eLife, 2017
Bumblebees use invisible temperature patterns on flowers to make foraging decisions.
Julia Bing, Danny Kessler
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An Innate Preference of Bumblebees for Volatile Organic Compounds Emitted by Phaseolus vulgaris Plants Infected With Three Different Viruses

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)-infected tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) plants emit volatile organic compounds (VOCs) attractive to bumblebees (Bombus terrestris L.), which are important tomato pollinators, but which do not transmit CMV. We investigated if
Netsai Margareth Mhlanga, Netsai Margareth Mhlanga, Alex M. Murphy, Francis O. Wamonje, Francis O. Wamonje, Nik J. Cunniffe, John C. Caulfield, Beverley J. Glover, John P. Carr   +8 more
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Bumblebees Learn Polarization Patterns [PDF]

Current Biology, 2014
Foraging insect pollinators such as bees must find and identify flowers in a complex visual environment. Bees use skylight polarization patterns for navigation, a capacity mediated by the polarization-sensitive dorsal rim area (DRA) of their eye. While other insects use polarization sensitivity to identify appropriate habitats, oviposition sites, and ...
Foster, James J, Sharkey, Camilla R, Gaworska, Alicia V A, Roberts, Nicholas W, Whitney, Heather M, Partridge, Julian C   +5 more
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The role of automated feedback in training and retaining biological recorders for citizen science [PDF]

, 2016
The rapid rise of citizen science, with lay people forming often extensive biodiversity sensor networks, is seen as a solution to the mismatch between data demand and supply while simultaneously engaging citizens with environmental topics.
Adams, Beirne, Bell, Blaschke, Bonney, Butler, Clary, Conrad, Danielsen, Davis, Devictor, Ellis, Greenwood, Hill, Hochachka, Hopkins, Kelling, Lawrence, Leacock, Mansfield, Mol, Portet, Sadler, Siddharthan, Silvertown, Theobald, Wal, Wals, Worthington   +28 more
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Sulfoxaflor exposure reduces egg laying in bumblebees Bombus terrestris

Journal of Applied Ecology, 2019
Sulfoximine‐based insecticides, such as sulfoxaflor, are of increasing global importance and have been registered for use in 81 countries, offering a potential alternative to neonicotinoid insecticides. Previous studies have demonstrated that sulfoxaflor
H. Siviter, Jay Horner, Mark J. F. Brown, E. Leadbeater   +3 more
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Reproductive Interference in an Introduced Bumblebee: Polyandry may Mitigate Negative Reproductive Impact

Insects, 2019
As a signature of reproductive interference (RI), we reviewed hybrid production in eusocial bumblebees in Japan, by comparing introduced Bombus terrestris with native B. ignitus in Honshu (main island of Japan) and with native B.
Koji Tsuchida, Ayumi Yamaguchi, Yuya Kanbe, Koichi Goka   +3 more
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Foraging Bumblebees Selectively Attend to Other Types of Bees Based on Their Reward-Predictive Value

Insects, 2020
Using social information can be an efficient strategy for learning in a new environment while reducing the risks associated with trial-and-error learning. Whereas social information from conspecifics has long been assumed to be preferentially attended by
Jose E. Romero-González, Amanda L. Royka, HaDi MaBouDi, Cwyn Solvi, Janne-Tuomas Seppänen, Olli J. Loukola   +5 more
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Mapping species distributions: A comparison of skilled naturalist and lay citizen science recording [PDF]

, 2015
To assess the ability of traditional biological recording schemes and lay citizen science approaches to gather data on species distributions and changes therein, we examined bumblebee records from the UK’s national repository (National Biodiversity ...
A Lawrence, A Lawrence, Advaith Siddharthan, AIT Tulloch, AM Miller-Rushing, Annie Robinson, Ben Darvill, BL Sullivan, C Kremen, C Mackechnie, Chris Mellish, CL Catlin-Groves, D Goulson, D Goulson, DB Lindenmayer, DE Moerman, DEFRA, DEFRA, DS Schmeller, EH Boakes, GC Lye, GW Hopkins, HE Roy, HE Roy, Helen Anderson, J Beck, J Silvertown, JJD Greenwood, K Paul, LP Crowther, M Barbet-Massin, M Macdonald, MJO Pocock, Nirwan Sharma, NJB Isaac, R Ellis, R Ellis, René van der Wal, S Bell, S Goffredo, Stuart Roberts, UK National Ecosystem Assessment   +41 more
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Microbial metabolites elicit distinct olfactory and gustatory preferences in bumblebees

Biology Letters, 2019
Animals such as bumblebees use chemosensory cues to both locate and evaluate essential resources. Increasingly, it is recognized that microbes can alter the quality of foraged resources and produce metabolites that may act as foraging cues.
R. Schaeffer, Caitlin C. Rering, Isabelle Maalouf, J. Beck, R. Vannette   +4 more
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