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La diversificación de las cícadas y la biodiversidad tropical [PDF]
Collectanea Botanica, 2012 El reciente e inesperado descubrimiento de que las Cycadales actuales no son relictos Jurásico-Cretácicos (200-65 Mya), ya que todos sus géneros iniciaron su diversificación durante el Mioceno Tardío (12 Mya), ha puesto en entredicho un mito evolutivo ...
V. Rull
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Hesiodic Influence on Plato's Myth of the Cicadas
Plato, 2023 This paper argues that Hesiod's Myth of the Golden Race (Op. 109-126) influenced Plato's Myth of the Cicadas from the Phaedrus (258e-259d). Among other parallels, Hesiod's Golden Race and Plato's Cicadas have a similar diet and a similar rapport with the
Marko Vitas
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True cicadas (Cicadidae) as prey for the birds of the Western Palearctic: a review
Avian Research, 2020 Background True cicadas (Cicadidae) are large and temporarily abundant insects. Their availability may produce demographic and behavioural effects on bird populations, as happens with forest avifauna feeding on periodical cicadas in North America.
Pere Pons
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EDIS, 2005 In Florida, cicadas are best known for their loud calls heard during the day, usually issuing from trees. Their cast nymphal skeletons are often seen on the trunks of trees or on shrubs.
Thomas J. Walker, Thomas Moore
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Bacterial diversity of bacteriomes and organs of reproductive, digestive and excretory systems in two cicada species (Hemiptera: Cicadidae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Cicadas form intimate symbioses with bacteria to obtain nutrients that are scarce in the xylem fluid they feed on. The obligate symbionts in cicadas are purportedly confined to specialized bacteriomes, but knowledge of bacterial communities associated ...
Zhou Zheng +3 more
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Herbivoría en cícadas (Cycadophyta) por adultos de Janbechynea elongata Jacoby, 1888 (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae) en el ANP sierra de Otontepec, Veracruz [PDF]
, 2016 Little is known about the relationship between cycads and J. elongata. Since June 2009, adults J. elongata were observed feeding on Ceratozamia huastecorum in the Sierra de Otontepec; Cycas revoluta and C.
Cruz-Morales, Gerardo Eliseo +4 more
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Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2020 Eficacia de las orugas aposemáticas de Eumaeus childrenae contra depredadores invertebrados en el medio natural Las orugas de Eumaeus childrenae (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) son herbívoros especialistas que se alimentan de Dioon holmgrenii (Cycadacea ...
N. Ruiz–García
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Cícadas, fósiles vivientes del reino vegetal [PDF]
, 2017 Fil: Martínez, Leandro Carlos Alcides. Instituto de Botánica Darwinion; ArgentinaFil: Artabe, Analía Emilia Eva. Universidad Nacional de La Plata.
Artabe, Analía Emilia Eva +1 more
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Zamia inermis, the more threatened cycad of Mexico [PDF]
, 2017 Zamia inermis (Zamiaceae) es una cícada rara, endémica y actualmente listada en Peligro Crítico de Extinción. De la misma, sólo se conoce una población compuesta de tres subpoblaciones, que se encuentra distribuido en tan sólo 2,5 km2 de pastizales y ...
Iglesias Andreu, Lourdes Georgina +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 Host-microbe interactions are intimately linked to eukaryotic evolution, particularly in sap-sucking insects that often rely on obligate microbial symbionts for nutrient provisioning.
Diler Haji +6 more
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