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Cognitive Symbionts. Expanding the Scope of Cognitive Science With Fungi
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract It has been argued that fungi have cognitive capacities, and even conscious experiences. While these arguments risk ushering in unproductive disputes about how words like “mind,” “cognitive,” “sentient,” and “conscious” should be used, paying close attention to key properties of fungal life can also be uncontroversially productive for ...
Matteo Colombo
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Resolution of a paradox: Hummingbird flight at high elevation does not come without a cost [PDF]
, 2004 Flight at high elevation is energetically demanding because of parallel reductions in air density and oxygen availability. The hovering flight of hummingbirds is one of the most energetically expensive forms of animal locomotion, but hummingbirds are ...
Altshuler, Douglas L. +2 more
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Seeing Through an Ant's Eyes: Do Entomopathogenic Fungi Extend Their Cognition to Their Hosts?
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.Abstract Post‐cognitivist approaches recognize cognition as a phenomenon that involves not just brains but all the sensorimotor apparatus of organisms. This means that brains are not always required for the emergence of cognition and that every organism can, in principle, be cognitive, unlocking a theoretical framework to explain the complex adaptive ...
André Geremia Parise +2 more
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Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.Abstract Manned space exploration to distant destinations, including Mars, continues to be an aspiration of humankind. Space travel does, however, present many challenges to the body, amongst which adaptation to microgravity is perhaps the largest. For instance, both short and long manned spaceflight missions have shown substantial deleterious effects ...
Gerard McMahon +2 more
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SociobiologyThe loss and fragmentation of native vegetation harm pollinators and reduce crop productivity. The passion fruit crop is an excellent model for investigating this issue, as its pollinators are especially sensitive to deforestation.
Jociara Silva Costa +5 more
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The Economic Value of the Pollination Service, a Review Across Scales [PDF]
, 2009 Pollination is an ecosystem service that is essential to support the production of a wide range of crops. The service is increasingly under threat, as a consequence of among others habitat loss of pollinators and increasing use of pesticides. In order to
Hein, L.G.
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Male territoriality in the carpenter bee Xylocopa virginica virginica
Animal Behaviour, 1983 Abstract Males of the carpenter bee Xylocopa v. virginica are territorial at nest sites, food plants, and landmarks such as boulders and houses. Their territories are defined as hover spaces of about 0.03 m 3 inside hemispherical 20-m-radius attack spaces. They copulated in or near nest-site and food-plant territories. Territorial males frequently
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Comprehensive Physiology, Volume 16, Issue 2, April 2026.Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) effects span central and peripheral organ systems through diverse mechanistic pathways. This comprehensive review provides a unified synthesis of these mechanisms across neurological, cardiovascular, immunological, metabolic, and gastrointestinal domains, filling a critical gap and serving as a foundational resource for ...
Yifeng Bu +11 more
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The bees of Greater Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) [PDF]
, 2008 The bee fauna of the Greater Puerto Rico area was studied. A review of the previous relevant studies is presented. An annotated catalog and information about the origin and distributional patterns are also provided.
Franz, Nico M., Genaro, Julio A.
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