Results 101 to 110 of about 206,713 (308)

Brood parasitism reduces but does not prevent Bombus terrestris reproductive success

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
Graphical depiction of the colony splitting process. Throughout figures in this paper, results pertaining to host success are represented in blue, and cuckoo success is represented in red. Abstract Cuckoo bumblebees are obligate brood parasites that must invade a colony of their host bumblebee species in order to reproduce.
Sofia Dartnell, Lynn V. Dicks
wiley   +1 more source

Behavioral, Ecological, and Morphological Data Suggest a Close Relationship Between the Ant Colobopsis truncata and the Gall Wasp Aphelonyx cerricola

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Aphelonyx cerricola and the different stages that make this gall colonizable by ants. ABSTRACT Wasps of the family Cynipidae are known to induce galls of a species‐specific morphology, which during senescence provide a refuge for secondary insect fauna, especially ants.
Daniele Giannetti   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives on Caste and Militant Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka: The LTTE and Resistance Against Vellalah Hegemony

open access: yesCaste
By analyzing the intersection of caste and militant Tamil nationalism in Sri Lanka, this article considers whether the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was a transformative force that disrupted the caste order, including the hegemony of the ...
Bahirathy Jeeweshwara Rasanen
doaj  

Rethinking Studying Up: Caste, Positionality, and Reflexivity in Fieldwork

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods
Who holds epistemic authority to study whom, and what unspoken imperatives—social, institutional, or cultural—shape our research choices? This paper interrogates the challenges of research in a caste-stratified society, where caste functions not just as ...
Madhuri Kamtam
doaj   +1 more source

The Waning Caste System of The Gambia

open access: yesTurkish Academic Research Review
This study examines how caste shapes social relations in The Gambia through the lens of Blalock’s (1967) Group Threat Hypothesis and assesses the extent to which Western education can be credited with addressing caste-related concerns.
Akpojevbe Omasanjuwa
doaj   +1 more source

When Two Southerners Meet on a Tram in Gothenburg, Sweden

open access: yesParse Journal, 2022
This text navigates the tensions, contradictions and common ground around the question of justice and violence read through the respective practices of two PhD candidates at HDK-Valand.
Nkule Mabaso, Ram Krishna Ranjan
doaj  

Potential Correlation Between Bombus lantschouensis Thoracic Morphology and Flight Behavior

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Potential correlation between Bombus lantschouensis thoracic morphology and flight behavior. ABSTRACT Remarkably little modern work has investigated the thoracic structures of insects and their relationship to flight locomotion. Most studies focus exclusively on either morphology or flight kinematics.
Wenjie Li   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards a Multispecies Approach to Caste in Sinhala Society: Interspecies Dynamics between Cinnamon and the Salagama People

open access: yesCaste
This article deploys a multispecies perspective to understand the role of human and non-human actors shaping the Sinhala caste system in Sri Lanka. Apart from human interlocutors, certain animal species (e.g.
Kalinga Tudor Silva
doaj   +1 more source

Decasticization, Dignity, and ‘Dirty Work’ at the Intersections of Caste, Memory, and Disaster

open access: yes, 2019
In this qualitative study we examine the role of caste, class, and Dalit janitorial labor in the aftermath of floods in Chennai, India, in 2015. Drawing from a variety of sources including interviews, social media, and news coverage, we studied how Dalit
Jagannathan, Srinath   +2 more
core  

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy