Impact of Consuming ‘Toxic’ Monarch Caterpillars on Adult Chinese Mantid Mass Gain and Fecundity
Insects, 2017 Predators that feed on chemically-defended prey often experience non-lethal effects that result in learned avoidance of the prey species. Some predators are able to consume toxic prey without ill-effect.
Jamie L. Rafter +5 more
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The influence of environmental conditions on the selection of spring migration routes by caribou
Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 2, February 2026.Abstract Animal migrations influence key ecological processes such as predator–prey dynamics, nutrient and energy cycling, and community structure. Long‐distance migrations are declining worldwide, and a better understanding of the factors influencing animal space use during migrations is essential to maintain this behavior in the wild.
Cassandra Mac Hugh +4 more
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Gomphocarpus R. Br. (Apocynaceae sufma. Asclepiadoideae) en Andalucía Occidental [PDF]
, 2010 Se da a conocer la presencia en Andalucía Occidental de Gomphocarpus physocarpus E. Mey., un neófi to originario del E y S de África. Se comenta la fenología de la fl oración y fructifi cación, así como la capacidad de dispersión de las plantas en las ...
Devesa, J.A. +3 more
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Using Degree-Day Methodology to Ascertain Early Flight Periods of Michigan Butterflies and Skippers [PDF]
, 2018 Butterflies and skippers have been collected in Michigan for over 130 years and the accompanying data labels continue to provide significant information.
Perkins, Owen A
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An Analysis of Genetic Structure in the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus L. [PDF]
Evolution, 1978 The genetic structure of a set of populations is a consequence of the patterns of mating within, and the magnitude of gene exchange among the populations of interest. Mathematically, this can be expressed as the deviation from Hardy-Weinberg proportions within, and the amount of differentiation or variance in allele frequencies among populations.
Walter F, Eanes, Richard K, Koehn
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Insect Science, Volume 33, Issue 1, Page 313-324, February 2026.Despite the minimal annual temperature variation and the widespread distribution of potential year‐round habitats in Ghana, the migratory potential of the local fall armyworm remains strong and is indistinguishable from that of the fall armyworm in China, which undergo seasonal migration.
Fan‐Qi Gao +5 more
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How scientists can make the case for international cooperation in an age of diplomatic retrenchment
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
James A. Dubovsky +6 more
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Sex‐Specific Response to Predator Auditory Cues in Asian Corn Borer (Ostrinia furnacalis)
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2026.Females downregulate more DEGs; males upregulate under predation risk. Males boost ecdysteroid; females reduce fecundity under bat ultrasound. Female O. furnacalis reacted more strongly to auditory cues of bats than males. ABSTRACT Predation risk has profound effects on prey from phenotype to gene expression.
Li Wang +8 more
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Tachinid Fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Parasitoids of Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) [PDF]
Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 2017 Extensive rearing of monarch larvae (Danaus plexippus L.) through the citizen science Monarch Larva Monitoring Project (MLMP) revealed that monarchs' primary parasitoids are flies in the family Tachinidae and that these parasitoids result in appreciable larval mortality.
Oberhauser, Karen +5 more
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Food Subsidy Effects on Host Foraging Behavior Shape Host–Macroparasite Infection Dynamics
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 1, January 2026.Wildlife behavioral responses to different distributions of food subsidies could shape encounter and infection intensity of environmentally transmitted parasites. Using a mathematical model, we show that the way in which food subsidy changes transmission rate and variation in parasite burdens (e.g., through changes in time spent foraging and variation ...
Brendan B. Haile +5 more
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