Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.Abstract The difficulty of sampling zooplankton communities in situ has driven advancements in autonomous, remote sensing technology. The goal of this paper was to perform a gear comparison study testing the performance of one such piece of technology—a glider‐mounted four‐frequency echosounder—against traditional shipboard methods of measuring ...
Delphine Mossman +3 more
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The sleeping beauty: how reproductive diapause affects hormone signaling, metabolism, immune response and somatic maintenance in Drosophila melanogaster. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Some organisms can adapt to seasonal and other environmental challenges by entering a state of dormancy, diapause. Thus, insects exposed to decreased temperature and short photoperiod enter a state of arrested development, lowered metabolism, and ...
Olga I Kubrak +3 more
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Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2021 Dormancy is a lifecycle delay that allows organisms to escape suboptimal environmental conditions. As a genetically programmed type of dormancy, diapause is usually accompanied by metabolic depression and enhanced tolerance toward adverse environmental ...
Luxi Chen, Rocío Gómez, Linda C. Weiss
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Development, Survival and Phenology of the Sweetclover Weevil Parasitoid, \u3ci\u3ePygostolus Falcatus\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) [PDF]
, 2018 Biennial sweetclovers were widely used for soil improvement and as for- ages in the first half of the 1900s. The introduction of the sweetclover weevil, Sitona cylindricollis, caused a drastic decline in sweetclover acreage.
Milbrath, Lindsey R, Weiss, Michael J
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Regulatory mechanisms of reproduction in locusts and grasshoppers
New Plant Protection, EarlyView.Regulatory networks composed of numerous coding and noncoding genes play crucial roles in the reproduction of locusts and grasshoppers. This review integrates mechanistic advances in reproductive regulation, highlighting environmentally adaptive pathways and providing prospective targets for eco‐friendly pesticides.
Jing He, Jiliang Wang, Xinran Wang
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Microbiome, 2021 Background The life cycles of many insect species include an obligatory or facultative diapause stage with arrested development and low metabolic activity as an overwintering strategy.
Jessica Dittmer, Robert M. Brucker
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Determinants of the population growth of the West Nile virus mosquito vector Culex pipiens in a repeatedly affected area in Italy [PDF]
, 2014 Background The recent spread of West Nile Virus in temperate countries has raised concern. Predicting the likelihood of transmission is crucial to ascertain the threat to Public and Veterinary Health.
Bonfanti, L. +5 more
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Oikos, EarlyView.Seasonal environmental cycles affect plant–pollinator interactions by altering plant phenology. Periods of low resource availability can filter pollinators and reduce the complexity of interaction networks, but the extent to which the functional morphology of pollinators influences such filtering remains unclear.
Ugo M. Diniz +3 more
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Current Research in Insect ScienceDiapause is a programmed developmental arrest that can occur at any developmental stage depending on species, but the mechanisms that underscore embryonic diapause are poorly understood.
Melise C. Lecheta +4 more
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Effect of temperature and photoperiod on growth, development and reproduction of Nysius huttoni White (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Applied Science in Plant Protection at the Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2000 The influence of temperature, host plant and photoperiod on Nysius huttoni White growth, development and reproduction was investigated under laboratory conditions.
He, Xiongzhao
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