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Structural stability of plant–pollinator interactions despite seasonal abundance of long‐tongued hawkmoths

Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 4, April 2026.
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, Luis M. Primo, Francisco A. R. Santos, Isabel C. Machado   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intensity of larval diapause in the bamboo borer, Omphisa fuscidentalis

Intensity of larval diapause in the bamboo borer, Omphisa fuscidentalis
Larvae of the bamboo borer, Omphisa fuscidentalis, enter larval diapause in September and pupate in the following June (Singtripop et al., 1999). We examined the changes in the responses of larvae to exogenous 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) in order to estimate the progress of diapause development.
openaire   +1 more source

From fertilizer to insecticide: urban leaf litter chemistry alters the survival landscape of Aedes aegypti

Pest Management Science, Volume 82, Issue 4, Page 3395-3407, April 2026.
Chemical profiling and bioassays reveal that leaf‐litter leachates from urban trees flip between nourishing and killing Aedes aegypti larvae: dilute Tipuana tipu boosts growth, whereas concentrated, aged extracts are >90% lethal. Species‐specific chemistry thus turns street trees into potential self‐renewing tools for integrated vector control ...
Ana Luiza Caldatto, Gilberto Dinis Cozzer, Heloise Restello Remus, Raquel de Brito, Monica Santin Zanatta Schindler, Cássia Alves Lima‐Rezende, Jacir Dal Magro, Renan de Souza Rezende   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping of Aedes albopictus abundance at a local scale in Italy [PDF]

, 2017
Given the growing risk of arbovirus outbreaks in Europe, there is a clear need to better describe the distribution of invasive mosquito species such as Aedes albopictus. Current challenges consist in simulating Ae. albopictus abundance, rather than its
Arnoldi, Daniele, Baldacchino, Frédéric, Capelli, Gioia, Delucchi, Luca, Manica, Mattia, Marcantonio, Matteo, Marini, Giovanni, Montarsi, Fabrizio, Rizzoli, Annapaola, Rosà, Roberto, Zorer, Roberto   +10 more
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Automatic traps foster the monitoring and prediction of bark beetle swarming

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 4, April 2026.
Automated trap data help bark beetle management to act more timely and targeted, thereby facilitating an effective mitigation of outbreaks. Moreover, the immediate data transmission makes regular manual trap collections unnecessary. While swarming models cannot quantify absolute trap catches without site‐ and trap‐specific calibration, they provide ...
Sven Hofmann, Markus Kautz, Bruno Erne, Georg Heine   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Goes First? Effects of Starvation on the Body Condition of a Neotropical Dung Beetle

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 174, Issue 4, Page 321-328, April 2026.
We investigated how prolonged starvation affects key physiological traits in the dung beetle Dichotomius bos. Prolonged starvation leads to significant reductions in body dry mass and fat reserves, while muscle mass remains unchanged. These findings indicate that dung beetles prioritize the maintenance of locomotor muscles while mobilizing stored ...
Leonardo Vilas‐Bôas M. P. de Cerqueira, Renato Portela Salomão, Damián Villaseñor‐Amador, Andressa Fraga Cotta, Pedro Lucas Moreira de Oliveira, César Murilo de Albuquerque Correa   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting the timing and potential of the spring emergence of overwintered populations of Heliothis spp [PDF]

The current state of knowledge dealing with the prediction of the overwintering population and spring emergence of Heliothis spp., a serious pest of numerous crops is surveyed. Current literature is reviewed in detail.
Hartstack, A. W., Lopez, J. D., Witz, J. A.   +2 more
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Waterbirds and Other Drivers of Endoparasite Communities Across a Hierarchy of Spatial Scales

Freshwater Biology, Volume 71, Issue 4, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Understanding drivers of parasite community structure is compromised by poor sampling and historical focus on one host‐one parasite systems. Yet parasites are ubiquitous and co‐infections are common. This study aimed to identify how various drivers, ranging from landscape scale (waterbird movements, hydrological connectivity, region, host ...
Sarah Nichols, Paolo Ruggeri, Henrietta Pringle, Gavin Siriwardena, Hanna Hartikainen, Beth Okamura   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of climate change on Lepidoptera species and communities [PDF]

, 2011
In this review, the impacts of climate change on Lepidoptera species and communities are summarized, regarding already registered changes in case of individual species and assemblies, and possible future effects.
Hufnagel, Levente, Kocsis, Márton
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Inheritance of an extended diapause trait in the Northern corn rootworm, Diabrotica barberi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) [PDF]

, 2014
Diapause is an adaptive trait that delays development or reproduction under unfavourable circumstances. The northern corn rootworm,Diabrotica barberi Smith & Lawrence, an important maize, Zea mays L., pest in the Diabroticite species complex, overwinters
Coates, Brad, French, B. W., Sappington, Thomas, Sappington, Thomas   +3 more
core   +2 more sources