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An experimental examination of dispersal decisions made by flight‐capable heteropteran insects in urban stormwater pond conditions

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
Salty conditions in urban stormwater ponds can influence dispersal timing in species‐specific ways for actively dispersing aquatic heteropteran insects. Assaying multiple aspects of dispersal propensity, Hesperocorixa obliqua emigrated earlier in stormwater pond conditions while overall probabilities remained unchanged; Notonecta undulata emigration ...
Ilia Maria C. Ferzoco, Shannon J. McCauley   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conservation implications of shifting habitat use in migrating insects: Selection patterns in a threatened damselfly show that season‐specific actions are needed

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Well‐preserved heathlands of NW Italy are the main overwintering habitat of Sympecma paedisca, while grassy margins in farmland are used only in summer and are avoided from autumn onwards. Grassy margins in farmland act as corridors during the species' migrations between its breeding (ricefields) and overwintering (lowland heathlands) grounds ...
Leonardo Siddi, Martina Cadin, Mattia Brambilla, Giacomo Assandri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban peatlands can harbour diverse insect communities but depend on appropriate habitat management

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Urban peatlands can support high insect diversity, including endangered species and peat bog specialists. Flower diversity boosts endangered species, while succession cover reduces overall insect richness—but bog condition and urbanization showed no major effects.
Nadja Pernat, Anika Kristin Gathof, Hilke Hollens‐Kuhr, Sascha Buchholz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The effects of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis (Bti) on tropical stream food webs vary between two consecutive dry seasons

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Bti application altered tropical stream food‐web structure through changes in macroinvertebrate functional feeding groups. Collector‐filterers and predators showed context‐dependent responses, with clearer direct and indirect effects detected in 2016, the year with higher rainfall.
Tatiana N. Docile, Ronaldo Figueiró, Aliny P. F. Pires, Bruno E. Soares, Jorge L. Nessimian   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dragonfly functional connectivity responses are dynamic relative to drought

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
During drought, dragonfly species richness decreases. Yet, dragonfly assemblages show a higher propensity for dispersal during drought. Dispersal pathways vary among the wet and dry periods, and relative to temporal changes in the landscape. While some dragonfly species can traverse plantation compartments, conservation corridors facilitate functional ...
Charl Deacon, Michael J. Samways, James S. Pryke   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tubule and microbranch variations in human dentine: A quantitative 3D study with serial block‐face scanning electron microscopy

Journal of Microscopy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective: Microbranches exist within dentine, providing a network of fluid filled connections between tubules. This study used serial block‐face scanning electron microscopy to generate 3D volumes of dentine from different tooth locations, allowing for investigations of the microbranch morphology, the microbranch network characteristics and ...
Bethany Harding, Patricia Goggin, James Thompson, Behrad Mahmoodi, Katy Rankin, Philipp Schneider, Richard Cook   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital range of motion analysis is sensitive to subjective steps in joint model construction

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
A systematic sensitivity analysis of a six degree‐of‐freedom range of motion (ROM) analysis workflow was conducted to evaluate how variation in the subjective steps of the reference pose assembly affects the determined viable poses in the ankle and tarsometatarsophalangeal III joints of Guinea fowl (Numida meleagris).
R. J. Lowes, A. Jannel, B. W. Griffin, T. L. Prescott, P. L. Falkingham   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

How do forelimb long bones adapt in rhinoceroses? An in‐depth examination of their microanatomy

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Here, we study the bone structure in the forelimb long bones of the five extant species of rhinoceroses. By combining traditional description of virtual sections made on the bones (A) with in‐depth cartographies of the variation of bone compactness and anisotropy (B), we show how bone tissue can adapt to extreme forces and constraints in the second ...
Cyril Etienne, Axel de Jesus, Vincent Fernandez, Alexandra Houssaye   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A description of dental microanatomy and implantation geometry in Chamaeleonidae

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
A reassessment of the dental histology in adult chamaeleons reveals the presence of periodontal ligament. Alongside alveolar bone and cementum, these tissues together constitute a compacted and remodelled tripartite periodontium. Our findings include the novel observation of plicidentine‐like protuberances of dentine within underlying bone.
Giles D. Sukkert, Ilaria Paparella, Michael R. Doschak, Aaron R. H. LeBlanc, Michael W. Caldwell   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Going silent? Evidence for independent losses of acoustic communication in tree crickets (Insecta, Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Oecanthidae)

Journal of Systematics and Evolution, EarlyView.
Our ancestral state reconstruction in tree crickets reveals multiple independent and irreversible losses of sound‐producing and ‐receiving structures, supporting the convergent evolution of the silent phenotype. We demonstrate strong evolutionary integration between forewings and tympana, although the discovery of ‘silent listeners′ and ‘deaf singers ...
Lucas Denadai de Campos, Jorge Alves Audino, Silvio Shigueo Nihei, Laure Desutter‐Grandcolas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source