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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

A robotic model of efficient prey finding in the gleaning bat Micronycteris microtis. [PDF]

J Exp Biol
Vanderelst D, Geipel I, Peremans H.
europepmc   +1 more source

Populating and Staying with Methodological Surprise

International Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.
Abstract This submission shares methodological experiments, cultivated in practices of composting by staying open to a surprise in art and design education research. Openness towards a surprise reduces a need to control a defining momentum of inquiry and instead welcomes composted and layered unknowns through multisensory learning experiences.
Mira Kallio‐Tavin, Mirka Koro
wiley   +1 more source

Parametric FEM-Based Analysis on Adaptive Vein Morphology of Dragonfly Wings Toward Material Efficiency. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Zhu G, Teixeira FF, Loh P.
europepmc   +1 more source

Scaling of internal joint distance in the elbow of small‐ to medium‐sized mammals: Implications for range of motion analyses

Journal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
We investigated the internal joint distances (IJDs) of the humero‐ulnar and humero‐radial joint, within a sample of 15 small‐ to medium‐sized mammals and report isometric results. We also found that joint poses had no effect on IJDs and that IJDs scale isometrically within small species.
Adrian Scheidt, Alina C. E. Renk, John A. Nyakatura   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Additively Manufactured Dragonfly-Inspired Wings for Bio-Faithful Flapping MAV Development. [PDF]

Biomimetics (Basel)
Prisăcariu EG, Dumitrescu O, Strătilă S, Sima M, Săvescu C, Vlăducă I, Cuciumita C.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Welfare and Felt Duration

Noûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How should we understand the duration of a pleasant or unpleasant sensation, insofar as its duration modulates how good or bad the experience is overall? Given that we seem able to distinguish between subjective and objective duration and that how well or badly someone's life goes is naturally thought of as something to be assessed from her ...
Andreas L. Mogensen
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond household meals: a game-based approach to unveiling the role of insects in Malagasy children's diets. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
Andrianome T, Rakoto D, Fisher BL, Hugel S.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Postembryonic development of the predatory strike mechanics in a praying mantis (Insecta: Mantodea)

Physiological Entomology, EarlyView.
Praying mantis forelegs capture prey using specific kinematic and kinetic traits that change in size and morphology during postembryonic growth and sexual dimorphism influences these dynamics. Strike forces grow hyperallometrically with body weight; larger mantises show longer strike durations, slower joint angular velocities and increased tibia ...
Thies H. Büscher, Fabian Bäumler, Stanislav N. Gorb, Sebastian Büsse   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temperature-driven shifts in foraging behaviour during larval development in a dragonfly. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Hogreve J, Johansson F, Suhling F.
europepmc   +1 more source