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Inbreeding and selection on sex ratio in the bark beetle Xylosandrus germanus [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Local Mate Competition (LMC) theory predicts a female should produce a more female-biased sex ratio if her sons compete with each other for mates.
Keller, Laurent, Christian Bernasconi, Keller, L., David M Shuker, Bernasconi, Christian, Katharina Peer, Peer Katharina, Bernasconi Christian, Shuker, D.M., Keller Laurent, Shuker David M, Peer, Katharina, Laurent Keller, Taborsky, M., Taborsky, Michael, Bernasconi, C., Shuker, David M., Peer, K., Taborsky Michael, Michael Taborsky   +19 more
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Mating history shapes Wolbachia‐induced cytoplasmic incompatibility and female fitness in an insect pest

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Mating order and remating of females by males with different endosymbiont associations strongly shape Wolbachia‐induced cytoplasmic incompatibility, female fitness and offspring sex ratio. An incompatible first mating was weakly affected if followed by a compatible mating and vice versa, indicating strong first‐male sperm precedence with consequences ...
Amir H. Tourani, Alihan Katlav, James M. Cook, Geraldine Tilden, Markus Riegler   +4 more
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Assessment of insecticide use practices in licensed pest control operators in North Carolina

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
A statewide survey of 105 licensed North Carolina pesticide operators found ants, mosquitoes, and aphids as top target pests, pyrethroids as the dominant insecticide class (68%), and limited resistance monitoring, establishing a baseline for future insecticide resistance management and outreach.
Kaylin Russell, Stephanie Richards, Sinan Sousan, Jo Anne Balanay   +3 more
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Cascading bottom‐up effects of invasive alien plants on the parasitoid Aphidius colemani mediated by the aphid host Aphis fabae

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Differences in the suitability of invasive alien plants as hosts drove variations in cascading bottom‐up effects in aphid host and parasitoid performance, potentially influencing top‐down regulation. Abstract BACKGROUND Invasive alien plants (IAP) can threaten biodiversity by disrupting trophic interactions and, consequently, affect agroecosystems by ...
Emma Pluchard, Aude Couty, Arnaud Ameline, Géraldine Doury   +3 more
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The European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus) as an ally for the control of the invasive yellow‐legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)

Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 4, Page 2237-2247, April 2025.
The predatory effect of the honey‐buzzard affects the reproductive performance of Asian‐hornet colonies, decreasing the density of workers over distance and time. The foraging distances of the honey‐buzzard concentrates within the first 2000 m from nest, which supports the results observed.
Jorge Ángel Martín‐Ávila, Luisa María Díaz‐Aranda, José Manuel Fernández‐Pereira, Salvador Rebollo   +3 more
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Sperm morphology: A novel way to associate female-males of highly sexual dimorphic fig wasp species

, 2016
Males of pollinating and some non-pollinating fig wasps are wingless and quite dissimilar to their co-specific females. Due to the accentuated sexual dimorphism, males and females of some fig wasp species were described in different genera.
PEREIRA, Rodrigo Augusto Santinelo, PRAD, Angelo Pires do, LINO-NETO, Jose   +2 more
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Effects of timed LED regimes on tomato plant traits, performance of two‐spotted spider mites, and predatory mites (Phytoseiulus persimilis)

Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 4, Page 2300-2311, April 2025.
Light‐emitting diode (LED)‐based treatments for enhancing crop production and pest management have primarily focused on continuous treatments. This study, using Tetranychus urticae and Phytoseiulus persimilis, demonstrates that the timing of LED supplementation is crucial for designing integrated pest management strategies that improve both plant ...
Patrice Savi, Samantha Hall, Maria Hernandez, Anil Mantri, Daniel Kliebenstein, Christian Nansen   +5 more
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The effects of a new gall midge in the Panamanian fig/fig wasp mutualism

, 2022
The mutualism between the fig tree and the fig wasp pollinator is an important keystone interaction for tropical forests. However, many antagonistic and parasitic species take advantage of the fig/fig wasp mutualism.
Hedberg, Roberta
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Wood wasp inspired space and earth drill [PDF]

, 2010
In this chapter, we explain why the low gravity encountered on Mars or on the Moon and the low mass of the probes, landers and rovers that carry drilling devices limit classical drilling techniques.
Gao, Y, Coste, P, Gourinat, Yves, Gao, Yang, Gourinat, Y, Gouache, Thibault, Gouache, T, Coste, Pierre   +7 more
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Goffman's Tempting the Devil in Stigma: A Close Rereading of Goffman's “Subversive” Construct of “the Normals” Versus “the Stigmatized”

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This article engages in a close rereading of Stigma, relating it to Goffman's biography as a person who faced stigma. Exploring his biography helps us to recognize the ways Goffman applies stigma strategies in how he represents himself as the author in Stigma.
Thaddeus Müller
wiley   +1 more source