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Levels of Parasitism by Xenos oxyodontes (Strepsiptera, Stylopidae) among Adult Hornets and Its Voltinism in the Host Vespa analis (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Sociobiology
Stylopized adults of Vespa analis in collected nests and bait-trapped samples were examined to learn the intensity of parasitism and the life cycle of the parasite Xenos oxyodontes. Of the 48 nests collected between June and October in central Japan, 60%
Shun'ichi Makino
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Endogenous colony dormancy shapes seasonal cold tolerance in temperate ants

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract As eusocial superorganisms, cold‐adapted ants must survive multiple consecutive winters and are shaped by selective pressures acting at both individual and colony‐level.
Quentin Willot, Vladimir Kostal, Martin Moos, Johannes Overgaard   +3 more
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Carrion removal rates and diel activity of necrophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in a fragmented tropical rain forest [PDF]

, 2011
Many studies have analyzed the effect of forest fragmentation on dung beetle diversity in tropical landscapes. Few of them, however, have analyzed how forest fragmentation affects the assemblage structure of necrophagous beetles and their removal rates ...
Mario Enrique Favila Castillo, Sandra Jimena Amézquita Melo   +1 more
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Complex multitrophic species interactions and fitness costs: Intricate consequences of jasmonate and salicylate induced plant defences

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reveals how long‐term activation of jasmonic and salicylic acid signalling reshapes arthropod communities and plant fitness across seasons. By showing that induced defences generate contrasting outcomes and cascading trade‐offs across trophic levels, it challenges the assumption that induced resistance is uniformly beneficial in natural ...
Mônica F. Kersch‐Becker, Guilherme P. Pinheiro, Thaís S. Schweller, Martin Pareja, Victoria M. Pocius, José R. Trigo, Gustavo Q. Romero   +6 more
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Forest fragmentation and selective logging have inconsistent effects on multiple animal-mediated ecosystem processes in a tropical forest

, 2011
Forest fragmentation and selective logging are two main drivers of global environmental change and modify biodiversity and environmental conditions in many tropical forests.
Mathias Templin, Kagezi, Godfrey Hurbby, Mary W Gikungu, Gikungu Mary W., Uster Dana, Gikungu, Mary W., Clas M Naumann, Bergsdorf Thomas, Kaib, Manfred, Schaab, Gertrud, Wägele, J. Wolfgang, J Wolfgang Wägele, Lung, Tobias, Dalitz, Helmut, Gikungu, Mary Wanjiku, Godfrey H. Kagezi, Freund, Wolfram M., Uster, Dana, Clas M. Naumann, Hita Garcia, Francisco, Manfred Kaib, Bleher Bärbel, Kagezi Godfrey H., Schaab Gertrud, Kraemer, Manfred, Freund, Wolfram, Farwig Nina, Fischer, Georg, Templin Mathias, Marcell K. Peters, Brandl Roland, Francisco Hita Garcia, Godfrey H Kagezi, Helmut Dalitz, Naumann Clas M., Bärbel Bleher, Kaib Manfred, Roland Brandl, Mary W. Gikungu, Böhning-Gaese Katrin, Böhning-Gaese, Katrin, Tobias Lung, Brandl, Roland, Wägele J. Wolfgang, Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Manfred Kraemer, Schleuning Matthias, J. Wolfgang Wägele, Dalitz Helmut, Freund Wolfram, Lung Tobias, Kraemer Manfred, Melanie Hagen, Kagezi, Godfrey H., Georg Fischer, Boehning-Gaese, Kathrin, Schleuning, Matthias, Garcia, Francisco Hita, Bergsdorf, Thomas, Hagen Melanie, Garcia Francisco Hita, Naumann, Clas M., Nina Farwig, Peters Marcell K., Bleher, Bärbel, Gertrud Schaab, Thomas Bergsdorf, Peters, Marcell K., Marcell K Peters, Matthias Schleuning, Wolfram Freund, Hagen, Melanie, Farwig, Nina, Fischer Georg, Templin, Mathias, Dana Uster   +75 more
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Repeated trends in altitudinal gradients of diversity: How habitat filtering and biotic interactions structure ecological communities

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reveals that tropical butterfly communities show remarkably consistent elevational patterns of diversity and phylogenetic structure across regions with contrasting evolutionary histories, demonstrating how regional species pools and local ecological factors jointly shape biodiversity along altitudinal gradients.
Raphaël Fougeray, Arlety Roy, Christelle Penager, Guillaume Correa Pimpao, Ronald Mori Pezo, Léo‐Paul Charlet, Nino Page, Ombeline Sculfort, Stéphanie Gallusser, Marianne Elias, Melanie McClure   +10 more
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Global meta‐analysis reveals urban‐associated behavioural differences among wild populations

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Urbanization drives rapid phenotypic change, yet broad patterns of behavioural responses remain unclear. Using a global phylogenetic meta‐analysis, we show urban populations exhibit increased boldness, aggression, exploration and activity—especially in birds—highlighting consistent behavioural shifts and revealing major taxonomic gaps that limit our ...
Tracy T. Burkhard, Ned A. Dochtermann, Anne Charmantier   +2 more
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First report of Acutaspis oliveirai (Lepage & Giannotti, 1942) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in Central Brazil: occurrence on Myrsine guianensis (Aubl.) Kuntze (Primulaceae) in the Brazilian Cerrado

Entomological Communications
 Recent research shows that the Cerrado has a great diversity of scale insects (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in association with native plants. This work aimed to report the occurrence of Acutaspis oliveirai (Lepage & Giannotti, 1942) (Hemiptera ...
Marcelo T. Castro, Sandro C. L. Montalvão, Vera R. S. Wolff   +2 more
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First record of the forensically important genus Protopiophila Duda (Diptera: Piophilidae) from South Korea and an integrative framework for forensic identification

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract The family Piophilidae is of significant forensic importance due to its association with late‐stage decomposition; however, the Korean piophilid fauna remains poorly studied, lacking comprehensive morphological and molecular data. This study reports the first record of the genus Protopiophila Duda from South Korea.
Sangjin Han, Taemin Kang, Seung‐Gyu Lee, Seunggwan Shin   +3 more
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Mycotoxins‐contaminated wheat matrices bioconversion by Tenebrio molitor larvae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Larval development time, ADG, survival rate and substrate consumption were not negatively affected by the levels of mycotoxins contamination Larvae excreted most of the ingested DON and its derivatives through exuviae and frass The mycotoxin accumulation rates observed in larvae were always below the current legal limits for livestock feed Abstract ...
Valentina Candian, Valentina Scarpino, Alessandro Bona, Rosemarie Tedeschi, Massimo Blandino   +4 more
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