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Gallery Characteristics and Life History of the Ambrosia Beetle Trypodendron betulae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Birch [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Trypodendron betulae Swaine distributed attack entrance holes uniformly over the surface of standing stressed sub-canopy birch trees. Male and female pairs constructed galleries consisting of an entrance tunnel about 20 mm in length and then primary and ...
Allen, Michael   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Carlo Piaggia, the definition of “gallery forests”, and forest avifauna in Central Africa

open access: yesBollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino
In this paper, we provide a brief overview of how the concept of ‘Gallery Forest’ originated during the first European expedition into the Democratic Republic of Congo via the Nile route, led by Carlo Piaggia. Piaggia spent nearly two years with the Azande people, gathering ethnographic materials and documenting their customs.
Spartaco Gippoliti, Luca Lupi
openaire   +1 more source

Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patterns of Diversity and Distribution of Arboreal Social Bees’ Beehives within Chimpanzees’ Home Range in a Forest-Savanna Mosaic (Comoé National Park, Côte d’Ivoire)

open access: yesSociobiology, 2019
The goal of this study was to explain the patterns of diversity and distribution of arboreal social bees nesting in forest habitats of the Comoé National park, within the home-ranges of wild chimpanzees that consume their honey.
Angele Nicodenin Soro   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Additions and corrections to the knowledge of the foliicolous lichen flora of Costa Rica : the genus Fellhanera, with notes on Bacidia pauciseptata [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
This further contribution to the knowledge of the foliicolous lichen flora of Costa Rica provides a detailed account on the genus Fellhanera. In total, 25 species and five undescribed taxa are treated.
Lücking, Robert
core  

A Comparative Evaluation of Carbonaceous and Alloy Type Anodes for Sodium‐Ion Batteries: Capacity, Scalability, and Sustainability Perspectives

open access: yesSmall, EarlyView.
This review critically compares the electrochemical performance of carbon‐based and alloy‐type anodes for sodium‐ion batteries, with an emphasis on strategies that enhance practical deployment. It highlights how synergistic optimization of microstructure, electrolyte, and presodiation improves hard carbon, while nanostructuring and interfacial ...
Anele Tshaka   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mammals of an agricultural landscape of oil palm in the floodplains of the Orocué River, Casanare, Colombia

open access: yesBiota Colombiana, 2015
The llanos region in eastern Colombia exhibits great biodiversity, and is being threatened by agro-industrial processes such as oil palm plantations. However, information about the mammals associated with these landscapes is very limited.
Lain E. Pardo-Vargas   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seasonal Patterns of Flight and Attack of Maple Saplings by the Ambrosia Beetle \u3ci\u3eCorthylus Punctatissimus\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in Central Michigan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Window traps with ethanol were used to observe seasonal flight patterns of Corthylus punctatissimus in central Michigan. Flights peaked in early July with a second peak seven weeks later in late August.
Densmore, Kurt J   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Endogenous colony dormancy shapes seasonal cold tolerance in temperate ants

open access: yesFunctional 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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