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BMC Ecology, 2003 Background Although Nicotiana attenuata is entirely self-compatible, chemical and other floral traits suggest selection for the maintenance of advertisement for moth pollinators. Results Experimental exclusions of pollinators from plants with emasculated
Sime Karen R, Baldwin Ian T
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Flight of the dragonflies and damselflies [PDF]
, 2016 This work is a synthesis of our current understanding of the mechanics, aerodynamics and visually mediated control of dragonfly and damselfly flight, with the addition of new experimental and computational data in several key areas.
Alexander DE +29 more
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 8, Issue 3, March 2026.Natural fliers achieve remarkable aerial performance through diverse wing neuromechanical systems integrating actuation, sensing, and control. This study synthesizes neuromechanical architectures in insects and hummingbirds, identifying two key functional types‐Dual Neural‐Mechanical Oscillator and Neurally‐modulated Mechanical Oscillator‐ and ...
Suyash Agrawal +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2012 BackgroundThe mushroom bodies of the insect brain play an important role in olfactory processing, associative learning and memory. The mushroom bodies show odor-specific spatial patterns of activity and are also influenced by visual stimuli.Methodology ...
Anna Balkenius, Bill Hansson
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Flight Mechanics and Control of Escape Manoeuvres in Hummingbirds. I. Flight Kinematics [PDF]
, 2016 Hummingbirds are nature’s masters of aerobatic manoeuvres. Previous research shows that hummingbirds and insects converged evolutionarily upon similar aerodynamic mechanisms and kinematics in hovering.
Cheng, Bo +6 more
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New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, Volume 54, Issue 1, March 2026.Dragon fruit (pitaya; Hylocereus undatus) is a promising, new high‐value crop in New Zealand. The large nocturnal flowers open for one night and close early in the morning the following day over a 3‐ to 6‐month long flowering period. In dragon fruit's native range, hawkmoths and bats are key nocturnal pollinators, and honey bees visit flowers during ...
Max N. Buxton +2 more
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First person – Kalyanasundaram Parthasarathy
Biology Open, 2021 First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers.
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Cumulative individual seed production in the polycarpic Caesalpinia gilliesii (Fabaceae): effects of temporal variability in floral display, plant density and pollination [PDF]
, 2016 In polycarpic species, floral display size and density of conspecific neighbours are time variable as well as their effects on pollination and fecundity.
Ashworth, Lorena +2 more
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Phylogenomics resolves major relationships and reveals significant diversification rate shifts in the evolution of silk moths and relatives [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Silkmoths and their relatives constitute the ecologically and taxonomically diverse superfamily Bombycoidea, which includes some of the most charismatic species of Lepidoptera.
Barber, JR +8 more
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Neural-inspired sensors enable sparse, efficient classification of spatiotemporal data
, 2018 Sparse sensor placement is a central challenge in the efficient characterization of complex systems when the cost of acquiring and processing data is high.
Brunton, Bingni W. +3 more
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