REVIEW: ROLE OF SYRPHIDS (DIPTERA: SYRPHIDAE) AS BIOTIC AGENTS AND POLLINATORS IN PAKISTAN
Journal of Bioresource Management, 2014 The agriculture sector is important in the overall economy of Pakistan. There are many limiting factors in crop production. The two important factors are pest damage and pollination in addition to many others. Pest damage remained a serious problem since
Mohammad Irshad
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Non‐breeding social behaviour as an investment in reducing future territoriality costs
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Territoriality is costly, and animals should adopt strategies to cope with these costs. Seasonal territoriality for breeding – a common strategy in many groups of animals – can reduce costs during the non‐breeding season but requires establishing new territories every breeding season.
Samuele Ramellini +3 more
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Evaluation of Cage Designs and Feeding Regimes for Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Laboratory Experiments [PDF]
, 2017 The aim of this study was to improve cage systems for maintaining adult honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) workers under in vitro laboratory conditions. To achieve this goal, we experimentally evaluated the impact of different cages, developed by scientists ...
Chen, Yan Ping +20 more
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The Weak Worker Hypothesis: a new framework for understanding division of labour in social insects
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In social species, group functions often benefit from variation among individual group members. Many highly integrated social insect colonies rely on division of labour among colony members and emergent properties of their collective behaviour and physiology. Response threshold models are a prominent proximate explanation of division of labour,
Jacob J. Herman +2 more
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Transfer of Radioactivity from Worker to Drone Honey Bees after Ingestion of Radioactive Sucrose
, 1953 E. Oertel +2 more
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Frontiers in Plant SciencePlant specialized metabolites are species-specific compounds that help plants adapt and survive in constantly changing ecological environments. Nectar contains various specialized metabolites, essential for maintaining nectar homeostasis.
Lijie Xun +10 more
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Humans play key roles in shaping the structure and processes of ecosystems globally, especially in cities. This recognition has prompted a recent focus on understanding urban systems via interactions between human social systems and ecological and evolutionary processes.
Kevin E. McCluney +9 more
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Effectiveness of honey bees and bumble bees in the pollination of Montgomery red clover [PDF]
, 1958 I. W. Forster, W. Hadfield
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The dilemma of honey bee pest management in European Union: eradication or coexistence?
Insect Science, EarlyView.
Michela Bertola, Franco Mutinelli
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Indigenous peoples and local community reports of climate change impacts on biodiversity
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.Abstract Climate change impacts on biodiversity have been primarily studied through ecological research methods, largely ignoring other knowledge systems. Indigenous and local knowledge systems include rich observations of changes in biodiversity that can inform climate change adaptation planning and environmental stewardship.
Albert Cruz‐Gispert +5 more
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