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Ecophysiology of an Avian Invader: Body Condition and Metabolic Rate Adjustments to Ambient Temperature

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
This study examines the ecophysiological responses of common waxbills to temperature variation in Portugal. We measured body condition and basal metabolic rate (BMR) during summer and winter across two regions in Portugal. Body condition was negatively correlated with temperature, while the relationship between BMR and temperature varied seasonally. In
Marina Sentís, Cesare Pacioni, Emma Bossuyt, Andrey Bushuev, Anvar Kerimov, Luís Reino, Luc Lens, Diederik Strubbe   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knockout of a single Pax6 gene (toy but not ey) leads to compound eye deficiency and small head in honeybees

Communications Biology
The compound eyes are crucial to honeybees, playing pivotal roles in color recognition, orientation, localization, and navigation processes. The development of compound eyes is primarily mastered by an evolutionarily conserved transcription factor Pax6 ...
Xiaofen Hu, Fuping Cheng, Zhixian Gong, Kaixin Qin, Tingting Shan, Wenwen Li, Lizhen Zhang, Weiyu Yan, Zhijiang Zeng, Zilong Wang   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The amino terminal domain of the human α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit leads to the functional expression of human/insect receptors

British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Human α7 receptors have been characterised in terms of pharmacological properties. Insertion of the N‐terminal domain of the human α7 subunit leads to honeybee and cockroach chimeric receptors activated by ACh and inhibited by α‐Bgt. Insertion of the human cys‐loop leads to cockroach chimeric receptors modulated by PNU.
Alison Cartereau, Chloé Veront, Alexandra Cremades, Priscilla Martin, Remi Gojard, Nicolas Galland, Emiliane Taillebois, Dieudonnée Togbé, Jean‐Yves Le Questel, Steeve H. Thany   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Honey Bee Pollination of Camellia oleifera and Mitigation of Toxic Crop Nectar

Insects
Tea oil tree (Camellia oleifera), a woody oil crop native to Southern China, relies on insect pollination for fruit and seed production. However, its nectar is toxic to honey bees (Apis spp.) due to their inability to digest the oligosaccharide present ...
Feng Liu, Pingli Dai, Weiliang Zhou, Jinghua Hu, Fang Yuan, Xijian Xu, Wujun Jiang, Qun Luo, Huijun Huang, Ge Zhang, Wuguang Ye   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Pilot Randomised Controlled Dose‐Ranging Trial of Ant Venom Immunotherapy With and Without Delta‐Inulin Adjuvant

Clinical &Experimental Allergy, EarlyView.
Low dose (25mcg) jack jumper ant venom immunotherapy with or without Advax adjuvant, had similar efficacy to the current standard of care. Reduction in basophil activation test reactivity in response to treatment correlated with sting challenge outcome.
Thanh‐Thao Adriana Le, Troy Wanandy, Griffith B. Perkins, Susan Lester, Wun Yee Lau, Malcolm Turner, Richard J. Woodman, Emily M. Mulcahy, Sherin Vareeckal Joseph, Shweta Mhatre, Simon G. A. Brown, Michael D. Wiese, Nikolai Petrovsky, Robert J. Heddle, Pravin Hissaria   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Propolis and Beeswax in Cosmetics: A Market Survey and Literature Review on Their Relationship and Role in Allergic Contact Dermatitis

Contact Dermatitis, EarlyView.
Propolis is rarely used in conventional cosmetics within the EU, and such products are therefore unlikely to be significant sources of exposure for patients with positive patch test reactions to propolis. There is no evidence that small amounts of propolis in white beeswax (cera alba) in cosmetics can trigger allergic contact dermatitis in individuals ...
Anton C. de Groot, Norbertus A. Ipenburg, Thomas Rustemeyer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

TRIDENT Ice Mining Drill for Lunar Volatile Prospecting for PRIME-1 and VIPER Missions

The Planetary Science Journal
The Regolith and Ice Drill for Exploration of New Terrains (TRIDENT) is a 1 m class drill developed for capturing regolith and ice during the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) and the Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment (PRIME-1 ...
Kris Zacny, Philip Chu, Vincent Vendiola, Gale Paulsen, Paul Creekmore, Samuel Goldman, Jameil Bailey, Philip Ng, Carter Fortuin, Jaqueline Stamboltsian, Alex Wang, Anchal Jain, Paul Chow, Emily Seto, Nicholas Bottomley, Robert Huddleston, Ezra Bailey-Kelly, Raymond Zheng, Aaron Norlinger, Isabel King, Zach Mank, Jack Wilson, Jake Fishman, Helen Xu, Dean Bergman, Erik Mumm, Kiel Davis, Jason Beck, Stella Dearing, Mark Hill, Jackie Quinn, Amy Eichenbaum, Janine Captain, Julie Kleinhenz, Anthony Colaprete, Rick Elphic, Kimberly Ennico-Smith, Darlene S. S. Lim, Zara Mirmalek, David Lees, Valentin T. Bickel, Ariel N. Deutsch, Nicholas C. Schmerr, Kevin Lewis, Benjamin Fernando, Kathryn Gansler   +45 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic benefits of biodiversity corridors: A cross‐sectional study of households in the Central Annamite Landscape, Vietnam

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity corridors aim to reconnect fragmented habitats and protected areas, yet their impact on landowners varies and requires assessment. In the Central Annamite Landscape, Vietnam, initiatives like Payment for Forest Environment Services (PFES) for watershed protection, forest restoration, and non‐timber forest product development ...
Van Tri Tin Nguyen, Cooper Schouten, Leslie Christidis, David Newell, Cody Aylward   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversity of Honeybee Behavior Is a Potential Inbuilt Trait for Varroa Tolerance: A Basic Tool for Breeding Varroa-Resistant Strains

Agriculture
The ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor is well known for transmitting a number of viruses that can contribute to the collapse of honeybee colonies. To date, the many control measures put in place to limit the spread of V.
Peter Njukang Akongte, Daegeun Oh, Changhoon Lee, Yongsoo Choi, Dongwon Kim   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Colour reverse learning and animal personalities: the advantage of behavioural diversity assessed with agent-based simulations [PDF]

, 2012
Foraging bees use colour cues to help identify rewarding from unrewarding flowers, but as conditions change, bees may require behavioural flexibility to reverse their learnt preferences.
Adrian G. Dyer, Alan Dorin, Marcello G. P. Rosa, Verena Reinhardt   +3 more
core   +1 more source