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Effects of developmental stages, sex difference, and diet types of the host marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) on symbiotic bacteria [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyIntroductionSymbiotic bacteria play key roles in a variety of important life processes of insects such as development, reproduction and environmental adaptation, and the elucidation of symbiont population structure and dynamics is crucial for revealing ...
Jinjie Cui, Jichao Ji, Junyu Luo
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 The hoverfly Eristalinus arvorum (Fabricius, 1787) (Diptera: Syrphidae), which belongs to the tribe Eristalini, is well known as a pollinating agent for crops and flowering plants in agricultural and natural ecosystems.
Liang Cao +4 more
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Sexual dimorphism in sensorimotor transformation of optic flow [PDF]
eLifeMotion vision underpins a wide range of adaptive behaviours essential for individual and species survival. In hoverflies, some visual behaviours are sexually dimorphic, including for example male high-speed pursuit of conspecifics matched by improved ...
Sarah Nicholas +6 more
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Quantification of migrant hoverfly movements (Diptera: Syrphidae) on the West Coast of North America [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 The seasonal migration of huge numbers of hoverflies is frequently reported in Europe from mountain passes or spurs of land. The movement of such large numbers of beneficial insects is thought to provide significant ecosystem services in terms of ...
Brian V Brown, Myles Menz, Karl Wotton
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Remote Sensing, 2021 Habitat degradation, mostly caused by human impact, is one of the key drivers of biodiversity loss. This is a global problem, causing a decline in the number of pollinators, such as hoverflies. In the process of digitalizing ecological studies in Serbia,
Mirjana Radulovic +2 more
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Adaptations in wing morphology rather than wingbeat kinematics enable flight in small hoverfly species [PDF]
eLifeDue to physical scaling laws, size greatly affects animal locomotor ability and performance. Whether morphological and kinematic traits always jointly respond to size variation remains poorly known.
Camille Le Roy +3 more
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Evaluation of Selected Plant Essential Oils for Aphid Pest Control in Integrated Pest Management [PDF]
InsectsAphids are major agricultural pests, feeding on plant sap and transmitting viruses to economically important crops. The use of synthetic pesticides is increasingly restricted due to stricter regulations aimed at protecting both human and environmental ...
José Luis Casas +3 more
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Endangered palsa mire hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) in northern Sweden [PDF]
Mires and Peat, 2022 The hoverfly species Platycheirus torei Barkalov, 2013 is recorded from Europe for the first time. It was collected in a palsa mire in Seitajaure, northern Sweden, representing a westward extension of its potential range by 3,500 km.
Jeroen van Steenis
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Pollination by hoverflies in the Anthropocene [PDF]
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2020 Pollinator declines, changes in land use and climate-induced shifts in phenology have the potential to seriously affect ecosystem function and food security by disrupting pollination services provided by insects. Much of the current research focuses on bees, or groups other insects together as ‘non-bee pollinators’, obscuring the relative contribution ...
Toby Doyle +5 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Fire affects many critical ecological processes, including pollination, and effects of climate change on fire regimes may have profound consequences that are difficult to predict.
Georgios Nakas +5 more
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