Impact of the invasive ant Linepithema humile on native ant assemblages on the western slopes of Table Mountain and implications for ant-butterfly associations [PDF]
The Argentine Ant, Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), is one of the world's most successful invasive species and invades undisturbed Fynbos habitats in South Africa, displacing native arthropod species and affecting interspecific associations.
Krahner, André
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Formigas (Hymenoptera) como indicadores de qualidade ambiental em manguezais da Ilha de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC [PDF]
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Florianópolis, 2014.Manguezais são ecossistemas únicos formados por florestas inundadas tropicais e subtropicais de ...
Maurício, Letícia Santos
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Route of Allergen Immunotherapy: A Global Look Into Physicians' Motivations
Little is known about the factors driving AIT prescription in clinical practice, including the level of personalization from patient to patient. Patient‐centred factors theoretically would favour SLIT prescription. Doctors’ knowledge, training, and country influence the final decision on the route.
Carmen Vidal +42 more
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Background: The centrosome is the main center of the organization of microtubules (MT) in the cell, the origin for the formation of flagella and cilia, as well as the site of many regulatory intracellular processes.
Rustem Uzbekov +5 more
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Syrphophilus bizonarius (Gravenhorst, 1829) (Hymenoptera) - new to Malta, with a revised check-list of the Ichneumonidae of the Maltese Islands [PDF]
The Ichneumonidae is a species rich family with 36,179 valid species recorded by yu & horStmAnn (1997). Ichneumonids utilise a diverse array of insects and arachnids as their hosts and play an essential role in the normal functioning of terrestrial ...
Mifsud, David
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Understanding the Type 2 Immunity: An Evolving View Beyond Allergic Diseases
ABSTRACT Type 2 (T2) immunity is classically associated with defense against helminths and environmental threats, from a physiological perspective, and with allergies and eosinophilic inflammatory diseases, in a pathological sense. However, growing evidence reveals that T2 pathways also support other essential homeostatic functions, including tissue ...
Rodrigo Jiménez‐Saiz +22 more
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Further contributions to the tritrophic plant-aphid-parasitoid associations in Malta with special reference to Aphis nerii (Hemiptera, Aphidoidea) as a prevalent refugium of Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) [PDF]
Four species of aphid parasitoids, namely Aphidius colemani, Binodoxys angelicae, Lysiphlebus fabarum and Lysiphlebus testaceipes were reared from Aphis nerii on Nerium oleander and/or Stephanotis floribunda in Malta.
Mifsud, David, Zammit, Mark, Stary, Petr
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ABSTRACT One core aspect of science is communication, both among researchers as well as with the public. For successful communication, it is crucial that the terminology used is clear to avoid misunderstandings. Especially when researchers working on different groups of organisms communicate, they often use different terms for similar morphological ...
Joachim T. Haug, Carolin Haug
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Taxonomic and functional diversity of urban bees of the world
Abstract Bees play a pivotal role in terrestrial environments. Urbanization can affect these organisms and the ecosystem services they provide. However, knowledge of the global diversity of urban bees is limited. Thus, we summarized data on urban bee species identities and occurrences; compared distributions of all bees with those found in urban ...
João C. F. Cardoso +10 more
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Ecologia da nidificação de formigas (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) em indivíduos pós-reprodutivos secos de Actinocephalus polyanthus (Eriocaulaceae) em ambientes de restinga, Florianópolis, Sul do Brasil [PDF]
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Florianópolis, 2012Dentre as características que possibilitaram o grande sucesso das formigas na adaptação a diferentes
Schmidt, Gustavo de Oliveira
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