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A new species of Alaocyba PERRIS, 1869 (Insecta : Coleoptera : Curculionidae : Raymondionyminae) from the Maltese Islands [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
A new species of Alaocyba PERRIS, 1869 is described from the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean). Alaocyba melitensis sp.n. is the first record of this tyrrhenian genus for Malta.
Magnano, Luigi, Mifsud, David
core  

Host preferences of non‐native Acalolepta aesthetica (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) on the Island of Hawaiʻi

open access: yesAgricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Acalolepta aesthetica is a non‐native cerambycid established on the Island of Hawaiʻi. We show its preferred hosts are woody species that are highly valued for agricultural, horticultural and cultural uses. We used a resource selection function to estimate host preferences and found that kukui (Aleurites moluccanus), the state tree, was preferred ...
Helen R. Sofaer   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biological and taxonomical investigations of some oak species [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Hermaphroditic flowers blooming unseasonably on an oak tree (»the green oak«) of uncertain hybrid origin prompted a detailed investigation into the biology of the flowering, and the morphology of various traits of the tree, which is growing in an urban ...
E. Stabentheiner, Ž. Borzan
core   +1 more source

Palaeoenvironmental evolution of the Baltic Sea basin during the Last Interglacial (Eemian, Mikulino stages): a review

open access: yesBoreas, EarlyView.
This review presents an investigation of the evolution of the Baltic Sea basin and its connections through the Eemian Stage, based upon sequences of marine and associated deposits from the White Sea to the Southwest Baltic, via the Karelian channel. Pollen analyses, foraminiferal and ostracod analyses provide the evolution of relative sea‐level change,
Philip L. Gibbard, Karen L. Knudsen
wiley   +1 more source

Autumn Foods of White-Tailed Deer in Arkansas [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
Rumen contents from 65 hunter-harvested deer were collected and analyzed during 1985-86 to estimate the principal autumn foods consumed by white-tailed deer inhabiting the Ozark Mountains, Arkansas River Valley, and Gulf Coastal Plain regions of Arkansas.
Adams, Danny   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Wild bee diversity and land use: A case study in a mountain agroecosystem of the Serranía de Ronda, southern Spain

open access: yesInsect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Orchards supported the highest wild bee diversity and functional diversity, highlighting their role in maintaining bee communities in Mediterranean agroecosystems. Landscape heterogeneity positively influenced functional evenness and dispersion of wild bee communities, underscoring the importance of diverse landscapes for bee conservation. The presence
Violeta Hevia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Yerba Mate: efectos sobre la vigilia y el sueño

open access: yesAnales de la Facultad de Medicina, 2014
Actualmente, son cada vez más utilizados diversos estimulantes para aumentar la vigilia y su rendimiento. La yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) ingerida como infusión, es una bebida tradicional de América del Sur, de amplio consumo en Uruguay, y ...
Pablo Torterolo   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Estimating wild bee population size with validated distance sampling

open access: yesInsect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Distance Sampling is a promising method to estimate population size but has never been validated on insects. We validated it on a honey bee population of known size. We applied Distance Sampling to three insular pollinators and found that estimates are consistent across days, match species phenology and reflect the expected influence of weather ...
Claudia Bruschini   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Provides information about the physical characteristics, growth requirements, and landscape functions for Winterberry, Ilex verticillata.
openaire   +2 more sources

Fatty acid composition and antioxidant capacity of defatted, non-defatted and oils extracts of Quercus ilex fruit from Algeria

open access: yesRoczniki Panstwowego Zakladu Higieny
Background The nutritional value and health-promoting properties cause the fruits (acorns) of Quercus ilex to have great potential for use in the food industry as functional ingredients and antioxidants source.
Hadjira Guenane   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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