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Aphid and endosymbiont sensitivity to heatwaves is misaligned across life stages

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Aphids depend on the obligate symbiont Buchnera aphidicola, which may constrain thermal tolerance. Using a factorial heatwave experiment, we exposed nymphs and adults to moderate or extreme temperatures and measured fitness and symbiont responses.
Evatt Chirgwin, Qiong Yang, Paul A. Umina, Xuan Cheng, Xinyue Gu, Alex Gill, Ary A. Hoffmann   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decades of Enclosure Protection Exert Composite Effects on Grassland Grasshopper Communities

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Decades of enclosure protection have altered grasshopper community structure, with species‐specific effects on population dynamics. For the low‐mobility grasshopper Chorthippus fallax, abundance did not differ strongly between exclosure‐protected and overgrazed areas, but its egg development duration was longer in exclosures. The two C.
Dan‐dan Feng, Hui‐feng Zhao, Ya‐hui Men, Jing Li, Mei‐ling Yang, Cai‐qing Yang, Bing Chen, Ai‐bing Zhang   +7 more
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Matrine–Tea Saponin Synergism Involves Suppressed Detoxification and Digestion in a Leaf Beetle

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Tea saponin and matrine showed synergistic toxicity against Plagiodera versicolora. Combined exposure suppressed digestion‐ and detoxification‐related processes, while silencing the trypsin gene Pver105950 and chitinase gene Pver001190 increased larval susceptibility to tea saponin and matrine, respectively.
Owais Khan, Xiayu Li, Yanping Zhang, Runhua Han, Letian Xu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the Individual: Multisite Population‐Level Consequences of Road Mortality on a Declining Mammal

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
We used a comparative study design to quantify population densities, structure, survival, cause‐specific mortality and female productivity in four West‐European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) populations, and to forecast the impact of road mortality on population viability.
Lauren J. Moore, Silviu O. Petrovan, Adam J. Bates, Helen L. Hicks, Philip J. Baker, Sarah E. Perkins, David E. Wembridge, Richard W. Yarnell   +7 more
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Reconsidering the importance of Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) as a crop pest

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Four‐year field monitoring and laboratory studies revealed M. dirhodum occurs regularly in barley with high reproductive potential and extended adult longevity. Populations peaked during vulnerable crop stages, creating optimal conditions for BYDV transmission during critical infection windows. M.
Md Munir Mostafiz, Jack D. C. Perry, Daniel J. Leybourne, Tom W. Pope, Joe M. Roberts, Antoine Pichon, Stephen Byrne, Louise McNamara   +7 more
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Behavioural responses of peach potato aphid, Myzus persicae Sulzer (Hemiptera: Aphididae), to entomopathogenic fungi infected conspecifics

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
Myzus persicae showed no detectable behavioural response to Beauveria bassiana‐colonised agar alone. Aphids spent significantly more time in odour fields containing EPF‐infected conspecifics than healthy aphids, agar or blank air. EPF infection may alter host‐associated odours, suggesting pathogen‐mediated cues could influence aphid behaviour and ...
Ben J. Clunie, Thomas Bluck, Imogen Crowe, Devan Coyne, Aidan Smith, Tom W. Pope, Joe M. Roberts   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cascades of effectiveness of next-generation insecticide-treated nets against malaria, from entomological trials to real-life conditions. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Champagne C, Lemant J, Assenga A, Kibondo UA, Lekundayo RG, Mbuba E, Moore J, Muganga JB, Ntabaliba WS, Odufuwa OG, Swai JK, Alexa M, Goers R, Golumbeanu M, Chitnis N, Ross A, N'Guessan R, Moore S, Pothin E.   +18 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Climatic factors, landscape composition and host plant traits co‐drive fruit infestation of unmanaged walnut trees by the invasive pest fly Rhagoletis completa (Cresson, 1929) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
The study examined multiscale factors influencing walnut fruit infestations by the invasive pest fly Rhagoletis completa. Infestation rates increased with fruit size, host tree abundance, grasslands, hedgerows and temperatures, but decreased with anthropogenic habitats and heavy spring rainfall.
Méghan Boulembert, Wendy Destierdt, Aude Couty, Emilie Gallet‐Moron, Patrice Eslin, Olivier Chabrerie   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Utilization of insecticide-treated nets for malaria prevention among children in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

Malar J
Basiru A, Alozieuwa UB, Aboh MI, Usman UY, Nwaefulu ON, Okeke OP, Akinsolu FT, Sobande OO.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Combined effects of the landscape and crop management on ant communities

Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.
At small spatial scales, agricultural management acts as a stronger ecological filter than landscape context, significantly shaping ant community composition. Species richness and frequency did not differ among treatments, indicating the predominance of generalist species.
Claudia Tiemi Wazema, Marlina Ribeiro Abonizio‐Santos, Victor Hideki Nagatani, Nathalia Sampaio da Silva, Rony Peterson Santos Almeida, Joudellys Andrade‐Silva, Débora Rodrigues de Souza‐Campana, Maria Santina de Castro Morini   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source