Young honeybees show learned preferences after experiencing adulterated pollen
Pollen selection affects honeybee colony development and productivity. Considering that pollen is consumed by young in-hive bees, and not by foragers, we hypothesized that young bees learn pollen cues and adjust their preferences to the most suitable ...
Rocío Lajad +2 more
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Se presenta un diseño didáctico llevado a cabo en formación inicial de profesorado de Educación Primaria alrededor de los insectos, las plantas y el problema de la pérdida de polinizadores.
Blanca Puig, Borja Gómez Prado
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Moth Communities Reveal High Stability Despite Ongoing Compositional Shifts Over Five Years Following Hurricane Disturbance. [PDF]
We examined the temporal dynamics and ecological stability of tropical forest moth communities using a unique dataset spanning 6 months before and up to 5 years after two extreme hurricanes. While abundance and richness recovered within 2 years, species composition continued to shift, indicating ongoing reassembly with a directional trajectory toward ...
Alonso-Rodríguez AM +3 more
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Integrative systematics of a new species of the gall wasp genus Belonocnema Mayr (Cynipidae, Cynipini) on the Mesoamerican live oak Quercus oleoides (Fagaceae) and its associated hymenopteran community [PDF]
Belonocnema Mayr (Cynipidae, Cynipini) is an oak gall wasp genus currently known by three described species distributed in the southern and southeastern U.S. and northern Mexico, all associated with live oaks of the Quercus section Virentes.
Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón +6 more
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La entomoterapia y sus potenciales aplicaciones en Panamá
Objetivo. Analizar la aplicación de la entomoterapia y su potencial en Panamá. Métodos. El estudio es un breve análisis de la aplicación de la entomoterapia a nivel mundial y el establecimiento de un listado de 20 potenciales especies de artrópodos que ...
Randy Atencio V +4 more
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The aphids Takecallis taiwana (Takahashi, 1926) and T. arundinariae (Essig, 1917) were collected from two locations in the Department of Cundinamarca (Colombia) and one location within 90 km of the city of Bogota on plants of the Phyllostachys sp ...
Ronald Simbaqueba +2 more
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Blaptica dubia un alimento alternativo sostenible para la producción animal
Animal feed production has long negatively impacted natural resources, making it necessary to implement alternatives that significantly contribute to sustainable development while also ensuring the nutrition of a growing global population.
Alberto José Rincón Atuesta +1 more
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Potential conservation of circadian clock proteins in the phylum Nematoda as revealed by bioinformatic searches [PDF]
Although several circadian rhythms have been described in C. elegans, its molecular clock remains elusive. In this work we employed a novel bioinformatic approach, applying probabilistic methodologies, to search for circadian clock proteins of several of
A Claridge-Chang +108 more
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Release and Establishment of Megamelus scutellaris (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) on Waterhyacinth in Florida [PDF]
More than 73,000 Megamelus scutellaris (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) were released in Florida over a 2 to 3 yr period at 10 sites in an attempt to establish sustainable populations on waterhyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes Mart.
Cole, Matthew S. +10 more
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A summary of the endemic beetle genera of the West Indies (Insecta: Coleoptera); bioindicators of the evolutionary richness of this Neotropical archipelago [PDF]
The Caribbean Islands (or the West Indies) are recognized as one of the leading global biodiversity hot spots. This is based on data on species, genus, and family diversity for vascular plants and non-marine vertebrates.
Peck, Stewart B. +1 more
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