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‘I like to dance with the flowers!’: Exploring the possibilities for biodiverse futures in an urban forest school

Children &Society, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the ways in which ‘forest school’, an educational approach where children engage in creative and play based activities in a ‘natural’ environment, can contribute towards Sustainable Development Goal 15 (SDG 15) by promoting sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems and by helping address biodiversity loss. Drawing on data
Hannah Hogarth
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Multi‐angle, cross‐domain fusion strategy enhances automated insect identification and hierarchical categorization: a case study on assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

Cladistics, EarlyView.
Abstract Automated insect identification systems hold significant value for biodiversity monitoring, pest management, citizen science initiatives and systematic studies, particularly in an era of declining expertise in insect taxonomy. However, current deep learning approaches often rely on standardized specimen photos from limited‐angles and ...
Xinkai Wang, Huaiyu Liu, Zhuo Chen, Yisheng Zhao, Yingqi Liu, Haoyang Xiong, Yuange Duan, Fang Song, Wanzhi Cai, Xuankun Li, Hu Li   +10 more
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Next-generation sequencing yields mitochondrial genome of Coccidophilus cariba Gordon (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from museum specimen

Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2019
We assembled and annotated the first complete mitochondrial genome of a species from the subfamily Microweiseinae, Coccidophilus cariba Gordon, a predator of scale insect pest.
Romain Nattier, Karen Salazar
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Age dependent mate choice influences reproductive and progeny attributes in aphidophagous ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2015
Despite the many studies on age based mate choice in insects, the question of how age influences mate choice in predaceous ladybird beetles is still unexplored.
Mahadev BISTA, OMKAR
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Impact of Host and Food Availability on Life‐History Traits in Six Egg Parasitoid Species of the Genus Trichogramma

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
In this study we measured the impact of access to sugar and hosts on the longevity and fecundity of six Trichogramma species: T. cacoeciae, T. chilonis, T. minutum, T. leptoparameron, T. pintoi and T. sibericum. The impact of food differed among species, but there was a general tendency of increased life expectancy and potential fecundity with sugar ...
Véronique Martel, Marlène Goubault, Guy Boivin   +2 more
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Do Cultivar, Watering and Plant Distance Impact Aphids and Their Natural Enemies in Chili (Capsicum chinense Jacq.)?

Horticulturae
Chilies are being increasingly favored worldwide, with an increasing growing area. As limited information is available about the population dynamic of arthropod communities in chilies under field conditions, the aim of our survey was to observe aphids ...
András Lajos Juhász, Ágnes Szénási
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Textiles in Texts: Literary Representations of Women's Textile Crafts [PDF]

, 2015
Textiles in ...
N/A, Poplett, Patricia
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Comparing Methods for Measuring Predation: Toward a Quantitative–Informative Indicator of Natural Pest Control

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Predation methods vary widely in their ability to quantify biological control. Estimating predation rates (the number of prey killed per predator per time unit) is crucial. Combining predation rates with predator abundance yields real‐time field estimates of pests consumed.
Yann Tricault, Abel Masson, Sylvain Poggi, Elsa Canard, Manuel Plantegenest   +4 more
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Population Growth Parameters of Scymnus nubilus Fed Single-Aphid Diets of Aphis fabae or Myzus persicae

Insects
Life tables are an important tool to forecast the performance of biological control agents used in pest management programs, and they are often assessed in terms of population growth.
Isabel Borges, Guillaume J. Dury, António O. Soares   +2 more
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Insects and Survival: A Review of Primary and Secondary Defense Strategies

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Based on a review of three decades of literature, insect defense mechanisms are classified into primary (I) and secondary (II) mechanisms of behavioral, morphological, and chemical nature. These mechanisms have been recorded in 22 (I) and 20 (II) orders, respectively.
Lucas Fernandes Silva, Rodrigo Almeida Pinheiro, José Cola Zanuncio, Conceição Aparecida dos Santos   +3 more
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