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The role of nectariferous plants in the attraction of coccinellids (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Карантин і захист рослин, 2020 Goal. To evaluate the role of nectarines in attracting coccinellid in the agrocenosis of spring wheat. Methods. Field experience on the effect of nectarines to attract coccinellid; accounting ladybirds on the plot of nectarines and sowing of spring ...
Ya. Medvid
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Agronomy, 2022 The aim of this study was to determine the effects of water extracts of tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus L.) on the feeding intensity, mortality, and weight gain of selected pests, i.e., adult pea leaf weevils (Sitona lineatus L.), nymphs, wingless ...
Janina Gospodarek +3 more
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Pathogen avoidance by insect predators [PDF]
, 2008 Insects can detect cues related to the risk of attack by their natural enemies. Pathogens are among the natural enemies of insects and entomopathogenic fungi attack a wide array of host species.
Meyling, Nicolai V. +3 more
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Reproduction in risky environments: the role of invasive egg predators in ladybird laying strategies [PDF]
, 2016 This is the final version of the article. Available from PLOS via the DOI in this record.We have made the data for this publication freely available from the University of Exeter Repository: URL http://hdl.handle.net/10871/18252.Reproductive environments
Blount, JD, Paul, SC, Pell, JK
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Zootaxa, 2018 Although ladybirds of European Russia and the Caucasus have been the subject of numerous ecological and faunistic investigations, there is an evident lack of appropriate identification keys.
A. Bieńkowski
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Mandible composition and properties in two selected praying mantises (Insecta, Mantodea)
The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Insects process their food with their cuticle‐based mouthparts. These feeding structures reflect their diversity and can, in some cases, showcase adaptations in material composition, mechanical properties, and shape to suit their specific dietary preferences.
Malo Roze +3 more
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Variation in life history traits and transcriptome associated with adaptation to diet shifts in the ladybird Cryptolaemus montrouzieri [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Despite the broad diet range of many predatory ladybirds, the mechanisms involved in their adaptation to diet shifts are not completely understood.
A Haselton +51 more
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Toxins, 2018 The ladybird Propylea japonica, adults of the green lacewing Chrysoperla nipponensis and the honey bee Apis mellifera are common pollen feeders in many crop systems.
Xiaowei Xie +7 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2017 The harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis is now established as a model to test hypotheses explaining why some species become successfully invasive, while others, even closely related ones, do not.
François J. Verheggen +3 more
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