Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.Diverse Saturniidae moth communities are found in naturally recovering tropical forests in Ecuador. Community composition showed a gradual turnover with strongest differences between old‐growth forest and active agriculture, but only weak differences in taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity. While our results suggest that Saturniidae are not
Sebastian Seibold +15 more
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Identification of a novel plant-derived attractant for Acromyrmex lobicornis leaf-cutting ants
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências: Leaf-cutting ants are considered major pests of agriculture and forestry in the Neotropics. Attractive toxic baits are the prevailing method for managing them.
ANDREA M. ALMA +3 more
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Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.Primary forests hosted more diurnal species and exhibited significant diel specialization. Secondary forests were less species‐rich, dominated by invasive ants, with reduced diel partitioning and more species active at night. Although the overall ant activity was higher during the day, this pattern was stratum‐dependent: arboreal and terrestrial ants ...
Jan Lenc +4 more
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International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.Abstract The application of automated ground vehicles (AGVs) is well‐established in closed environments such as port terminals, while their operation in open areas remains challenging. In this work, we set out to overcome this limitation by introducing platooning as a transfer mode in heterogeneous vehicle networks.
Nadia Pourmohammad‐Zia +2 more
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Carbon dioxide levels and ventilation in Acromyrmex nests: significance and evolution of architectural innovations in leaf-cutting ants. [PDF]
R Soc Open Sci, 2021 Bollazzi M, Römer D, Roces F.
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Park‐and‐multi‐loop with autonomous delivery robots in last‐mile logistics
International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.Abstract This paper deals with the park‐and‐multi‐loop routing problem, in the context of last‐mile logistics, in which a fleet of traditional vehicles equipped with several autonomous delivery robots leaves from a depot to service a set of customer requests.
Tommaso Adamo +4 more
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Symbiont demand guides resource supply: leaf-cutting ants preferentially deliver their harvested fragments to undernourished fungus gardens. [PDF]
Naturwissenschaften, 2022 Römer D, Aguilar GP, Meyer A, Roces F.
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SlGRF1 mediates gibberellin signaling to control cut‐budding in tomato
Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, EarlyView.Upon wounding, cytokinin increases to initiate callus formation. Gibberellin enhances this, but later blocks bud formation by suppressing SlGRF1. Wounding‐induced protein SlGRF1 triggers buds via NAM1, EPF4, and ER2. Hormonal shifts control cut‐budding phases.
Yaping Xu +7 more
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Leaf-cutting ants' critical and voluntary thermal limits show complex responses to size, heating rates, hydration level, and humidity. [PDF]
J Comp Physiol B, 2022 Lima C, Helene AF, Camacho A.
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The ANT‐Mobilities Framework: Transectionality and a Post‐Materialist Historical Sociology
Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The ANT‐Mobilities framework synthesizes Actor‐Network Theory, the mobilities paradigm, and historical sociology to analyze complex social transformations. This paper develops the framework through empirical engagement with post‐disaster rehabilitation networks following the 2005 Pakistan earthquake, demonstrating how crisis contexts generate ...
Farrukh A. Chishtie
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