Performance of Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda Reared on Various Horticultural Crops
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.The developmental performance and reproductive success of the Australian population of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) were evaluated on five horticultural crops under laboratory conditions. Sweetcorn and bean supported rapid development, lower mortality, and higher fecundity (good performance); whereas capsicum, strawberry, and okra resulted in ...
Rajendra Regmi +5 more
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What Goes First? Effects of Starvation on the Body Condition of a Neotropical Dung Beetle
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.We investigated how prolonged starvation affects key physiological traits in the dung beetle Dichotomius bos. Prolonged starvation leads to significant reductions in body dry mass and fat reserves, while muscle mass remains unchanged. These findings indicate that dung beetles prioritize the maintenance of locomotor muscles while mobilizing stored ...
Leonardo Vilas‐Bôas M. P. de Cerqueira +5 more
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Independent transitions to fully planktonic life cycles shaped the global distribution of medusozoans in the epipelagic zone. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S ABoosten M +5 more
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Cost of parasite exposure depends on host ontogeny 寄生接觸的代價依賴於宿主發育階段
Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.The cost of parasite exposure varies across host developmental stages, demonstrating that ontogeny influences the expression of non‐consumptive effects (NCEs). Mite exposure resulted in consumptive effects in fly eggs and NCEs in early‐stage pupae; mite longevity was comparable when provisioned with pupae or water but increased when provisioned with ...
Lisa R. MacLeod +2 more
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Unraveling the mysteries of the gut-kidney axis: the protective role of traditional Chinese medicine in chronic kidney disease. [PDF]
Front MicrobiolLi J, Diao L, Li M, Huang F, Sun K.
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Dietary Shifts Among the Developmental Stages of the Ectoparasite, Argulus japonicus (Crustacea; Branchiura), Mirror Ontogeny as Shown Through Differences in Stable Isotope Ratios of Carbon (δ13C) and Nitrogen (δ15N). [PDF]
Ecol EvolGilbert BM +3 more
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A Case for Contingent Absurdity
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract A popular view on existential absurdity holds that if life is absurd, it must be inescapably so. In opposition to this view, I argue that the concept of existential absurdity allows for life to be contingently absurd. In Nausea (1938) and Being and Nothingness (1943), Jean‐Paul Sartre puts forward two distinct conceptions of an absurd life ...
Thom Hamer
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European Management Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper aims to encounter the scholarly demand for comprehensive identification and investigation of the factors that highlight the sense of the “workplace of the future.” Besides, this study sheds in‐depth qualitative and quantitative insights into analysing such drivers in international entrepreneurial small and medium enterprises of ...
Hannan Amoozad Mahdiraji +3 more
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Wearables for persons with blindness and low vision: form factor matters. [PDF]
Assist TechnolHan YH +5 more
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