Temporal variation in sex pheromone release from individual Chilo suppressalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) females and maximization of male trapping. [PDF]
Liang C +7 more
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Understanding dietary preferences and prey selection is pivotal for interpreting the ecology and conservation needs of threatened species. We investigated the diet composition and prey selection of the Red‐backed Shrike Lanius collurio in a montane grassland of the central Italian Apennines, with special regard to sex‐related differences and the ...
Leonardo Ancillotto +8 more
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Fly me to the canopy: Diptera communities in oak forest crowns as bioindicators of stand decline
Diptera diversity: Oak decline increases the overall Diptera diversity, particularly in saproxylic and floricolous guilds, likely due to more open canopies and greater deadwood and floral resource availability. Family responses: Dolichopodidae, Empididae, Hybotidae and Anthomyiidae thrive in declining stands, whereas Mycetophilidae and other fungus ...
Anastasia Paupe +32 more
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Bogong moths navigate using a light-dependent geomagnetic inclination compass
Warrant E +6 more
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Helicoverpa zea selected on Bt corn have wing shapes better suited to long distance flight. [PDF]
Mikac KM +5 more
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Concentrated vulnerabilities in bees: Diet specialists have smaller geographic ranges
Niche breadth theory predicts a positive association between range size and diet breadth, which could concentrate risk among specialists, but this is not well established for bees. Using global occurrence data (range size) and natural history collection‐derived pollen data (diet breadth), we compared these traits in 633 species from six families and ...
Charles N. Thrift +4 more
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A unique high‐elevation Exoneura bee defies typical elevation‐driven declines in bee activity, nesting exclusively in dead branches of snow gums near the alpine tree line. Nesting and foraging are tightly linked to snow gum presence, with most activity occurring within 30 m of these trees. Biophysical modelling indicates the bee's thermally constrained
Joshua M. Coates +3 more
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The Courtship Behavior and the Ultrastructure of Sex Pheromone Glands in the Hind Tibiae of Male Ghost Moth Endoclita davidi (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae). [PDF]
Huang X, Chen S, Li X, Zhou Z, Zhou Q.
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Constant visitation rates across the flowering season masked major shifts in plant and flower visitor interaction structure, specialization, species roles and trait‐driven patterns shaping interaction intensity. Plants and flower visitors changed ecological roles over time, with native flower visitors playing key roles in maintaining network cohesion ...
Alba Costa +3 more
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Pollination by long-proboscid horseflies and its implications for reproductive isolation among coflowering Satyrium orchids in South Africa. [PDF]
Johnson SD +3 more
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