Consistent Choice of Prey Source Habitat Across Diverse Landscapes by a Selective Insectivorous Bat
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.After analyzing the diet of the greater horseshoe bats in three distinct colonies, we identified significant spatial and temporal differences, particularly noting a stronger reliance on riparian habitats in Mediterranean areas. The species exhibits great ecological adaptability with strong plasticity in prey source habitats, shifting preferences among ...
Miren Aldasoro +7 more
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Reintroduction of an Endangered Butterfly, the Mottled Duskywing (Erynnis martialis)
Animal Conservation, EarlyView.We reintroduced Mottled Duskywing (Erynnis martialis), an endangered skipper butterfly, at different life‐stages to restored oak savanna habitat in Ontario, Canada and then performed intensive post‐release monitoring. Our results show that, at one of three sites, a population was established within two years of initiating releases and that pupae and ...
Michelle Polley +7 more
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Using a Standardized Protocol to Assess Female Codling Moth, Cydia pomonella (L.), Mating Status Under Mating Disruption Technologies. [PDF]
InsectsKnight AL, Preti M, Basoalto E.
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Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.Out of 136 identified EPNs, only 18 (8 Steinernema and 6 Heterorhabditis) are commercialised globally, highlighting a major gap between discovery and application. High production costs and inconsistent field efficacy are the leading obstacles to the widespread commercialisation of EPN‐based biocontrol products.
Ndivhuwo Ramatsitsi +2 more
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Agricultural and Forest Entomology, EarlyView.The oak processionary moth is an invasive pest in the United Kingdom that threatens biodiversity and public health, with rising control costs highlighting the need for sustainable management alternatives Conservation biocontrol using the parasitoid fly Carcelia iliaca is promising but key biological data gaps hinder evidence‐based policy development. A
Kyle Alexander Miller +5 more
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Winter diet analysis in Rhinolophus euryale (Chiroptera)
Open Life Sciences, 2013 Miková Edita +3 more
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First report of natural parasitism by <i>Telenomus remus</i> Nixon, 1937 on <i>Spodoptera latifascia</i> Walker, 1856 eggs in Puerto Rico: insights into spatial-temporal dynamics in a semiarid tropical region. [PDF]
Front Insect SciDalla Nora D +4 more
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article offers a critical conceptual review of age assessments in England and examines their implications for unaccompanied asylum‐seeking children (UASC). Drawing on Foucault's theories of biopower and governmentality, age assessments are conceptualied as technologies of control that set the parameters for who is deemed ‘deserving’ of ...
Ama‐Rose Greaves
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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]
InsectsHuang X, Chen S, Li X, Zhou Z, Zhou Q.
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