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Shifting body weight-fecundity relationship in a capital breeder : maternal effects on egg numbers of the autumnal moth under field conditions [PDF]
, 2013 In the literature, various environmental factors are described as being capable of influencing the reproductive output of insect females irrespective of their body size. Still, female body size or weight is widely used as a proxy for fecundity.
Heisswolf, Annette +3 more
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Digging into dirt: Rewilding with threatened mammals shapes soil‐emerging insect assemblages
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.By comparing insect communities across treatments at two time points, we show that reintroduced digging mammals shape soil‐emerging insect assemblages. This provides empirical evidence that restoring ecosystem engineers may drive broader community‐level change in semi‐arid ecosystems. Abstract Digging mammals function as ecosystem engineers by altering
Lucy G. Johanson +3 more
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Infection and Treatment Protocols in Galleria mellonella for In Vivo Anti-Candida Drug Screening
Future PharmacologyBackground/Objectives: Galleria mellonella (G. mellonella) larvae have emerged as a valuable in vivo model for antifungal drug screening. This study aimed to determine the optimal inoculum concentrations of Candida albicans (C. albicans) in G. mellonella,
Letícia Targino Campos +10 more
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Relative Abundance, Seasonal Distribution and Taxonomy of Sphingidae of Northeast Arkansas [PDF]
, 1971 A total of 38 species of sphingids, with keys and descriptions, are reported from Northeast Arkansas. Graphs and tables are presented to show relative abundance and seasonal distribution.
Barton, Harvey E., Selman, Charles L.
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‘Let's Turn the Grass Into Meat’: Animal Husbandry as Women's Work in Cold War North Korea
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In postcolonial North Korea, the future of the nation was said to be a function of the feedlot. Unobtainable on the battlefields of the recently ended Korean War, liberation and unification of the peninsula became a question of competitive developmentalism.
Sunho Ko, Derek J. Kramer
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Revista de Biología Tropical, 2010 Copitarsia decolora es una especie polífaga ampliamente distribuida con un gran número de cambios nominales debido a su plasticidad fenotípica. Examinamos 14 machos de México, Colombia, Venezuela, Perú y Chile y revisamos la literatura producida entre ...
Andrés O Angulo, Tania S Olivares
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Ecological Solutions and EvidenceAfforestation of native woodland is a globally important political target with potential to meet biodiversity and climate change targets. Heavily deforested landscapes such as parts of the Scottish Highlands provide an opportunity to expand remaining ...
Patrick Cook +4 more
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EDISThis publication describes chalcoela moths, unusual predatory moths that occur across North America and the Caribbean. These moths are predators of paper wasps. They lay their eggs in wasp nests on wasp larvae and pupae.
Vera Miskimen, Andrei Sourakov
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Insights on the nutritional ecology of a nocturnal pollinating insect
Insect Science, EarlyView.Nutritional ecology examines the environmental effects on nutritional needs, food intake and foraging behaviors, and the use of nutrients ingested by animals. Among insects, Lepidoptera are often considered opportunistic foragers that visit a wide variety of available flowers, although with some preferences.
Evan Force +4 more
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