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Urban bats show dietary flexibility in aquatic arthropod consumption at urban and rural waterbodies

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urban waterbodies are critical for biodiversity and provide feeding grounds for insectivorous bats. Yet, how urbanisation affects bats' food choices at urban waterbodies and the role of emergent aquatic arthropods remain poorly understood. We compared the diet of three urban bat species – Vespadelus vulturnus, Chalinolobus gouldii,and Myotis macropus –
Tanja M. Straka, Melissa E. Carew, Isabel Valenzuela, Stephen R. Griffiths, Pia E. Lentini, Linda F. Lumsden, Rahul Rane, Rodney Ree van der   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of Commercial Virus Biopesticides for the Control of Moth Pests in Laboratory Conditions: The Cases of Thaumetopoea pityocampa and Helicoverpa armigera

Applied Sciences
The research on entomopathogenic viruses is of major significance as they could serve as alternatives to chemical pesticides. There are various types of entomopathogenic viruses; among them, Baculoviruses (BVs) are a potential option because they are eco-
Spiridon Mantzoukas, Ioannis Lagogiannis, Chrysanthi Zarmakoupi, Foteini Kitsiou, Panagiotis A. Eliopoulos, Georgios Patakioutas   +5 more
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2D and 3D Nets by Self‐Assembly of Carbosilane Functionalized Polyphilic Liquid Crystals

Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, EarlyView.
In the shown compounds, the growing volume of the carbosilane side‐groups modifies the self‐assembly in liquid crystalline phases ranging from a square via a pentagonal to a hexagonal honeycomb and finally to a 3D (10,3)‐a double net. The structures are discussed in relation to inorganic solid‐state materials and the concept of “mesoatoms”.
Christian Anders, Matthias Wagner, Silvio Poppe, Carsten Tschierske   +3 more
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Studies on the Balkan Lepidoptera I

Historia Naturalis Bulgarica
New and interesting records of Balkan Lepidoptera are detailed. One genus and three species are new for the Balkan fauna, one of them, Chondrosoma fiduciaria Anker, 1854, is a species from Annex II of the EEC 92/43 Habitat Directive.
Stoyan Beshkov, Ana Nahirnić-Beshkova
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Complex multitrophic species interactions and fitness costs: Intricate consequences of jasmonate and salicylate induced plant defences

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reveals how long‐term activation of jasmonic and salicylic acid signalling reshapes arthropod communities and plant fitness across seasons. By showing that induced defences generate contrasting outcomes and cascading trade‐offs across trophic levels, it challenges the assumption that induced resistance is uniformly beneficial in natural ...
Mônica F. Kersch‐Becker, Guilherme P. Pinheiro, Thaís S. Schweller, Martin Pareja, Victoria M. Pocius, José R. Trigo, Gustavo Q. Romero   +6 more
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Infection and Treatment Protocols in Galleria mellonella for In Vivo Anti-Candida Drug Screening

Future Pharmacology
Background/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, Diego Romário-Silva, Priscilla Vasconcelos, Joanilda Paolla Raimundo e Silva, Vinícius Rocha Lima Santos, Larissa Almeida Sarmento, Eutália Maria Veloso Antonino, Joana de Freitas Santos, Jozinete Pereira, Pedro Luiz Rosalén, Edja Costa   +10 more
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Global meta‐analysis reveals urban‐associated behavioural differences among wild populations

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Urbanization drives rapid phenotypic change, yet broad patterns of behavioural responses remain unclear. Using a global phylogenetic meta‐analysis, we show urban populations exhibit increased boldness, aggression, exploration and activity—especially in birds—highlighting consistent behavioural shifts and revealing major taxonomic gaps that limit our ...
Tracy T. Burkhard, Ned A. Dochtermann, Anne Charmantier   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

La polilla Copitarsia decolora: revisión del complejo de especies con base en la morfología genital masculina y de los huevos (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

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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Landscape‐scale native woodland habitat restoration using natural tree regeneration provides a biodiversity boost for moths in the uplands

Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Afforestation 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, Lisbeth Hordley, Katie Powell, Andrew Painting, Shaila Rao   +4 more
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Chalcoela moths: Pegasus Chalcoela, Chalcoela pegasalis Walker and Sooty-Wing Chalcoela, Chalcoela iphitalis Walker (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

EDIS
This 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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