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Two new native larval host plants of Hyles annei (Guérin-Méneville, 1839) (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile following exceptional summer rainfall [PDF]

Nota Lepidopterologica, 2019
Adults of the little-known Neotropical hawkmoth, Hyles annei (Guérin-Méneville, 1839) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae: Macroglossinae: Macroglossini), were reared from larvae collected on Allionia incarnata L. (Nyctaginaceae) and Fagonia chilensis Hook.
Héctor A. Vargas, Anna K. Hundsdoerfer
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Five-Year Monitoring of a Desert Burrow-Dwelling Spider Following an Environmental Disaster Indicates Long-Term Impacts

Insects, 2022
Deserts are characterized by unpredictable precipitation and extreme temperatures. Their fauna and flora are sensitive to anthropogenic environmental changes, and often recover slowly from environmental disasters.
Efrat Gavish-Regev, Igor Armiach Steinpress, Ibrahim N. A. Salman, Nitzan Segev, Assaf Uzan, Yebin Byun, Tanya Levy, Shlomi Aharon, Yoram Zvik, Raisa Shtuhin, Yotam Shapira, Marija Majer, Zeana Ganem, Sergei Zonstein, Ivan L. F. Magalhaes, Yael Lubin   +15 more
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An integrated leaf trait analysis of two Paleogene leaf floras [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Objectives This study presents the Integrated Leaf Trait Analysis (ILTA), a workflow for the combined application of methodologies in leaf trait and insect herbivory analyses on fossil dicot leaf assemblages.
Christian Müller, Agathe Toumoulin, Helen Böttcher, Anita Roth-Nebelsick, Torsten Wappler, Lutz Kunzmann   +5 more
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The Natural History Collections [PDF]

Nature, 1878
I SEE by Galignani, the only newspaper that reaches this high elevation, that a bill has just been introduced into Parliament by Mr. Walpole, and read a second time, to enable the Trustees of the British Museum to move the natural history collections into the new building at South Kensington.
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A global approach for natural history museum collections

Science, 2023
Integration of the world’s natural history collections can provide a resource for decision ...
Johnson, Kirk R., Owens, Ian F. P., Ericson, Per G P, Kvist, Sebastian, Månsson, Lisa   +4 more
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Population regulation in Gyrodactylus salaris – Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) interactions: testing the paradigm

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Gyrodactylus salaris is a directly transmitted ectoparasite that reproduces in situ on its fish host. Wild Norwegian (East Atlantic) salmon stocks are thought to be especially susceptible to the parasite due to lack of co-adaptation, contrary ...
Raúl Ramírez, Tor A. Bakke, Philip D. Harris   +2 more
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Functional characterization of the Hyles euphorbiae hawkmoth transcriptome reveals strong expression of phorbol ester detoxification and seasonal cold hardiness genes

Frontiers in Zoology, 2018
Background The European spurge hawkmoth, Hyles euphorbiae (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae), has been intensively studied as a model organism for insect chemical ecology, cold hardiness and evolution of species delineation.
M. Benjamin Barth, Katja Buchwalder, Akito Y. Kawahara, Xin Zhou, Shanlin Liu, Nicolas Krezdorn, Björn Rotter, Ralf Horres, Anna K. Hundsdoerfer   +8 more
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Fluctuating insect diversity, abundance and biomass across agricultural landscapes

Scientific Reports, 2022
Habitat destruction and deterioration of habitat quality caused a severe decline of biodiversity, such as insect diversity. In this study, we analyze insect diversity and biomass across agro-environments. We collected flying insects with 20 malaise traps
Axel Hausmann, Werner Ulrich, Andreas H. Segerer, Thomas Greifenstein, Johannes Knubben, Jerôme Morinière, Vedran Bozicevic, Dieter Doczkal, Armin Günter, Jörg Müller, Jan Christian Habel   +10 more
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Editorial Expression of Concern [PDF]

Vertebrate Zoology
Editorial Expression of ...
Uwe Fritz
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No evidence of a hybrid origin of the ashy‐throated parrotbill Sinosuthora alphonsiana

Journal of Avian Biology, 2023
This mini‐review is dedicated to a critical re‐appraisal of the putative hybrid origin of the grey‐cheeked populations of the ashy‐throated parrotbill Sinosuthora alphonsiana that was postulated based on the results of a clustering analysis using a set ...
Martin Päckert
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