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Quantification of steroid hormones in free‐ranging Apennine wolf Canis lupus italicus hair samples collected post‐mortem

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
After decades of dramatic reductions in their populations, Italian wolves have begun recolonizing parts of their historic range. This growth in populations can lead to potential conflicts with human activities, which remain the main cause of wolf mortality.
Ilaria Troisio, Carmela Musto, Nicola Acquisti Casi, Nadia Govoni, Giuseppe Merialdi, Domenico Ventrella, Alberto Elmi, Mauro Delogu, Maria Laura Bacci   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A novel bioassay to assess the non-target impacts of insecticide exposure on a larval endoparasitoid of the emerald ash borer. [PDF]

J Econ Entomol
Singh P, MacQuarrie CJK, Smith SM.
europepmc   +1 more source

AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
wiley   +1 more source

Unexpected Persistence of the Predatory Mite <i>Amblyseius andersoni</i> Under Insecticide Exposure in Italian Apple Orchards. [PDF]

Insects
Serra G, Ripamonti L, Addanki VA, Tirello P, Duso C, Pozzebon A.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Clearing the Air: How Fine Particulate Matter Regulations Reshape Farmland Values in U.S. Corn and Soybean Regions

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the impact of air quality regulations targeting fine particulate matter (PM2.5) on farmland values in corn and soybean producing counties in the United States over the period 1997–2022. Using self‐reported farmland value data from the Agricultural Census and county‐level pollution classifications provided by the Environmental ...
Cécile Couharde, Rémi Generoso
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding biological control function and trophic interaction dynamics of an artificially released predatory bug by DNA metabarcoding

Insect Science, EarlyView.
This study investigated the dietary composition of Sycanus bifidus, a generalist predator of the assassin bug that is artificially released into citrus orchards, and uncovered its trophic structure across various pest species using metabarcoding‐based molecular gut content analysis.
Weidong Huang, Suyi Chen, Zihua Zhao, Chunyan Yang, Anxian Shi, Hu Li, Yuange Duan, Fan Song, Hailin Yang, Wanzhi Cai   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations

Insect Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean, Xim Cerdá, Jérôme Orivel, Frédéric Azémar, Alexander L. Wild, Bruno Corbara, Axel Touchard   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Transgenic Cotton with Bt Event Mpp51Aa2 on Cotton Fleahopper (<i>Pseudatomoscelis seriatus</i>) During Early Cotton Growth and Resulting Plant Injury. [PDF]

Insects
Alwedyan MA, Bradicich PA, McGinty JA, Brewer MJ.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Commercial vegetable crops and greenhouse vegetables [PDF]

, 1976

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Effects of an encapsulated formulation of lambda-cyhalothrin on Nezara viridula and its predator Podisus maculiventris (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) [PDF]

, 2004
De Clercq, Patrick, Vandekerkhove, Bjorn
core   +1 more source