Sexy faces in a male paper wasp. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Sexually selected signals are common in many animals, though little reported in social insects. We investigated the occurrence of male visual signals mediating the dominance relationships among males and female choice of sexual partner in the paper wasp ...
André Rodrigues de Souza +3 more
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Relationship between Nest and Body Temperature and Microclimate in the Paper Wasp Polistes dominula [PDF]
Insects, 2023 The paper wasp Polistes dominula is a thermophilic species originating from the Mediterranean climate, but is now widely spread in Europe. They live in quite differing habitats; and as synanthropic species, they have been established in human settlement ...
Helmut Kovac +3 more
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Gene silencing for invasive paper wasp management: Synthesized dsRNA can modify gene expression but did not affect mortality. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 Invasive paper wasps such as Polistes dominula are a major pest and problem for biodiversity around the globe. Safe and highly targeted methods for the control of these and other social wasp populations are needed.
Mariana Bulgarella +3 more
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Invasive paper wasp turns urban pollinator gardens into ecological traps for monarch butterfly larvae. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2020 Invasive species can be particularly disruptive when they intersect with organisms of conservation concern. Stabilizing the declining eastern migratory population of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) is projected to require extensive habitat ...
Baker AM, Potter DA.
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The Respiratory Metabolism of Polistes biglumis, a Paper Wasp from Mountainous Regions [PDF]
Insects, 2020 European Polistine wasps inhabit mainly temperate and warm climate regions. However, the paper wasp Polistes biglumis represents an exception; it resides in mountainous areas, e.g., in the Alps and in the Apennines.
Helmut Kovac +2 more
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The molecular basis of socially mediated phenotypic plasticity in a eusocial paper wasp [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2021 Connecting genotypes to complex social behaviour is challenging. Taylor et al. use machine learning to show a strong response of caste-associated gene expression to queen loss, wherein individual wasp’s expression profiles become intermediate between ...
Benjamin A. Taylor +4 more
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Characterization of New Allergens from the Venom of the European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula [PDF]
Toxins, 2021 Discriminating Polistes dominula and Vespula spp. venom allergy is of growing importance worldwide, as systemic reactions to either species’ sting can lead to severe outcomes.
Johannes Grosch +13 more
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Case Report: Multi organ dysfunction in a dog following massive paper wasp (Polistes rothneyi) envenomation [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary SciencePaper wasp (Polistes rothneyi) envenomation is an emerging public threat in Asian countries, but its clinical manifestations are limited in veterinary medicine.
Jeong-Min Lee +2 more
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Paper wasp nest-mediated biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles for antimicrobial, catalytic, anticoagulant, and thrombolytic applications. [PDF]
3 Biotech, 2016 Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using nest extract of paper wasp (Polistes sp) was investigated in this work. The AgNPs were characterized by UV–Vis spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and transmission electron ...
Lateef A +5 more
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WASP (write a scientific paper): The ethical stages of publishing a research paper
Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2019 Background: Authors have to be aware of the ethical stages in writing a scientific paper in order to be cognizant of what is required of them as researchers.
Pierre Mallia
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