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Seasonality and nesting habits of the endemic social wasp Polistes ridleyi Kirby, 1890 in the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Northeast Brazil

Sociobiology, 2023
We studied the seasonality and made notes about the nesting habits of the endemic social wasp Polistes ridleyi Kirby, 1890 of the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago. We collected 427 adult paper wasp P.
Alexandre Somavilla, Thiago Mahlmann, Bruno Correa Barbosa, Francisco Limeira-de-Oliveira, José Albertino Rafael   +4 more
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Tropical paper wasps serve long apprenticeships [PDF]

Journal of Experimental Biology, 2019
![Figure][1] A nest of Ropalidia marginata wasps. Photo credit: Souvik Mandal. Growing up in rural India, Souvik Mandal was always fascinated by the behaviour of the animals that surrounded him.
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Analysis of Gene Expression in Aedes aegypti Suggests Changes in Early Genetic Control of Mosquito Development

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aedes aegypti, a critical vector for tropical diseases, poses significant challenges for studying its embryogenesis due to difficulties in removing its rigid chorion and achieving effective fixation for in situ hybridization. Here, we present novel methodologies for fixation, dechorionation, DAPI staining, and in situ hybridization, enabling ...
Renata Coutinho‐dos‐Santos, Danielle Santos, Lupis Ribeiro, Jonathan J. Mucherino‐Muñoz, Marcelle Uhl, Carlos Logullo, A. Mendonça‐Amarante, M. Fantappie, Rodrigo Nunes‐da‐Fonseca   +8 more
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Free‐Breathing Magnetization Transfer Imaging of the Lung at 0.55 T Using bSTAR

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose To develop a clinically applicable method for magnetization transfer (MT) imaging of the lung at 0.55 T. Methods MT imaging of the chest was explored in healthy volunteers at 0.55 T using a self‐gated 3D half‐radial dual‐echo balanced steady‐state free precession sequence (bSTAR), a 2D multi‐slice gradient echo method (GRE) acquired in
Alexandra Braun, Grzegorz Bauman, Maurice Pradella, Jonathan Röcken, Katrin E. Hostettler, Oliver Bieri   +5 more
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Asphalted parking lots are environmental filters for multiple propagule dispersal and pollination strategies

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Understanding community assembly for wild species in anthropogenic settings has become increasingly important as biodiversity and ecosystem services are threatened by development pressures. Urban hardscape habitats such as parking lots are widespread, extreme, terrestrial anthropogenic environments that influence plant community assembly by way of ...
Lauren J. Frazee, Myla F. J. Aronson, Jens Kattge, Lena Struwe   +3 more
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Do paper wasps negotiate over helping effort? [PDF]

Behavioral Ecology, 2013
Recent theory and empirical studies of avian biparental systems suggest that animals resolve conflict over parental care via a process of behavioral negotiation or “rules for responding.” Less is known, however, about whether negotiation over helping effort occurs in cooperatively breeding animal societies or whether behavioral negotiation requires a ...
Donaldson L, Thompson FJ, Field J, Cant MA   +3 more
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The shared benefits of fallen fruits: A novel mechanism stabilizing a nursery pollination mutualism between Sambucus and kateretid beetles

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Understanding how cooperative interactions remain stable matters for biodiversity because many plants rely on specialist insects that can also impose reproductive costs. We studied the interaction between Sambucus sieboldiana and seed‐consuming Heterhelus beetles through detailed field observations and pollination experiments.
Suzu Kawashima, Hidehito Okada, Sadatomo Hisamatsu, Kenji Suetsugu   +3 more
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First record of parasitic wasp Trichogramma brassicae Bezdenko, 1968 (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae) in Slovenia

Acta Agriculturae Slovenica, 2015
The paper presents the parasitic wasp, which occurrence in Slovenia was first confirmed in August 2014 on egg layers of cabbage moth (Mamestra brassicae) from cabbage.
Tanja BOHINC, Stefan SCHMIDT, Juan Carlos MONJE, Stanislav TRDAN   +3 more
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Effects of bioinsecticide exposure route on aphids and their natural enemies in oilseed rape

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Fatty acids, silicone polymers and surfactants reduced aphid numbers but caused natural enemy mortality under direct exposure, while minimal residual activity suggests potential for targeted, compatible use in integrated pest management. Abstract BACKGROUND Myzus persicae Sulzer and Brevicoryne brassicae L.
Aimee J. Tonks, Tom W. Pope, Simon Cooper, Joe M. Roberts   +3 more
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Using deep learning to assess the toxicological effects of sublethal exposure of a novel green pesticide in a stored‐product beetle

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
This study employs an AI‐driven multidisciplinary approach to increase our understanding of the toxicological effects of sublethal concentrations of carlina oxide on Prostephanus truncatus. Sublethal exposure to the carlina oxide induced changes in motor patterns and thigmotaxis, highlighting its potential role in integrated pest management strategies.
Anita Casadei, Maria C. Boukouvala, Gianluca Manduca, Nickolas G. Kavallieratos, Filippo Maggi, Marta Ferrati, Eleonora Spinozzi, Cesare Stefanini, Antonio DeSimone, Donato Romano   +9 more
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