Impact of Nutritional Supplements on the Fitness of the Parasitoid Binodoxys communis (Gahan)
InsectsAlterative nutritional foods consumed by adult parasitoids play an important role in their fitness and ability to control pests because of food scarcity in many crops.
Wanhong Hu +5 more
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Effect on Constant Versus Fluctuating Temperature Regimes on \u3ci\u3eBathyplectes Curculionis\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Activity [PDF]
, 2017 Individual female Bathyplectes curculionis parasites were exposed to either a series of constant or fluctuating temperature regimes and supplied with a new group of host Hypera postica larvae every day.
Armbrust, E. J +3 more
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Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights
Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
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Types of infringement of a right to trade marks with reputation in Polish and EU jurisprudence
Eastern European Journal of Transnational RelationsThis article aims at examining the extent to which the Polish and European Union adjudication bodies apply the EUCJ guidelines regarding determination of each type of the right to a trade mark with reputation (TMwR) infringement. The author analyses and
Joanna Sitko
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Dominant Arctic Predator Is Free of Major Parasitoid at Northern Edge of Its Range
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Parasitoids can affect host population dynamics with community-level consequences. In the Arctic, a high diversity of parasitoids relative to potential hosts suggests that parasitoids may exert strong selection pressure on arthropods, but the extent to ...
Amanda M. Koltz +7 more
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The response of two legume crops (hyacinth bean and Kidney bean) to the parasitism of field dodder (_Cuscuta campestris_) [PDF]
, 2010 : Microscopic examinations and chemical studies were performed to study the response of two legume crops, hyacinth bean (_Lablab purpureus L._) Sweet and kidney bean (_phaseolus vulgaris L._) to the filed dodder (FD) (_Cuscuta campestris Yuncker_ ...
Awad F. Farah
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The sight of an adult brood parasite near the nest is an insufficient cue for a honeyguide host to reject foreign eggs. [PDF]
, 2015 Hosts of brood-parasitic birds typically evolve anti-parasitism defences, including mobbing of parasitic intruders at the nest and the ability to recognize and reject foreign eggs from their clutches.
Horrocks, Nicholas P. C. +2 more
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Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Freshwater ecosystems are increasingly impacted by anthropogenic pollutants, including the widely used herbicide metolachlor (MET) and cigarette butt (CB) litter. Parasites represent an additional biotic stressor that can modulate pollutant effects on their hosts.
Erika Berenice Martínez‐Ruiz +3 more
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Evolution of Parasitoidism in Hymenoptera
Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and TechnologyInsects, the most diverse group of animals, are known to benefit society for a sustainable future. By focusing on the use of natural enemies of pests, including parasitoids and predators, the need for biological pest control for the conservation of ...
Sevda Hastaoğlu Örgen, Mehmet Gülmez
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Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2016 Struthanthus flexicaulis is a hemiparasite abundant in ironstone outcrops in southeast Brazil. We evaluated its host preference among species of the plant community, taking into account the abundance and foliage cover of the hosts. The importance of each
Fabiana Alves Mourão +3 more
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