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Austral Ecology, Volume 50, Issue 12, December 2025.ABSTRACT Parasitoid insects can significantly influence the dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems due to their interactions with phytophagous insects. Tortoise beetles (Cassidinae s. str., Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) are one of the most parasitized groups of Coleoptera.
Felipe Capoccia +3 more
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Insects, 2022 Nematodes can grow within the inflorescences of many fig trees (Ficus spp., Moraceae); however, the feeding behaviour of most nematodes is not known. Fig pollinating wasps (Hymenoptera: Agaonidae) transfer nematodes into young figs upon the wasps’ entry ...
Jauharlina +6 more
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Kleptoparasitism and Phoresy in the Diptera
The Florida Entomologist, 1999 Spiders, dung-feeding scarabs, social, and prey-storing insects provide predictable and concentrated sources of food for a variety of thief flies (kleptoparasites) and their larvae. Whenever waiting in the vicinity of the "host" for an opportunity to exploit its resources is more energy efficient and less dangerous than foraging among hosts, a number ...
John Sivinski +2 more
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Ecology Letters, Volume 28, Issue 12, December 2025.Spatial processes predominantly shape taxonomic and functional β‐diversity of macroinvertebrate communities in water‐filled tree holes in different biogeographical regions, with species richness differences driving both taxonomic and functional patterns overall, while functional turnover was pronounced in the Palaeotropical region.
Francesca Cerroti +8 more
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Diversity, 2023 The ability to disperse has continually shaped both the distribution and diversification of biota, and it affects the survival of the species with respect to wide-ranging habitat loss.
Pavel Just +4 more
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Incidental pollination by passing animals: An overlooked mechanism?
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 5, Page 1245-1250, September 2025.The conservation of pollinators is essential for sustaining the ecosystem services of pollen transfer, which support crop production, biodiversity conservation and ecosystem health. While primary pollinators have been the focus of most conservation efforts, subordinate or incidental pollinators have been largely overlooked.
Kazuo Yamazaki
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Phoresis and Enhanced Diffusion Compete in Enzyme Chemotaxis [PDF]
Nano Letters, 2018 Chemotaxis of enzymes in response to gradients in the concentration of their substrate has been widely reported in recent experiments, but a basic understanding of the process is still lacking. Here, we develop a microscopic theory for chemotaxis, valid for enzymes and other small molecules.
Agudo-Canalejo, J +2 more
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Ecological Entomology, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 351-359, April 2025.Experimental exposure to carrion flies dramatically reduced reproductive success of Nicrophorus orbicollis, and phoretic mites reduced fly numbers, but flies did not affect mite numbers. Despite an absence of flies by the end of trials in treatments with mites, mites had no measured effect on Nicrophorus reproductive success.
Laura Nagel +2 more
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, 2011 Alves-Silva, Estevão, Del-Claro, Kleber (2011): Ectoparasitism and phoresy in Thysanoptera: the case of Aulacothrips dictyotus (Heterothripidae) in the Neotropical savanna.
Alves-Silva, Estevão +3 more
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Dispersion and new shelters offered by ants: myrmecophoresy of tardigrades
Frontiers in ZoologyThe present study investigates the potential role of ants as dispersal hosts for tardigrades and for the first time provides evidence of ant-mediated tardigrade phoresy.
Daniele Giannetti +6 more
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