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Prey identification in nests of the potter wasp Hypodynerus andeus (Packard) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) using DNA barcodes [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Entomologia, 2014
Prey identification in nests of the potter wasp Hypodynerus andeus (Packard) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) using DNA barcodes. Geometrid larvae are the only prey known for larvae of the Neotropical potter wasp Hypodynerus andeus (Packard, 1869) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) in the coastal valleys of the northern Chilean Atacama Desert.
Vargas, Héctor A.   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

To provide pollinator nesting habitat, cut dead perennial stems in their first winter

open access: yesInsect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 19, Issue 4, Page 933-944, July 2026.
Garden management practises need to consider stem‐nesting bees and wasps to avoid destroying active nests and important nesting materials. Volunteers collected samples of dead stems (in situ where they grew) in winter, spring, summer and fall as part of a participatory research project.
Hannah K. Levenson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The flexible, the stereotyped and the in‐between: putting together the combinatory tool use origins hypothesis

open access: yesBiological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1235-1254, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Tool use research has long made the distinction between tool using that is considered learned and flexible, and that which appears to be instinctive and stereotyped. However, animals with an inherited tool use specialisation can exhibit flexibility, while tool use that is spontaneously innovated can be limited in its expression and facilitated
Jennifer A. D. Colbourne   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asynchronous Synchronization: A Spatially Explicit Agent‐Based Model Simulating Ficus Trees and Their Obligate Wasp Pollinator

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 6, June 2026.
Normal or baseline scenario with parameterization from the literature. The green line indicates the CPS based on the decision tree. The blue hatched area indicates the transition period of the model where there are increasing number of wasps present at the end of the simulations and an indication that the model is becoming more stable.
Michael Palace
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular bases of insect odorant receptor function: specificity and evolution

open access: yesBiological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 2, Page 1036-1049, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Insect odorant receptors (ORs) are a class of chemoreceptors that insects use to detect volatile cues in their environment. In recent years, major advances in the field of structural biology have made it possible to obtain the first structures of insect ORs.
Zibo Li   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating cultivars for pollinator gardens

open access: yesEcosphere, Volume 17, Issue 4, April 2026.
Abstract Pollinator gardening is a rapidly growing community‐based conservation movement, yet evidence‐based guidelines for practice are largely missing. In particular, it is unclear whether cultivars of flowering plants (i.e., horticultural varieties)‐can support pollinators as effectively as their wild‐type counterparts.
Nicholas N. Dorian   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distribution of potter wasps ( Vespidae, Eumeninae) in Mongolia

open access: yesВестник Бурятского государственного университета, 2013
In this article we summarized distributions of 75 potter wasp species of Mongolia. Each species distribition were transfered into geographic information system (GIS) and drawn in map. New distribution points in Mongolia of 17 species were included.
Batchuluun, Buyanjargal   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

The Dynamics of Reading Genre Fiction: Researching and Teaching Interpretive Practices

open access: yesReading Research Quarterly, Volume 61, Issue 2, April/May/June 2026.
Conceptual model positioning genre fiction as a site for studying how narrative form organizes reader interpretation, identifying four dynamics—iterability, narrative interest, serialization, and spectacle—to guide empirical research on reading processes.
Robert Jean LeBlanc, Amy Stornaiuolo
wiley   +1 more source

Weak defence in a tritrophic system: olfactory response to salicylaldehyde reflects prey specialization of potter wasps

open access: yesChemoecology, 2013
Predatory arthropods are attracted to infochemicals emitted by their herbivore prey or by the prey’s host plants. We studied such a tritrophic system measuring the olfactory responses of three potter wasp species (Symmorphusmurarius, Symmorphusgracilis, Discoeliuszonalis, Hymenoptera: Eumeninae) to salicylaldehyde, sequestered as a defence compound by ...
von Fragstein, Maximilian   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Carbon finance initiatives can provide biodiversity benefits

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 4, April 2026.
We evaluated the biodiversity co‐benefits of a REDD+ initiative in the tropical forests of Sierra Leone and Liberia using a quasi‐experimental study design. Complementary measures from bioacoustics and DNA metabarcoding revealed that REDD+‐financed protected areas were associated with additional biodiversity benefits compared to control areas.
H. S. Sathya Chandra Sagar   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

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