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The effect of interaguild predation on avoidance behavior of the aphidophagous midge, Aphidoletes aphidimyza (Dip.: Cecidomyiidae) on its encounter with the predatory bug Orius laevigatus (Het.: Anthocoridae) [PDF]

نامه انجمن حشره‌شناسی ایران, 2013
The predatory bug, Orius laevigatus (Fibber), and the predatory midge, Aphidoletes aphidimyza Rondani, belong to an aphidophagous guild, feeding on the cotton aphid Aphis gossypii Glover.
H. R. S. Moayeri, H. R. Mohandesi, A. Ashouri   +2 more
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How Frequently are Articles in Predatory Open Access Journals Cited [PDF]

Publications, 2020, 8(2) e17, 2019
Predatory journals are Open Access journals of highly questionable scientific quality. Such journals pretend to use peer review for quality assurance, and spam academics with requests for submissions, in order to collect author payments. In recent years predatory journals have received a lot of negative media.
arxiv   +1 more source

Archetype models upscale understanding of natural pest control response to land‐use change

Ecological Applications, Volume 32, Issue 8, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Control of crop pests by shifting host plant availability and natural enemy activity at landscape scales has great potential to enhance the sustainability of agriculture. However, mainstreaming natural pest control requires improved understanding of how its benefits can be realized across a variety of agroecological contexts. Empirical studies
Nikolaos Alexandridis, Glenn Marion, Rebecca Chaplin‐Kramer, Matteo Dainese, Johan Ekroos, Heather Grab, Mattias Jonsson, Daniel S. Karp, Carsten Meyer, Megan E. O'Rourke, Mikael Pontarp, Katja Poveda, Ralf Seppelt, Henrik G. Smith, Richard J. Walters, Yann Clough, Emily A. Martin   +16 more
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Fuzzy Hunter Optimizer: An Bio-Metaheuristic Algorithm Inspired by Lévy Walks [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
This article introduces the Fuzzy Hunter Optimizer (FHO), a novel metaheuristic inspired by L\'evy diffuse visibility walk observed in predatory species and even in human behavior during the search for sustenance. To address a constrained optimization problem, we initialize a population of hunters in the search space.
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Coordinated Role of Autophagy and ERAD in Maintaining Neuroendocrine Function by Preventing Prohormone Aggregation

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
By studying the maturation mechanisms of vasopressin (AVP), this manuscript identifies FAM134B‐mediated ER‐phagy as a critical pathway for degrading both aggregated proAVP and the key ERAD component, HRD1. HRD1 induction mitigates proAVP aggregation and support AVP neuron function in the absence of autophagy.
Xuya Pan, Xing He, Su Wu, Na Xiong, Xinyu Hou, Heting Wang, Diane Somlo, Martin Spiess, Haiyang Wang, Jifeng Yang, Chunliang Li, Shasha Li, Wenbin Ma, Yanming Chen, Jun Cui, Ling Qi, Guojun Shi   +16 more
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Comparative assessment of satellite‐ and drone‐based vegetation indices to predict arthropod biomass in shrub‐steppes

Ecological Applications, Volume 32, Issue 8, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Arthropod biomass is a key element in ecosystem functionality and a basic food item for many species. It must be estimated through traditional costly field sampling, normally at just a few sampling points. Arthropod biomass and plant productivity should be narrowly related because a large majority of arthropods are herbivorous, and others ...
J. Traba, J. Gómez‐Catasús, A. Barrero, D. Bustillo‐de la Rosa, J. Zurdo, I. Hervás, C. Pérez‐Granados, E. L. García de la Morena, A. Santamaría, M. Reverter   +9 more
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Pinching or stinging? Comparing prey capture among scorpions with contrasting morphologies

Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2022
Background: Scorpions can use their pincers and/or stingers to subdue and immobilize their prey. A scorpion can thus choose between strategies involving force or venom, or both, depending on what is required to subdue its prey.
Luis Fernando García, Juan Carlos Valenzuela-Rojas, Julio César González-Gómez, Mariángeles Lacava, Arie van der Meijden   +4 more
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Host Plasma Microenvironment in Immunometabolically Impaired HIV Infection Leads to Dysregulated Monocyte Function and Synaptic Transmission Ex Vivo

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Network‐based risk stratification of people living with HIV (PWH) on prolonged therapy using multi‐omics data identifies 44% of the patients are at risk of immunometabolic complications. A senescence‐associated myeloid cell‐driven plasma microenvironment drives immunometabolic dysregulation in at‐risk PWH.
Flora Mikaeloff, Marco Gelpi, Alejandra Escós, Tianqi Wang, Soham Gupta, Anna Olofsson, Sara Svensson Akusjärvi, Sabrina Schuster, Prajakta Naval, Vikas Sood, Negin Nikouyan, Andreas D. Knudsen, Beate Vestad, Julie Høgh, Johannes R. Hov, Thomas Benfield, Marius Trøseid, Vinay Pawar, Marijana Rucevic, Rui Benfeitas, Ákos Végvári, Liam O'Mahony, Rajkumar Savai, Niklas K. Björkström, Magda Lourda, João Pedro de Magalhães, Siegfried Weiss, Adil Mardinoglu, Mukesh Kumar Varshney, Annika C. Karlsson, Yasir Ahmed Syed, Susanne D. Nielsen, Ujjwal Neogi   +32 more
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Predation thresholds for reintroduction of native avifauna following suppression of invasive Brown Treesnakes on Guam

Ecological Applications, Volume 32, Issue 8, December 2022., 2022
Abstract The brown treesnake (BTS) (Boiga irregularis) invasion on Guåhan (in English, Guam) led to the extirpation of nearly all native forest birds. In recent years, methods have been developed to reduce BTS abundance on a landscape scale. To help assess the prospects for the successful reintroduction of native birds to Guåhan following BTS ...
Robert M. McElderry, Eben H. Paxton, Andre V. Nguyen, Shane R. Siers   +3 more
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Strategy for subduing prey in the predatory behavior of Crotalus durissus collilineatus Amaral, 1926, in captivity [PDF]

Biotemas, 2006
Studies of the predatory behavior of six specimens of hatchlings from the same clutch of Crotalus durissus collilineatus, born and raised in captivity, were conducted.
Vera Lucia de Campos Brites, Letícia Ruiz Sueiro   +1 more
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