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The Biology and Ecology of Parasitoid Wasps of Predatory Arthropods.
Parasitoid wasps are important components of insect food chains and have played a central role in biological control programs for over a century. Although the vast majority of parasitoids exploit insect herbivores as hosts, others parasitize predatory ...
M. Fei, R. Gols, J. Harvey
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The identification of predatory behavior in the presence of uncertainty
Abstract Out of the ongoing debate on what constitutes predatory behavior has surfaced the idea that it must entail a sacrifice of profits. The notion is that behavior which sacrifices profits must have an ulterior motive, namely an attempt to induce exit by rivals.
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA ( host institution )+2 more
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Elastic Energy Storage in Biological Materials: Internal Stresses and Their Functionality
Harnessing and storing internally generated elastic energy is a clever strategy by biological materials to perform functions like shape transformation, movement, and predation. This review explores how biological systems manipulate mechanisms like atomic or protein integration into minerals, protein conformational shifts, phase transitions, and osmotic
Shahrouz Amini+3 more
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Turbidity influences individual and group level responses to predation in guppies, Poecilia reticulata [PDF]
© 2015 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour. Increasing turbidity (either sedimentary or organic) from anthropogenic sources has significant negative impacts on aquatic fauna, both directly and indirectly by disrupting behaviour.
Kimbell, Helen S.+2 more
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Biological and biologically‐inspired functional nanostructures with structural, thermal, optical, and sensing applications are reviewed. The role of nanoscale features in biological materials on performance is described, and their blueprints are used for bio‐inspired nanomaterials, synthesized using advanced techniques (i.e., photolithography, bio ...
Chao Hsuan (Joseph) Sung+15 more
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Strategy for subduing prey in the predatory behavior of Crotalus durissus collilineatus Amaral, 1926, in captivity [PDF]
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+1 more
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The mechanistic basis of Myxococcus xanthus rippling behavior and its physiological role during predation. [PDF]
Myxococcus xanthus cells self-organize into periodic bands of traveling waves, termed ripples, during multicellular fruiting body development and predation on other bacteria. To investigate the mechanistic basis of rippling behavior and its physiological
Haiyang Zhang+5 more
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Scavenging by Jumping Spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) [PDF]
Jumping spiders are usually considered obligate predators where ingestion is preceded by visual or tactile stimuli which elicit hunting behavior.
Wolff, Robert J
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Patterns and Processes of Genomic Evolution Inferred From the Ten Smallest Vertebrate Genomes
By integrating phylogenetic relationships derived from nuclear DNA with population genetic analyses across ten pufferfish species, the genetic differentiation mechanisms underpinning the radiative speciation of the most compact vertebrate genomes has elucidated.
Kaiqiang Liu+22 more
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The objective of this study was to develop and determine the psychometric properties of an instrument designed to detect traits and behavior that are associated with predatory violent behavior, which is defined as a determined, planned, controlled, and ...
Julio C. Penagos-Corzo+3 more
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