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Dietary diversity of multiple shorebird species in an Asian subtropical wetland unveiled by DNA metabarcoding

Environmental DNA, Volume 4, Issue 6, Page 1381-1396, November 2022., 2022
Despite previous studies that analyzed the foraging niches of shorebirds worldwide, the dietary niche dynamics of shorebirds coexisting in Asia are very poorly known. This study is therefore the early few that aim to unveil the trophic organization of shorebirds in a subtropical wetland within the EAAF.
Pei‐Yu Huang, Emily Shui Kei Poon, Lai Ying Chan, David Tsz Chung Chan, Stella Huynh, Ivy Wai Yan So, Yik‐Hei Sung, Simon Yung Wa Sin   +7 more
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Could species‐focused suppression of Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, and Aedes albopictus, the tiger mosquito, affect interacting predators? An evidence synthesis from the literature

Pest Management Science, Volume 78, Issue 7, Page 2729-2745, July 2022., 2022
The risks of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus nuisance and vector‐borne diseases are rising and their ranges are expanding. The studies identified by this extensive review come together to suggest little potential risk of adverse impact of suppressing or eliminating invasive Aedes spp. on their predators and food webs.
Jane AS Bonds, C Matilda Collins, Louis‐Clément Gouagna   +2 more
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Feeding habits and multifunctional classification of soil‐associated consumers from protists to vertebrates

Biological Reviews, Volume 97, Issue 3, Page 1057-1117, June 2022., 2022
ABSTRACT Soil organisms drive major ecosystem functions by mineralising carbon and releasing nutrients during decomposition processes, which supports plant growth, aboveground biodiversity and, ultimately, human nutrition. Soil ecologists often operate with functional groups to infer the effects of individual taxa on ecosystem functions and services ...
Anton M. Potapov, Frédéric Beaulieu, Klaus Birkhofer, Sarah L. Bluhm, Maxim I. Degtyarev, Miloslav Devetter, Anton A. Goncharov, Konstantin B. Gongalsky, Bernhard Klarner, Daniil I. Korobushkin, Dana F. Liebke, Mark Maraun, Rory J. Mc Donnell, Melanie M. Pollierer, Ina Schaefer, Julia Shrubovych, Irina I. Semenyuk, Alberto Sendra, Jiri Tuma, Michala Tůmová, Anna B. Vassilieva, Ting‐Wen Chen, Stefan Geisen, Olaf Schmidt, Alexei V. Tiunov, Stefan Scheu   +25 more
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New barklice (Psocodea, Trogiomorpha) from Lower Cretaceous Spanish amber

Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 8, Issue 3, May/June 2022., 2022
Abstract Barklice are insects belonging to the order Psocodea. They are herbivorous or detritivorous, and inhabit a wide range of environments. Their oldest fossil record dates back to the late Carboniferous, but it was not until the Cretaceous that they became much more diverse.
Sergio Álvarez‐Parra, Enrique Peñalver, André Nel, Xavier Delclòs, Conrad Labandeira   +4 more
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New records of Psocoptera species from Bulgaria

Historia Naturalis Bulgarica, 2022
Four Psocoptera species are reported as new records for Bulgaria: Valenzuela corsicus (Kolbe, 1882) (Ihtimanska Sredna Gora Mts), Reuterella helvimacula (Enderlein, 1901) (Rila Mts), Mesopsocus helveticus Lienhard, 1977 and Hyalopsocus contrarius (Reuter,
Dilian Georgiev
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Reducing Postharvest Loss of Stored Grains Using Plant‐Based Biopesticides: A Review of Past Research Efforts

Advances in Agriculture, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022
The world population is projected to be 9.1 billion by the year 2050, and about 70% extra food will be required. One of the main challenges regarding food security is postharvest loss due to insect pests. The overall postharvest grain losses for sub‐Saharan Africa could be as high as US$4 billion/year.
Getachew Bezabih, Neela Satheesh, Solomon Workneh Fanta, Melaku Wale, Minaleshewa Atlabachew, Chunpeng Wan   +5 more
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Feeding habits and novel prey of larval fishes in the northern San Francisco Estuary

Environmental DNA, Volume 3, Issue 6, Page 1059-1080, November 2021., 2021
We used dietary DNA metabarcoding analysis of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene to study the diets of larval fishes in the San Francisco Estuary and found a high level of overlap between the two species primarily dominated by calanoid and cyclopoid copepods.
Michelle J. Jungbluth, Jillian Burns, Lenny Grimaldo, Anne Slaughter, Aspen Katla, Wim Kimmerer   +5 more
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A new Epipsocus (Psocodea: Psocomorpha: Epipsocidae) from the Brazilian Amazonia, with supernumerary forewing venation [PDF]

Iheringia: Série Zoologia, 2019
Epipsocus manausensis sp. nov., a new psocid species from state of Amazonas, Brazil is here described and illustrated. It differs from all the other species of the genus in having a crossvein between the pterostigma and Rs, in having R2+3 and R4+5 forked
Alfonso N. García Aldrete, Alberto Moreira da Silva Neto   +1 more
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Rolling pits of Hartmann’s mountain zebra (Zebra equus hartmannae) increase vegetation diversity and landscape heterogeneity in the Pre‐Namib

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 11, Issue 19, Page 13036-13051, October 2021., 2021
The dust‐bathing behavior of the Hartmann’s mountain zebra creates unique rolling‐pits that persist in the landscape. In contrast to the surrounding grassland, the rolling‐pits have finer soil with higher nutrient content, collect run‐off, show a higher infiltration and keep soil moisture longer.
Thomas C. Wagner, Kenneth Uiseb, Christina Fischer   +2 more
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Arthropod facilitation mediated by abandoned dead domatia

Ecosphere, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2021., 2021
Abstract In ant–plant mutualistic interactions, plants provide shelter (domatia) and/or food to ants and in exchange, and ants provide protection against herbivores. After plant tissue senescence, ants are expected to abandon dead domatia, leaving these empty spaces available for other arthropods.
Samuel Novais, E. Jacob Cristóbal‐Perez, Armando Aguirre‐Jaimes, Mauricio Quesada   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source