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Seasonal effects of land cover and intensity of farming practices on α and β diversity of grassland arthropod communities

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Land cover heterogeneity drives grassland arthropod diversity in spring, while local management intensity becomes the primary driver in autumn, revealing strong seasonal shifts in environmental influences. Landscape‐scale farming intensity significantly shapes arthropod community composition through balanced variation, demonstrating its role as an ...
Théo Brusse, Jodie Thénard, Ronan Marrec, Gaël Caro   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Resource guarding by Ptomascopus morio: Simple parental care in the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2006
Nicrophorine beetles use small vertebrate carrion for breeding resource. While Nicrophorus spp. have highly developed biparental care, no form of parental care is recorded for Ptomascopus spp.
Seizi SUZUKI, Masahiro NAGANO
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New species of rove-beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Southern Russia [PDF]

Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2005
Four new species of rove beetles are described from the southern part of European Russia and Northern Caucasus: Philonthus annae sp. n., closely related to Ph. albipes Gravenhorst, 1802 and Ph. alpinus Eppelsheim, 1875; Rabigus fomitschevi sp.
E.A. Khachikov
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Dragonfly functional connectivity responses are dynamic relative to drought

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
During drought, dragonfly species richness decreases. Yet, dragonfly assemblages show a higher propensity for dispersal during drought. Dispersal pathways vary among the wet and dry periods, and relative to temporal changes in the landscape. While some dragonfly species can traverse plantation compartments, conservation corridors facilitate functional ...
Charl Deacon, Michael J. Samways, James S. Pryke   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of undersowing maize with a diverse annual flower mixture on insect abundance and diversity

Basic and Applied Ecology
Biodiversity is declining globally, largely driven by anthropogenic land use. In Germany, maize occupies a large proportion of arable land and its cultivation is often viewed critically from an ecological perspective.
Hannah Weinläder, Jens Hartung, Maria Müller-Lindenlauf   +2 more
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Field Attraction of Natural Enemies to Methyl Salicylate Differs Between Annual and Perennial Cropping Systems

Journal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Methyl salicylate (MeSA) is an herbivore‐induced plant volatile (HIPV) known to attract natural enemies of herbivores; however, its effectiveness as a semiochemical across diverse cropping systems and broad geographic regions remains unclear. In this 2‐year field study, we sampled natural enemies using MeSA‐baited and unbaited (control) yellow
Yahel Ben‐Zvi, Patricia Prade, Jack Collins, Carlos Andres Antolínez, Rekha Bhandari, Kaitlin Butler, Anna DiPaola, Danilo F. B. dos Santos, Sara Hermann, Juan Pablo Jordán, Mônica F. Kersch‐Becker, André Kessler, Gregory Loeb, Nathan T. Mak, Katja Poveda, Monique J. Rivera, Bijay Subedi, Jennifer S. Thaler, Susan R. Whitehead, Moshe Zaguri, Cesar Rodriguez‐Saona   +20 more
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A specialized prey-capture apparatus in mid-Cretaceous rove beetles [PDF]

Current Biology, 2019
Cai et al. report specialized prey-capture structures in two species of the stenine rove beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The discovery provides critical information about the origin and early evolution of both the novel predatory structure and of the subfamily Steninae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).
Cai, Chenyang, Clarke, Dave J., Yin, Ziwei, Fu, Yanzhe, Huang, Diying   +4 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Giving Voice to Wordless Picture Books: A Teaching Tip

The Reading Teacher, Volume 80, Issue 2, September/October 2026.
ABSTRACT This article shares a teaching tip that helps students actively engage in giving voice to wordless picture books. It begins with a vignette that became the impetus for writing this article. Next, it provides important background information about the benefits of wordless picture books.
William P. Bintz
wiley   +1 more source

Fires and Clear-Cuttings as Local Areas of Arthropod Diversity in Polar Regions: Khibiny Mountains

Fire
The well-known phenomenon of attracting untypical animals to disturbed territories has been poorly investigated in the polar mountains. We studied arthropod diversity in self-healing industrial clear-cuts and burn areas in the Khibiny Mountains, Kola ...
Irina V. Zenkova, Alla A. Ditts, Irina M. Shtabrovskaya, Anna A. Nekhaeva   +3 more
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Silica nanoparticles as pesticide against insects of different feeding types and their non-target attraction of predators

Scientific Reports, 2021
The agricultural use of silica (SiO2) nanoparticles (NPs) has the potential to control insect pests while the safety and tritrophic effects on plants and beneficial natural enemies remains unknown.
Ahmed F. Thabet, Hessien A. Boraei, Ola A. Galal, Magdy F. M. El-Samahy, Kareem M. Mousa, Yao Z. Zhang, Midori Tuda, Eman A. Helmy, Jian Wen, Tsubasa Nozaki   +9 more
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