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Edges as ecological filters: Asymmetrical orientation‐specific arthropod activity across forest boundaries

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Moderate retention forestry creates structurally sharp forest edges that act as ecological filters, shaping orientation‐specific activity of ground‐dwelling arthropods. Using drift‐fence pitfall traps, we show that activity aligned with ecotones is more frequent than activity across forest–clearcut boundaries, particularly among detritivores.
Dominik Stočes, Ondřej Košulič, Adrián Purkart, Jan Šipoš   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Some fluorine-containing pheromone analogues. [PDF]

, 1986
Two analogues of the aphid alarm pheromone (E)-β-farnesene, a trifluorofarnesene and a difluoro-1-norfarnesene, were found to be highly active and were more readily detectable than the parent compound.
Woodcock, C. M., Griffiths, D., Dawson, G., David C. Griffiths, Wadhams, L., Briggs, G. G., Cayley, G., Woodcock, C., George R. Cayley, Wadhams, L. J., Mary M. Pile, Macauley, M., John A. Pickett, Pickett, J. A., Geoffrey G. Briggs, Briggs, G, Dawson, G. W., Lester J. Wadhams, Ewen D. M. Macaulay, Christine M. Woodcock, Pile, M. M., Macaulay, E. D. M., Cayley, G. R., Pile, M., Glenn W. Dawson, Griffiths, D. C.   +25 more
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Field capture of Thyanta perditor with pheromone-baited traps

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, 2011
The objective of this work was to evaluate the field attractiveness of Thyanta perditor synthetic sex pheromone-baited traps, its attractivity to other stink bug species, and the response of T. perditor to a geometric isomer of the sex pheromone.
Raúl Alberto Laumann, Maria Carolina Blassioli Moraes, Ashot Khrimian, Miguel Borges   +3 more
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Functional specificity of sex pheromone receptors in the cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Male moths can accurately perceive the sex pheromone emitted from conspecific females by their highly accurate and specific olfactory sensory system. Pheromone receptors are of special importance in moth pheromone reception because of their central role ...
Yang Liu, Chengcheng Liu, Kejian Lin, Guirong Wang   +3 more
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Ozone‐driven degradation of sex pheromone in Plutella xylostella: Implications for reproductive communication and mating success

Insect Science, EarlyView.
In this study, we examined whether realistic ozone concentrations can interfere with sexual communication in the insect pest Plutella xylostella, the diamondback moth. Ozone exposure caused a degradation of pheromone components, leading to significant changes in blend composition and component ratios.
Francesco Sorrentino, Delia M. Pinto‐Zevallos, Oksana Skaldina, James D. Blande   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ultrastructural changes associated with pheromone production in the sex pheromone gland of Diatraea saccharalis [PDF]

, 1973
An ultrastructural study of the sex pheromone gland of female adult sugarcane borers suggests that pheromone is not produced during the first 2 hr after emergence but reaches a peak 48 hr after emergence.
White, M. R., Hammond, A. M., Amborski, R. L., Amborski, G. F.   +3 more
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Stable flies preferentially oviposit on sites offering conspecific eggs with egg‐derived bacterial semiochemicals

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Stable flies preferentially oviposit on sites offering conspecific eggs with egg‐derived airborne semiochemicals. Egg‐borne bacterial symbionts, and Serratia marcescens in particular, produce odorants which attract gravid female flies and elicit oviposition.
Emmanuel Hung, Anya Gould, Stephanie Zaborniak, Caelen Watson, Regine Gries, Sukhmani Kaur, Kyra Stephens, Augustus Negraeff, Ryan Lam, Alpha Hui, Pantea Zamani, Aryan Monfared, Gerhard Gries   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond sex allocation : the role of mating systems in sexual selection in parasitoid wasps [PDF]

, 2014
Funding: UK NERC Doctoral Training GrantDespite the diverse array of mating systems and life histories which characterise the parasitic Hymenoptera, sexual selection and sexual conflict in this taxon have been somewhat overlooked.
Laura A. Collins, Collins, Laura A., David M. Shuker, Rebecca A. Boulton, Shuker, David M., Boulton, Rebecca A.   +5 more
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Unravelling Evolutionary Dynamics of Female Sexual Cannibalism and Male Reproductive Strategies in Spiders

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Sexual cannibalism (SC), where one mating partner consumes the other in the context of mating, is especially prevalent among spiders. However, the evolution of SC in spiders is still not fully understood. We review key hypotheses for SC and explore how female‐initiated SC has driven the evolution of various male counter‐adaptations to mitigate its ...
Simona Kralj‐Fišer, Franco Cargnelutti, Daiqin Li, Matjaž Kuntner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sensory Biology of the Franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei, Pontoporiidae, Cetartiodactyla): Ontogenetic Modifications of Vibrissae and Vibrissal Crypts

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The transition of cetaceans from a terrestrial to an aquatic environment involved a crucial sensory adaptation to environments with limited visibility. Vibrissae, important mechanoreceptors, undergo an ontogenetic transformation in odontocetes. This research describes the histomorphology of vibrissae and crypts at different developmental stages ...
Cecilia Mariana Krmpotic, Cleopatra Mara Loza, Alejo Carlos Scarano, Pedro Fernando Andrés‐Laube, Francisco Acuña, Juan Pablo Loureiro, Carolina Natalia Zanuzzi, Nicolás Nahuel Castro, María Teresa Pombo, Lorenzo von Fersen, Claudio Gustavo Barbeito   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source