Chemical and behavioural strategies along the spectrum of host specificity in ant-associated silverfish [PDF]
BMC Zoology, 2022 Background Host range is a fundamental trait to understand the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of symbionts. Increasing host specificity is expected to be accompanied with specialization in different symbiont traits.
T. Parmentier +3 more
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Co-habiting ants and silverfish display a converging feeding ecology [PDF]
BMC BiologyBackground Various animal taxa have specialized to living with social hosts. Depending on their level of specialization, these symbiotic animals are characterized by distinct behavioural, chemical, and morphological traits that enable close ...
Thomas Parmentier +6 more
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Insect Distribution in a Vacant Multi-Level Office Building [PDF]
Insects, 2023 The webbing clothes moth (Tineola bisselliella) causes extensive and costly damage to fabrics, furnishings, and museum objects. It is best known from its presence in homes, museums, and historic properties, while infestations in office buildings are not ...
Peter Brimblecombe +2 more
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The Arrangement of the Peripheral Olfactory System of Pleuragramma antarcticum: A Well-Exploited Small Sensor, an Aided Water Flow, and a Prominent Effort in Primary Signal Elaboration [PDF]
Animals, 2022 The olfactory system is constituted in a consistent way across vertebrates. Nasal structures allow water/air to enter an olfactory cavity, conveying the odorants to a sensory surface.
Stefano Aicardi +9 more
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Ctenolepisma longicaudatum Escherich (1905) Became a Common Pest in Europe: Case Studies from Czechia and the United Kingdom [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Synanthropic invasive silverfish, Ctenolepisma longicaudatum, has been recently reported to cause nuisance in the indoor environment in many European countries.
Martin Kulma +4 more
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Life strategy of Antarctic silverfish promote large carbon export in Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea [PDF]
Communications BiologyAntarctic silverfish Pleuragramma antarcticum is the most abundant pelagic fish in the High Antarctic shelf waters of the Southern Ocean, where it plays a pivotal role in the trophic web as the major link between lower and higher trophic levels.
Clara Manno +4 more
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Diversity, 2023 The Mediterranean Basin is considered one of the most important hotspots of biodiversity in the European region. Many taxa exhibit high levels of speciation and endemicity in this area.
Miquel Gaju-Ricart +2 more
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Climate drives long-term change in Antarctic Silverfish along the western Antarctic Peninsula [PDF]
Communications Biology, 2022 Corso et al. employ a novel 25-year time series to show how variability in sea ice coverage and ocean temperatures impact larval abundance of an important forage fish, the Antarctic Silverfish.
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Insect Pests and Arthropods in Heritage Interiors [PDF]
InsectsThe insect threat to heritage objects can increase with climate change, increased travel, movement of goods and loan exhibitions. This study used catch from 30 heritage environments across Austria.
Peter Brimblecombe, Pascal Querner
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Regional Differences in the Diets of Adélie and Emperor Penguins in the Ross Sea, Antarctica [PDF]
Animals, 2021 To identify the dietary composition and characteristics of both Adélie (Pygoscelis adeliae) and Emperor (Aptenodytes forsteri) penguins at four breeding sites, we performed stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope analysis of down samples taken ...
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