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Acquisition of chemical recognition cues facilitates integration into ant societies
Background Social insects maintain the integrity of their societies by discriminating between colony members and foreigners through cuticular hydrocarbon (CHC) signatures.
von Beeren Christoph +3 more
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The central complex is a group of midline‐spanning neuropils in the brain of insects with a key role in goal‐directed orientation and navigation. Immunolabeling in 25 species, ranging from bristletails to flies, shows that neurons containing peptides of the tachykinin family of neuropeptides are present in most species studied.
Uwe Homberg +8 more
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Spatial Resolution Impact Assessment for Long‐Term Population Monitoring of Adélie Penguin Guano
Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) are key indicators of the Antarctic ecosystem, and remotely sensed guano stains offer an efficient means of estimating breeding abundance. Landsat medium‐resolution (MR) imagery enables long‐term monitoring through its archive.
Jinku Park +9 more
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Pests that Occasionally Invade Structures
This document provides an overview of various pests that occasionally invade structures, including silverfish, ground beetles, scorpions, thrips, crickets, scarab beetles, bark beetles, ambrosia beetles, long-horned wood boring beetles, and plaster ...
P.G. Koehler, J.L. Castner
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ABSTRACT The large estimates of mesopelagic fish biomass have long fuelled harvesting interests in the relatively untouched twilight zone of the ocean. The silvery lightfish—one of the most abundant species inhabiting the North Atlantic mesopelagic layer—is a candidate for such a fishery despite its enormous ecological importance and the insufficient ...
María Quintela +17 more
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A Licence to Kill: Necroeconomic Suffocation by Stealth and the Fight for Life
Abstract Three decades of austerity in the UK have seen the deterioration of the elemental infrastructures, those that provided a basic level of security for the population. In this article, we analyse the case of Awaab Ishak, who died (age two) when he suffocated from mould in his home in Rochdale, North‐West England.
Imogen Tyler, Beverley Skeggs
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Biodiversity of the Huautla Cave System, Oaxaca, Mexico
Sistema Huautla is the deepest cave system in the Americas at 1560 m and the fifth longest in Mexico at 89,000 m, and it is a mostly vertical network of interconnected passages. The surface landscape is rugged, ranging from 3500 to 2500 masl, intersected
Oscar F. Francke +2 more
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Housing Inequities and Health Among Children and Youth With Disabilities
ABSTRACT Background Although safe, affordable and physically accessible housing plays a critical role in children's health and development, many children and youth with disabilities and their families face persistent barriers to securing suitable housing. Despite evidence linking housing conditions to physical, mental and developmental outcomes, little
Sally Lindsay
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Silverfish and firebrats [PDF]
Sloderbeck Phillip E., Silverfish and Firebrats, Manhattan, Kansas, Kansas State University, November ...
Sloderbeck, Phillip E.
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Silverfish: if they're not fish, they're not really silver, and they look like aliens, what on earth are they? [PDF]
As part of a series of studies exploring the complex relationship between buildings and ecology, this piece considers the place of silverfish within part of a wider ecosystem.
Hippisley-Cox, Charles
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