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Seasonal shifts in network structure and species roles in a tropical island plant–flower visitor community Cambios estacionales en la estructura de la red de interacciones entre plantas y visitantes florales y en los roles de las especies en una comunidad insular tropical

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Constant visitation rates across the flowering season masked major shifts in plant and flower visitor interaction structure, specialization, species roles and trait‐driven patterns shaping interaction intensity. Plants and flower visitors changed ecological roles over time, with native flower visitors playing key roles in maintaining network cohesion ...
Alba Costa, Julia Jaca, Christopher N. Kaiser‐Bunbury, Anna Traveset   +3 more
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Mapping wild bee diversity and flower use for an effective conservation of the Doñana biodiversity hotspot

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
We compiled the first checklist of wild bees in Doñana Protected Area, documenting 385 species, including three vulnerable and one endangered species listed in the Red List. Bee species exhibit diverse floral preferences, highlighting the need to incorporate plant–pollinator interactions and the role of plants in conservation and management strategies ...
Francisco P. Molina, Nerea Montes‐Pérez, Luis Villagarcía, Ignasi Bartomeus   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local habitat, not landscape diversity, drives richness and reproduction of cavity‐nesting bees and wasps in agricultural landscapes

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Local habitat type and hedgerow cover strongly shape bee and wasp richness, but only weakly their reproductive output, outweighing the landscape diversity effects at the 1‐km2 scale. Forests host more wasp but fewer bee species, whereas orchards support high richness of both; bee reproduction patterns are driven by one dominant species, while wasp ...
Sara Tassoni, Marit Kinga Kasten, Thomas Hiller, Michael Staab, Frank M. Schurr, Ingo Grass   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Novel Natural Bee Brick with a Low Energy Footprint for “Green” Masonry Walls: Mechanical Properties

Engineering Proceedings
The present research delves into the experimental investigation of the mechanical properties of bee bricks, which serve as nesting habitats for solitary bees.
Athanasia K. Thomoglou, Maristella E. Voutetaki, Jacob G. Fantidis, Constantin E. Chalioris   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

From biology to biotechnology: Host‐regulation factors from parasitoid wasps are a source of bioactive molecules with translational potential

Insect Molecular Biology, EarlyView.
Parasitoid wasps deploy maternal and embryonic factors to reprogramme host physiology. Venom, calyx fluid, polydnaviruses, teratocytes and larval secretions act in a coordinated, compartmentalised manner. Host‐regulation factors are promising sources of insecticidal, antimicrobial and bioinspired translational molecules.
Ciro Pedro G. Pinto, Andrew A. Walker, Glenn F. King   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teleosemantics for neural word embeddings

Mind &Language, EarlyView.
This paper applies a consumer‐based teleosemantic framework to give a detailed analysis of a particular algorithm for generating word embeddings. In the process, it addresses several of the challenges facing teleosemantic approaches to artificial neural networks.
Fintan Mallory
wiley   +1 more source

Southeastern Blueberry Bee Habropoda laboriosa (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)

EDIS
This publication describes the southeastern blueberry bee, Habropoda laboriosa Fabricius (1804), a solitary bee in the family Apidae that is found throughout the US Southeast but also north to New Jersey and west into Illinois and Mississippi.
Andrew J. Ryan, Cody Prouty, Cameron J. Jack   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Floral adaptation and modular trait evolution associated with a shift from bee to hummingbird pollination

Plant Biology, EarlyView.
By comparing floral trait variation, integration and modularity in two sister species of Neotropical Costus with a pollination shift, we show that, despite pollination syndrome divergence, both species exhibit low floral variation and functional modularity, consistent with pollinator‐driven selection on traits mediating pollen transfer efficiency and ...
P. Juárez, K. M. Kay
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence for the continental origin of Pliocene deposits in the central Baja California peninsula, Mexico, and implications for controls on biodiversity

Sedimentology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Previous studies have documented genetic divergence within the last few million years between northern and southern populations of terrestrial plants and animals along the Baja California peninsula, with many studies hypothesising that the divergence is due to an ancient seaway that crossed the central peninsula and created a physical barrier ...
Kevin K. Gardner, Rebecca J. Dorsey, Stephen T. Hasiotis, José Luis Antinao, Michael H. Darin, Scott E. K. Bennett, Matthew Heizler, Greer Dolby, Brian Hausback   +8 more
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Sensing Frames: A Contribution to Sensory Pluralism

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Are expressions like “sense of responsibility,” “sense of community,” and “business acumen” merely metaphors, or do they refer to deeper, socially embedded forms of perception? This article introduces the concept of “sensing frames”: the socially learned, culturally shaped, and pragmatically enacted modalities through which people perceive and
Giampietro Gobo, Giacomo Lampredi, Enrico Campo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source