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The predatory behavior of ants: an impressive panoply of morphological adaptations

Insect Science, EarlyView.
This review focuses on predation in ants, showing the wide diversity of cases from solitary foraging to group hunting tactics, as well as the evolution of mandible shape frequently adapted to capture specific prey. Although most ants are generalist feeders, finding their sugary substances directly on plants or indirectly via sap‐sucking insects, some ...
Alain Dejean, Xim Cerdá, Jérôme Orivel, Frédéric Azémar, Alexander L. Wild, Bruno Corbara, Axel Touchard   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Central-marginal dynamics in Dinoponera quadriceps (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): activity density, body reduction and functional divergence. [PDF]

Naturwissenschaften
Medeiros S, Mayrink B, Silva J, Campos R, Cornelissen T, Fagundes M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Co‐phylogeny and biogeography of the myrmecophilous beetle Paussus favieri (Carabidae, Paussinae) and its host ant Pheidole pallidula (Hymenoptera, Myrmicinae)

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Strict patterns of co‐divergence have rarely been documented other than among organisms and their symbionts. In this paper, using a molecular approach, we inferr the population‐level phylogenies of a Mediterranean ant species Pheidole pallidula and its nest parasite, the obligate myrmecophilous beetle Paussus favieri. We then investigate the role of co‐
Davide Bergamaschi, Wendy Moore, Andrea Di Giulio   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bee Hotels as a Tool for Post-Fire Recovery of Cavity-Nesting Native Bees. [PDF]

Insects
Prendergast KS, Wilson RS.
europepmc   +1 more source

Unraveling Occurrence Patterns and Diversity of Avian Malaria Parasites in Iberian Obligate and Facultative Scavenger Birds

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Low overall haemosporidian occurrence (3.4%; 13/383). Unexpected high lineage diversity (10 new host–parasite interactions). Novel Leucocytozoon lineage (GYPBAR01) in all European vultures except the griffon vulture. Plasmodium relictum (lineage SGS1) in adult red kites.
Pilar Oliva‐Vidal, Jaime Muriel, Alfonso Marzal, Grethell Mabel López del Aguila, José María Martínez, Antoni Margalida   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tree-Cavity Denning of Güiña (<i>Leopardus guigna</i>) and Breeding Productivity From Camera Trap Records. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Novoa FJ, Ayala M, Infante-Varela J, Ibarra JT, Díaz J, Altamirano TA, Gálvez N.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Temporal Responses to Warming: Do Wild Herbivores Trade Off Heat, Predators, and Humans?

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We untangled how summer temperature, predators, and humans influenced behavioral responses in two deer species. Both reduced their daily activity level in response to warming, yet only roe deer increased nocturnality to avoid heat. Conversely, fallow deer traded off heat avoidance with predator avoidance.
Noemi Pallari, Niccolò Fattorini, Martina Calosi, Lorenzo Lazzeri, Giulia Tettamanti, Sandro Lovari, Francesco Ferretti   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scratching beyond the surface: examining macroecological patterns in avian eggshell texture. [PDF]

J R Soc Interface
Attard MRG, Bowen J, Portugal SJ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Krombein,KV - trap-nesting wasps and bees

openaire   +1 more source