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The influence of cutting height on arthropods in farm grassland

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Mowing at a cutting height of 13 cm slightly reduced the immediate negative impact of mowing compared to mowing at a height of 7 cm. Medium‐term effects overrode this benefit: the number of vegetation‐dwelling arthropods remained strongly reduced two and four weeks after mowing, regardless of the cutting height.
Lea von Berg, Jonas Frank, Stefanie Erhardt, Oliver Betz, Johannes L. M. Steidle, Stefan Böttinger, Manuela Sann   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and psychometric validation of the insect fear questionnaire for school-aged children in Iran. [PDF]

PLoS One
Latifi A, Farahbakhsh M, Yousefi S, Azimi S, Alizadeh M, Jafari-Koshki T, Soltani A, Rahimi S, Abbasi M.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Endemic but not eroded: Genomic distinctiveness and conservation genomics of the British swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon britannicus)

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Through whole‐genome sequencing of P. machaon populations across Europe, we demonstrate that P. m. britannicus forms a genetically distinct and isolated lineage. Demographic modelling revealed weak historical gene flow from the continent. Although P. m.
Benoit Nabholz, Eliette L. Reboud, Bérénice J. Lafon, Adam M. Cotton, Martin G. Partridge, N. Mark Collins, Fabien L. Condamine   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spider venom peptides Ht1a and Gg1a are toxic to honeybee parasite <i>Varroa destructor</i> by topical application. [PDF]

NPJ Drug Discov
Herzig V, Guo S, Eagles DA, Pineda SS, Robinson A, Andersson A, Deuis J, Dekan Z, Alewood PF, Undheim EAB, Lammens M, Bosmans F, Vetter I, King GF, Dietemann V.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Beyond Bouncing Back: Exploring Undergraduate Dental Professional Students' Perceptions of Resilience

International Journal of Dental Hygiene, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction The first signs of mental health issues in dentistry manifest as early as undergraduate training, thus it is essential to delve into the concept of resilience to equip those studying and working in dentistry with the resources to cultivate a positive mindset.
Vaida Kaunaite, Marina Harris
wiley   +1 more source

Riparian spiders make pyriform silk attachment discs that stick better when wet than those of terrestrial spiders. [PDF]

J Exp Biol
Steklis BF, Blackledge TA.
europepmc   +1 more source

The Nature of Christian Doctrine: A Conversation with My Critics

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article opens with a brief account of the six main themes of The Nature of Christian Doctrine, noting in particular the role of the early church as an ‘epistemic community’ of knowledge production, and the significant and helpful parallels between the modern scientific tool of ‘inference to the best explanation’ and early Christian ...
Alister E. McGrath
wiley   +1 more source

<i>Erranticosa</i> gen. nov.: a New Genus of Wolf Spiders from East Asia with Notes on its Separation from <i>Lycosa</i> and <i>Hogna</i> (Araneae Lycosidae: Lycosinae). [PDF]

Zool Stud
Ballarin F, Marusik YM, Cheng RC, Eguchi K.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Doctrine, Narrative and the Formation of Christian Identity: A Conversation with Alister McGrath

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers a critical and appreciative response to Alister McGrath’s The Nature of Christian Doctrine, exploring the formation of doctrine as a dynamic communal process rooted in Scripture, liturgy and historical context. It highlights McGrath’s analogy between doctrinal development and scientific method, emphasising the search for a ...
Frances Margaret Young
wiley   +1 more source

Description of a new Andean species of widow spider (Araneae, Theridiidae, <i>Latrodectus</i>). [PDF]

Zookeys
Miller J, Kratzer CA, Griswold C.
europepmc   +1 more source