Color pan traps often catch less when there are more flowers around [PDF]
When assessing changes in populations of species, it is essential that the methods used to collect data have some level of precision and preferably also good accuracy.
Lars Westerberg +3 more
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Influence of Environmental Covariates on Pollinator Community Occupancy, Detection, and Richness Across Urban Gardens in Richmond, Virginia, USA [PDF]
Pollination is a vital ecosystem service essential for the reproduction of most flowering plants. However, pollinators, especially insects, are in dramatic worldwide decline, threatening food security and global biodiversity.
Nicholas J. Ruppel +6 more
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Specific alien plant species predominantly deliver nectar sugar and pollen but are not preferentially visited by wild pollinating insects in suburban riparian ecosystems. [PDF]
We show that despite the great contribution to gross floral resource supply, resource‐rich alien plants do not serve as a principal food source of wild pollinating insects, and other plants, especially natives, are still needed to satisfy insect demand in suburban riparian ecosystems.
Egawa C, Yuta T, Koyama A.
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Variation in parental investment preferences for nestlings of the Gray-backed Shrike (Lanius tephronotus) in alpine environments. [PDF]
This manuscript studied the breeding behavior in the Gray‐backed Shrike (Lanius tephronotus); the research object is valuable. Then, the research conclusion about parental investment preferences has certain reference value. Abstract In the northeastern edge of the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau, the Gray‐backed Shrike, a shrubland bird species of the plateau ...
Zeng J +5 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome of the yellow-legged Asian hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) [PDF]
The yellow-legged Asian hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax, which originated from Asia, has invaded several countries, including South Korea. In Korea, V.
Jong Seok Kim +2 more
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Next-Generation Sequencing of Two Mitochondrial Genomes from Family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) Reveal Novel Patterns of Gene Arrangement [PDF]
Animal mitochondrial genomes have provided large and diverse datasets for evolutionary studies. Here, the first two representative mitochondrial genomes from the family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) were determined using next-generation sequencing.
Peng Chen +3 more
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Las Islas Baleares (España) son un punto caliente de biodiversidad tanto para abejas como para avispas. En este estudio, presentamos seis nuevos registros de estos grupos para la isla de Formentera: Anthophora atroalba Lepeletier, 1841, Colletes ligatus ...
C. Herrera +3 more
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Acute kidney injury following multiple wasp stings: A case report
Wasp and bees are venomous arthropods belonging to the order Hymenoptera, group Vespoidea. Most wasp sting victims do not seek medical attention due to the minor self-limiting and localizing nature of symptoms. Fatal anaphylaxis is rare. However, it is a
Bijay Kumar Meher +3 more
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New teratological cases including one gynandromorph and chromatic aberrations of Mutillidae are described based on the examination of 27 specimens belonging to Myrmilla (Pseudomutilla) capitata (Lucas, 1848), Myrmilla (Myrmilla) erythrocephala (Latreille,
Giuseppe Fabrizio Turrisi +4 more
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A preliminary checklist of Chrysididae, Mutillidae, Pompilidae, Vespidae, Sphecidae, Crabronidae, and Apoidea of the Shatsk National Natural Park are provided. Among 139 currently registered species, 56 species are recorded for the park territory for the
O. S. Kumpanenko +3 more
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