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Body Size, Not Personality, Explains Both Male Mating Success and Sexual Cannibalism in a Widow Spider [PDF]

open access: yesBiology, 2021
Theory suggests that consistent individual variation in behavior relates to fitness, but few studies have empirically examined the role of personalities in mate choice, male-male competition and reproductive success.
Rok Golobinek   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Voracity, reaction to stings, and survival of domestic hens when feeding on the yellow scorpion (Tityus serrulatus) [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases, 2022
Background: Scorpionism is a worldwide problem that has already made thousands of victims, and multi-disciplinary approaches for controlling their populations are to be more successful.
Gabriel Pimenta Murayama   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

An Alkaloid from a Highly Invasive Seaweed Increases the Voracity and Reproductive Output of a Model Fish Species [PDF]

open access: yesMarine Drugs, 2022
The invasive macroalga Caulerpa cylindracea has spread widely in the Mediterranean Sea, becoming a favorite food item for native fish for reasons yet unknown.
Valentina Schiano   +15 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Improving water quality does not guarantee fish health: Effects of ammonia pollution on the behaviour of wild-caught pre-exposed fish. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2021
Ammonia is a pollutant frequently found in aquatic ecosystems. In fish, ammonia can cause physical damage, alter its behaviour, and even cause death. Exposure to ammonia also increases fish physiological stress, which can be measured through biomarkers ...
Patricia Soler   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Virus-Induced Voracity: Uncovering Hyperphagia Post-Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 [PDF]

open access: yesCase Reports in Neurology
Introduction: Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is the leading cause of sporadic fatal encephalitis, typically presenting with temporal lobe abnormalities.
Arpan Mitra   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The cyclicality of government expenditure in developing country: the case of Indonesia

open access: yesEconomic Journal of Emerging Markets, 2014
This paper analyzes the cyclicality and the relationship between government expenditure and output of Indonesia, 1999-2012 using Johansen co-integration test and the error correction model.
Haryo Kuncoro
doaj   +13 more sources

Fashion Design and Art: Between Mutual Voracity and Disciplinary Self-Determination

open access: yesFashion Highlight, 2023
Observing the 20th century, it becomes clear how much the definition of fashion as an inferior reflection of art is definitively outdated, in favour of a more complex and equitable relationship of mutualistic inference that places fashion within the ...
Juri Filieri   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Laetilia coccidivora (Comstock, 1879) preying on Coccus pseudomagnoliarum (Kuwana, 1914) in Mexico, first record of Association prey-predator host plant (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea)

open access: yesSHILAP, 2022
The association between the entomophagous Lepidoptera Laetilia coccidivora (Comstock, 1879) is recorded for the first time with the species of Coccoidea Coccus pseudomagnoliarum (Kuwana, 1914).
C. Lázaro-Castellanos   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Voracity and Growth [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
We analyse an economy that lacks a strong legal-political institutional infrastructure and is populated by multiple powerful groups. Powerful groups dynamically interact via a fiscal process that effectively allows open access to the aggregate capital stock.
Aaron Tornell, Philip Lane
openaire   +3 more sources

Effect of low-temperature storage on the life history parameters and voracity of Hippodamia variegata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2019
For biological control it is necessary to store mass-reared biological control agents when the demand is low. The objective of this study is to increase their shelf life without significantly reducing their fitness. The ladybird Hippodamia variegata is a
Samane SAKAKI   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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