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Biological Studies on Dipha aphidivora Meyrick (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera): A Potential Predator of Coconut Mealybugs in the Philippines

CORD, 2010
Dipha (Conobathra) aphidivora Meyrick (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) is recorded for the first time as a predator of coconut mealybug, Sangicoccus sp. (Eriococcidae: Homoptera)) in the Philippines.
J.C. Orense, M.L.R. Imperial
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Aspects of the biology and ecology of Acyrthosiphon kondoi shinji (Homoptera: Aphididae): a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Biology at Massey University [PDF]

, 1977
The biology and ecology of the blue-green lucerne aphid, Acyrthosiphon kondoi Shinji, was studied in the Palmerston North area for one year. Observations on the morphology of the developmental stages and morphs of A. kondoi are presented.
Henderson, Neville Clifford
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Effects of Pallidal Deep Brain Stimulation on Speech and Swallowing in Pediatric Patients with Dystonia

Movement Disorders Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Bilateral globus pallidus internus deep brain stimulation (GPi‐DBS) is a proven safe and effective treatment in certain forms of idiopathic or inherited dystonia (ID/IN). Its effects in acquired dystonia such as in dyskinetic cerebral palsy (DCP) however vary widely.
Katerina Bernardi, Andrea A. Kühn, Ana Luísa de Almeida Marcelino, Matthias Eckenweiler, Cornelia Rensing‐Zimmermann, Joachim K. Krauss, Joachim Runge, Rene Marquez Franco, Delia Lorenz, Monika Müller, Alfons Schnitzler, Andrea Bevot, Lidwin von Spee, Veerle Visser‐Vandewalle, Lars Timmermann, Petra Schiller, Anne Koy   +16 more
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The effects of single versus successive warm summers on an intertidal community

Oikos, EarlyView.
To accurately predict how organisms and ecological communities will respond to future conditions caused by climate change, we must consider the temporal dynamics of environmental stressors, including the effects of repeated exposures to stress. We performed a two‐year passive thermal manipulation in coastal British Columbia, Canada to determine how ...
Amelia V. Hesketh, Cassandra A. Konecny, Sandra M. Emry, Christopher D. G. Harley   +3 more
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An Acoustic Treatment to Mitigate the Effects of the Apple Snail on Agriculture and Natural Ecosystems

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2021
Global change is the origin of increased occurrence of disturbance events in natural communities, with biological invasions constituting a major threat to ecosystem integrity and functioning.
Marta Solé, José-Manuel Fortuño, Mike van der Schaar, Michel André   +3 more
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Desegregationist Pan‐African Spiritual Strivings: Du Bois, the Black Church and the Critique of Imperialism*

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
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Host plant effect on functional response and consumption rate of Episyrphus balteatus (Diptera: Syrphidae) feeding on different densities of Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphididae)of Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Journal of Crop Protection, 2013
One of the most important predator-prey interactions is functional response which its type and parameters are affected by different factors including host plant characteristics.
Maryam Sobhani, Hossein Madadi, Babak Gharali   +2 more
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Cannibalism in Tityus metuendus Pocock, 1897 (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from the Brazilian Amazon

Revista Chilena de Entomología
Scorpions are an important predator group in the habitats where they live, due to their voracity. However, their predatory habits are not well recorded, particularly in Amazonian species.
Jonas G. Martins, Marllus R. N. Almeida, Rudi E. L. Procópio, André F. A. Lira   +3 more
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Didaktik utan tendens

Tidskrift för Litteraturvetenskap, 2013
Didactics Without Tendency. Boccaccio’s Falcon and Per Hallström’s Short Story, ”The Falcon” This essay focuses on the issue of how and why a pre-modern didactics is incorporated into a modern aestheticist short story – namely, Per Hallström’s ”The ...
Beata Agrell
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Secularism, Gender and Masculinity in Nineteenth‐Century Cremation in Europe and the USA

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This essay explores, from transnational perspectives, the early history of modern cremation, which developed in the long nineteenth century with secularist connotations. I argue that the beginnings of modern cremation were shaped by bourgeois men who claimed certain identifiers for themselves in a gendering and Othering way.
Carolin Kosuch
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