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Distribution and Biology of the Sphecine Wasps of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Sphecinae) [PDF]
, 2017 Biological information and distribution maps are provided for the 26 species of thread-waisted wasps that occur in Michigan. Podium luctuosum is a new state record.
O\u27Brien, Mark F
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Three categories of explanations exist for why we age: mechanistic theories, which omit reference to evolutionary forces; weakening force of selection theories, which posit that barriers exist that prevent evolutionary forces from optimising fitness in ageing; and optimisation theories, which posit that evolutionary forces actually select for ...
Michael S. Ringel
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Female Fighting and Host Competition Among Four Sympatric Species of \u3ci\u3eMelittobia\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) [PDF]
, 2018 Melittobia is a genus of parasitic wasps well known for high levels of inbreeding and violent male combat. Casual observations of groups of sisters of M.
Deyrup, Leif D, Matthews, Robert W
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Molecular bases of insect odorant receptor function: specificity and evolution
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Insect odorant receptors (ORs) are a class of chemoreceptors that insects use to detect volatile cues in their environment. In recent years, major advances in the field of structural biology have made it possible to obtain the first structures of insect ORs.
Zibo Li +5 more
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Acta Scientiarum Polonorum: Hortorum Cultus, 2020 Wild vegetation neighbouring orchards may be a factor attracting imagines of parasitoids from the subfamily Pimplinae into fruit tree plantations and thus increase both their species diversity and population size in this habitat.
Hanna Piekarska-Boniecka +3 more
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Eco control of agro pests using imaging, modelling & natural predators [PDF]
, 2014 Caterpillars in their various forms: size, shape, and colour cause significant harm to crops and humans. This paper offers a solution for the detection and control of caterpillars through the use of a sustainable pest control system that does not require
Birch, Philip +4 more
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Review of Adaptations of Velvet Ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) [PDF]
, 2017 Mutillid wasps are active and conspicuous insects, but their interactions with each other and with other animals are seldom observed. Mostly indirect evidence is used to postulate that an array of traits represents adaptations to exploit ground-nesting ...
Deyrup, Mark
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tool use research has long made the distinction between tool using that is considered learned and flexible, and that which appears to be instinctive and stereotyped. However, animals with an inherited tool use specialisation can exhibit flexibility, while tool use that is spontaneously innovated can be limited in its expression and facilitated
Jennifer A. D. Colbourne +1 more
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Spatio‐temporal shifts in British wild bees in response to changing climate
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Climate plays a major role in determining where species occur, and when they are active throughout the year. In the face of a changing climate, many species are shifting their ranges poleward.
Chris Wyver +4 more
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New Michigan State Record for a Sphecine Wasp, \u3ci\u3ePodium Rufipes\u3c/i\u3e (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) [PDF]
, 2017 Podium rufipes, previously unrecorded from Michigan, has been found occupy- ing trap nests in the southwestern lower ...
Cowan, David P
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