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Birds as potential suppressing agents of eucalypt plantations’ insect pests
Eucalyptus L'Hér. plantations are among the most widespread forest plantations and can be damaged by several insect pests. Birds are known to play...
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Vertical Stratification of Solitary Bees and Wasps in an Urban Forest from the Brazilian Amazon
Solitary bees and wasps that nest in cavities in tree trunks are important components of terrestrial ecosystems, providing pollination services, and...
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Temporal changes in the beetle and spider communities in a Hessian (German) strict forest reserve
In the context of the Hessian strict forest program, the reserve Hasenblick was set aside from forest management in 1988. The program aims to...
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Urban Insect Communities in the Neotropics: A Systematic Literature Review and a Green Path to Promote Biodiversity Conservation
The Neotropics, known for hosting several biodiversity hotspots, is paradoxically one of the most urbanized regions of the planet. The current global...
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Ant habitat-use guilds response to forest-pasture shifting in the southwestern Amazon
Ant assemblages have been used as bioindicators of biodiversity response to different types of anthropogenic disturbances. However, usual diversity...
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Natural variation in wild tomato trichomes; selecting metabolites that contribute to insect resistance using a random forest approach
BackgroundPlant-produced specialised metabolites are a powerful part of a plant’s first line of defence against herbivorous insects, bacteria and...
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Habitat types in the Atlantic Forest differently influence community structure and species interaction of cavity-nesting Hymenoptera and their natural enemies
AbstractInsect communities can be modulated by habitat types within a biome because they offer different resources that may influence community...
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Forest Pathology in Ecosystem Services
Ecosystem services are processes in which the environment supplies benefits to humans and are classified into four major categories, including...
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Insectivorous bats in Indian rice fields respond to moonlight, temperature, and insect activity
ContextRice, India’s most widely grown crop, suffers substantial and increasing yield loss to insect pests. Insectivorous bats are known suppressors...
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Interactions between diurnal winds and floodplain mosaics control the insect boundary layer in a river corridor
Insect flight along river corridors is a fundamental process that facilitates sustainable succession and diversity of aquatic and terrestrial insect...
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Effect of Osmia bicornis supplemental pollination on seed yield of forest seed orchards
Our study investigated the possibility of using the red mason bee Osmia bicornis as a pollinator of forest seed orchards of frequently grown European...
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Bamboo Expansion and Forest Biodiversity
Biodiversity was first proposed by Fisher et al. (1943) in the study of insect species abundance, and its concept and connotation have been...
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Fruit parasitism and abundance of a non-native insect pest affects abundances of some songbirds
Non-native insect pests can have significant effects on forest ecosystems. Forest fruit-targeting non-native insect pests may cause extensive damage...
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Temperate Forest Restoration
Eight thousand years ago, temperate and boreal forests covered 3200 million hectares, or a quarter of the earth’s land surface. They have been...
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The Present and Future of Insect Biodiversity Conservation in the Neotropics: Policy Gaps and Recommendations
Emerging evidence suggests that insect populations may be declining at local and global scales, threatening the sustainability of the ecosystem...
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Effect of environmental gradients on community structuring of aerial insectivorous bats in a continuous forest in Central Amazon
Biotic and abiotic environmental factors influence the abundance and spatial distribution of species and the structuring of communities along...
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Quantifying and predicting population connectivity of an outbreaking forest insect pest
ContextDispersal has a key role in the population dynamics of outbreaking species such as the spruce budworm ( Choristoneura fumiferana ) as it can...
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Validating models of one-way land change: an example case of forest insect disturbance
ContextValidation of models of Land Use and Cover Change often involves comparing maps of simulated and reference change. The interpretation of...
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Semiochemicals and Insect Control
Semiochemicals are an important alternative to chemical insecticides in crop production. In this chapter, we summarize current applications and...
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Insect resilience: unraveling responses and adaptations to cold temperatures
Insects are vital arthropods that significantly impact various ecosystems. Their successful colonization of diverse habitats spanning from cold to...