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Parasitic infection increases risk-taking in a social, intermediate host carnivore
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite capable of infecting any warm-blooded species and can increase risk-taking in intermediate hosts. Despite...
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Transmission of parasitic mites (Riccardoella oudemansi) between limacid slug hosts: the role of parasite and host behaviour
Transmission between hosts is crucial to the growth, development and reproduction of many parasites. As a consequence, parasites are under selection...
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Comparing the effectiveness of adulticide application interventions on mitigating local transmission of dengue virus
The southern US has a large presence of mosquito vector species for dengue virus (DENV) and experiences thousands of DENV importations every year,...
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One out of ten: low sampling efficiency of cloth dragging challenges abundance estimates of questing ticks
Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) act as important vectors of zoonotic pathogens. For instance, Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. spirochetes pose a severe health...
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Within-habitat vegetation structure and adult activity patterns of the declining butterfly Euphydryas aurinia
BackgroundEuphydryas aurinia is a declining butterfly inhabiting oligotrophic grasslands in Central and Western Europe. Despite numerous ecological...
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Cattle-Derived Unsaturated Aldehydes Repel Biting Midges and Mosquitoes
Host-derived repellents offer a novel way to reduce disease vector–host interactions, particularly for vectors and nuisance pests where commercial...
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Assessment of combined effects of some common agrochemicals and different entomopathogenic nematode species on the control of Planococcus citri (Risso, 1813) (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) under controlled conditions
Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are an important component of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies; understanding their compatibility with...
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A metagenomic analysis of the phase 2 Anopheles gambiae 1000 genomes dataset reveals a wide diversity of cobionts associated with field collected mosquitoes
The Anopheles gambiae 1000 Genomes (Ag1000G) Consortium previously utilized deep sequencing methods to catalogue genetic diversity across African An....
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Endosymbionts modulate virus effects on aphid-plant interactions
Vector-borne pathogens frequently modify traits of their primary hosts and vectors in ways that influence disease transmission. Such effects can...
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Structure of Aggressive Behavior in Underyearlings of the Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss (Salmonidae) Changes under the Influence of Diplostomum pseudospathaceum (Trematoda) Parasites
The dynamics of aggressive behavior of the underyearlings of the rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss infected with metacercariae of the trematodes Diplos...
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Assessing invasion risks using EICAT-based expert elicitation: application to a conservation translocation
Conservation translocations are widely used to recover threatened species, but can pose risks to recipient ecosystems, particularly in the case of...
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Orbital Reef and commercial low Earth orbit destinations—upcoming space research opportunities
As the International Space Station comes to the end of a transformative era of in-space research, NASA’s Commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO)...
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Electroantennographic and Behavioral Responses of the Melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett), to Volatile Compounds of Ridge Gourd, Luffa acutangular L.
The melon fly, Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) , is a major invasive pest, widely distributed in the Asia–Pacific region and some parts of Africa....
