Optimal sensor placement for the spatial reconstruction of sound fields
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La fabrique des êtres. Reproduction, par-delà la nature et l’artifice (XVIIIe-XXIe siècle)
This thematic issue reports on a historian’s foray into the anthropology of the human/nature relationship after the work of Philippe Descola24. The way in which modern societies construct an otherness between the human and the non-human, and – separate but inseparable question from the first – the relationship they maintain with the natural world, ...
Cooperative breeding alters physiological and behavioral responses to habitat fragmentation
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Animals respond to habitat alteration with changes in their behavior and physiology. These changes determine individual performance and thus precede changes in population size. They are therefore hypothesized to provide important insights into how animals cope with environmental change. Here, we investigated physiological and behavioral responses o...
Contribution of combined stressors on density and gene expression dynamics of the copepod Temora longicornis in the Nort...
The impact of multiple environmental and anthropogenic stressors on the marine environment remains poorly understood. Therefore, we studied the contribution of environmental variables to the densities and gene expression of the dominant zooplankton species in the Belgian part of the North Sea, the calanoid copepod Temora longicornis. We observed a ...
A developmentally controlled cellular decompartmentalization process executes programmed cell death in the Arabidopsis r...
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Programmed cell death (PCD) is a fundamental cellular process crucial to development, homeostasis, and immunity in multicellular eukaryotes. In contrast to our knowledge on the regulation of diverse animal cell death subroutines, information on execution of PCD in plants remains fragmentary. Here we make use of the accessibility of the Arabidopsis ...
Development and validation of a versatile non-invasive urinary steroidomics method for wildlife biomonitoring
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Wildlife conservation is often challenged by a lack of knowledge about the reproduction biology and adaptability of endangered species. Although monitoring steroids and related molecules can increase this knowledge, the applicability of current techniques (e.g. immunoassays) is hampered by species-specific steroid metabolism and the requisite to av...
Plants in the rearing of arthropod predators and parasitoids : benefits, constraints, and alternatives
This review explores the roles of plants in rearing systems for arthropod biological control agents, addressing benefits and drawbacks. The utilization of plant materials in mass rearing processes for predators and parasitoids serves various purposes. Natural rearing systems require plants for cultivating hosts or prey. Whereas these rearing system...
Allele frequencies of genetic variants associated with Varroa drone brood resistance (DBR) in Apis mellifera subspecies ...
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Implementation of marker-assisted selection (MAS) in modern beekeeping would improve sustainability, especially in breeding programs aiming for resilience against the parasitic mite Varroa destructor. Selecting honey bee colonies for natural resistance traits, such as brood-intrinsic suppression of varroa mite reproduction, reduces the use of chemi...
Quantifying maternal investment in mammals using allometry
Maternal investment influences the survival and reproduction of both mothers and their progeny and plays a crucial role in understanding individuals' life-history and population ecology. To reveal the complex mechanisms associated with reproduction and investment, it is necessary to examine variations in maternal investment across species. Comparis...
Life table parameters of Amblyseius largoensis, Amblyseius swirskii and Proprioseiopsis lenis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) fed ...
The immature development and reproduction of the predatory mites Amblyseius largoensis (Muma), Proprioseiopsis lenis (Corpuz and Rimando), and Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae) were investigated using both thrips eggs and first instars of the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande, as prey in a controlled ...
