[PDF] Top 20 ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND BIONOMICS Importance of Larval Migration (Dispersal) for the Survival of Ascia monuste (Godart) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

... migração larval ficou prejudicado por não haver plantas-hospedeiras próximas (condição ...oviposition behavior with respect to the quantity of food. Such behavior in ...spatial and ... See full document

... preference and larval development was tested in fly groups, the results did not show an oviposition preference for fruits that were better for larval performance in either wild or laboratory-reared ... See full document

... species of flies that visit flowers to feed were recorded, at the Ecological Station of the Federal University of Minas Gerais ...Rhamnaceae, and Boraginaceae were the most visited ...family ... See full document

... such behavior was not evident. Probably, both groups of females (with or without males) have their eggs re-absorbed or retained, due to the low energy provided by the ...amount of eggs have not ... See full document

... (Sakanoshita and Yanagita 1976), the laboratory data did not support the hypothesis that, in neotropical areas, this insect responds to change in day-length (Tables 1, ...Insect migration is usually ... See full document

... sp. and Melastomataceae flowers have poricide anthers that limit the access to the ...species of the genus Melipona and other large bees are able to remove the pollen and not harm the plant; ... See full document

... day of hatching. Percent emergence is defined as the number of emerged adults divided by the number of initial caterpillars multiplied by 100; the digestion indices AD = [(ingestion - feces) / ... See full document

... “veredas” of the Federal District, Brazil, in wild, rural and periurban areas in the rainy ...leaves and organic matter were manually collected, preserved in ethanol 70% and separated by ... See full document

... levels, and field collected females were submitted to oviposition choice ...area and internode length increased significantly when grown with nitrogen enriched ...Leaves of this species also ... See full document

... diversity and abundance. Several species are of primary veterinary importance for they may act as natural enemies of pest insects that breed in this ...diversity and abundance of ... See full document

... individuals of Frieseomelitta visited species belonging to Caesalpiniaceae in all caatinga areas [Ibiraba, BA (Neves & Viana 2002), São João do Cariri, PB (Aguiar & Martins 1997), Nova Casa Nova, BA ... See full document

... River and one (Oukuriella epleri Messias and Fittkau, 1997) in sponges from the Amazon River ...members of the third group, according to the classifi cation of Messias et ...markings and ... See full document

... absence of ant species with structure complexity and stage of habitat conservation or restoration (Hoffmann & Andersen 2003, Ribas et ...studies of ant communities in agroecosystems have ... See full document

... geographic and temporal body size and allometric patterns in ectotherms, both vertebrate and invertebrate (Mousseau 1997, Ashton 2002, Ashton & Feldman 2003), the factors underlying these trends ... See full document

... ciency of methods for sampling ants, especially in regions with highly variable vegetation physiognomies such as the Cerrado region of central ...baits, and the Winkler litter ...traps and ... See full document

... Biomass and population structure of Constrictotermes cyphergaster (Silvestri) were studied in an area of dry forest of caatinga in the State of Paraiba, northeastern ...nests of ... See full document

... period and along each trail, we used rarefaction curves for comparisons of estimated richness among the four sampling periods and between trails (Moreno 2001), with the softwares Biodiversity Pro ... See full document

... biology of the pentatomid Dichelops melacanthus (Dallas) feeding on cultivated and non-cultivated plants was studied in the ...seedlings of corn or ...similar and greater on most foods than on ... See full document

... species of stingless bees used in the present study, ...pollination of cucumber fl owers in greenhouses, at least in Neotropical ...species of stingless bees, both ...1989) and easily adapt to ... See full document

... conditions of the Mexican Central Plateau do not seem to modify phenological features of ...colonies and a clearly defined period of inactivity. The size of individuals progressively ... See full document