[PDF] Top 20 ECOLOGY, BEHAVIOR AND BIONOMICS

... Brazil, and responsible for serious damage to ...secretion and its possible antifungal effect should be an obstacle to the use of entomopathogenic fungi as biological control agents (Kermarrec et ...larger ... See full document

... sample and estimated species richness) showed that ant species richness did not decrease in habitats with more intense soil ...forestry and mixed crops, some species of Camponotus, Dorymyrmex and ... See full document

... growth and decrease. These cycles have higher densities between late August and early November and predictable infl uxes of migrants are the proximate cause of the population growth (Campos et ... See full document

... latitudinal and/or altitudinal variation in time available for growth and reproduction, geographic variation in body size proportions of protruding parts may obey to differential allometric growth in ... See full document

... baits, and the Winkler litter ...traps and with the Winkler extractor than with sardine ...forest and cerrado physiognomies, and this pattern was detected regardless of the method used to ... See full document

... abundance and species richness of ...2003 and 2004 (October), and autumns of 2004 and 2005 (May), using beating tray method, along two trails of the ...(Dallas), and Harmostes ...1 ... See full document

... Fabricius and Labarrus lividus (Olivier) represented ...frequent and constant species. This and other paracoprid species present natural nocturnal and twilight activity (Koller et ...this ... See full document

... Bees and plants utilized in this ...aggressive behavior during which many bees leave the nest, and attack and bite the “intruder” (Wille & Michener ...head and thorax are ...2,000 ... See full document

... others; and it must present estimations similar to that visually accepted to the observed curves of species accumulation (Toti et ...2) and Bootstrap showed ...ACE and ICE showed high inner growing, ... See full document

... 7KH TXDQWL¿FDWLRQ RI QHVW SRSXODWLRQ KDV RIWHQ EHHQ used as a tool to estimate termite abundance (Bandeira & Torres 1985, Martius & Ribeiro 1997). However, because the population of a nest may be spread ... See full document

... laboratory and pairs of variable number (about fi ve pairs) were placed in clear plastic boxes (11 x 11 x ...cm), and provided with immature pods and mature seeds of soybean, ... See full document

... species and ecological relationships (Roque & Trivinho-Strixino 2005; Roque et ...Oukuriella and one Chironomini ...SP/MS) and Tietê River (Itapura, SP) were covered by complex communities of ... See full document

... abundance and richness of gallers, however this difference probably results from the interaction with a poorly studied factor: sampling team ...richness and abundance per sampling unit with the gradual ... See full document

... artificial diets used, the fertility life table clearly showed that the dry artificial diets are still sub-optimal for rearing the stink bugs N. viridula and E. heros. It was observed that the pentatomids studied ... See full document

... native and very common in the mid and lowlands of Mexico Valley (Rzedowski ...July, and Tithonia tubiformis, Cosmos bipinnatus, Anoda cristata, from August to ...used and environmental factors ... See full document

... Approximately one third (33.6%, n = 648) of the sampled galls died due the action of natural enemies (top-down effects). Predation by lepidopteran catterpillars that consumed the gall tissue from outside was responsible ... See full document

... emerge and those reared from nests found in higher altitudes would have a slower development and, therefore, would emerge later, as described by Whittaker & Tribe (1996) for Neophilaenus lineatus ... See full document

... emergence and survivorship of ...plants, and they were cemented with starch glue on a plastic stripe ...cm), and put on a plastic holder inside a glass vial (300 ml) with hermetic ...RH), and ... See full document

... As opposed to diet selection tests, results of threshold for yeast discrimination revealed differences between the adults of the populations tested. Lab-pop females were able to discriminate a smaller quantity of yeast ... See full document

... courtship, and copulation behavior. When inactive, both males and females kept their antennae in a resting position beneath the wings, but antennal movements were very characteristic of male ... See full document