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Entomology
Baptiste Regnier, Judith Legrand, Paul-Andre Calatayud, Francois Rebaudo
Summary: Crop pest damage is expected to increase due to global warming and a better understanding of the impacts of temperature changes is needed. Evaluating the impact of global warming on maize stemborer development is critical as maize is an important crop. The response of stemborers to global warming depends on the optimal temperature for their development.
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Environmental Sciences
Janne Swaegers, Rosa A. Sanchez-Guillen, Jose A. Carbonell, Robby Stoks
Summary: This study investigates the plasticity and evolution of trait changes in damselflies during their range expansion into a warmer region. The results suggest that the populations have evolved adaptive changes in terms of a faster pace-of-life, smaller body size, higher energy budget, and increased expression levels of the heat shock gene DnaJ. However, there is incomplete convergence towards the native sister species for thermal plasticity in traits associated with anaerobic metabolism and melanization.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tania Nobre
Summary: The olive fruit fly poses significant pest problems in olive growing areas and has a close evolutionary history with olive trees and symbiotic bacteria. Unique 16S haplotypes were found in the Tunisian population, indicating potential host-symbiont specificity.
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Ecology
Matthew E. Nielsen, Soren Nylin, Christer Wiklund, Karl Gotthard
Summary: Photoperiod is a common cue for seasonal plasticity and phenology, but climate change can create cue-environment mismatches. We tested for climate change-associated evolution of photoperiod-cued seasonal life history plasticity in Pararge aegeria by replicating common garden experiments conducted 30 years ago. We found evidence for evolutionary change in the larval reaction norm, but not in the pupal reaction norm, highlighting the importance of considering the whole life cycle in understanding the impacts of climate change on phenology.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Joe M. Bellis, Joyce Maschinski, Noemie Bonnin, Jon Bielby, Sarah E. Dalrymple
Summary: The dynamic nature of climate change necessitates considering climate change factors in nature conservation, such as translocation.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2023)
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Entomology
Cornel Adler, Christos Athanassiou, Maria Otilia Carvalho, Mevlut Emekci, Sonja Gvozdenac, Darka Hamel, Jordi Riudavets, Vaclav Stejskal, Stanislav Trdan, Pasquale Trematerra
Summary: Global warming affects the distribution of stored product pests in Europe, but research and monitoring in this area have been neglected. A pan-European surveillance system is needed to monitor the movement and spreading of these pests in a changing environment. Additionally, global warming and extreme weather conditions may negatively impact global food security, calling for increased food safety measures and re-evaluation of quarantine/regulation policies.
JOURNAL OF STORED PRODUCTS RESEARCH
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chuanqi He, Ci-Jian Yang, Jens M. Turowski, Gang Rao, Duna C. Roda-Boluda, Xiao-Ping Yuan
Summary: One of the most conspicuous features of a mountain belt is the main drainage divide, which can be used to extract tectonic information and increases in mountain asymmetry with increasing uplift gradient and advection velocity. The authors constrain the tectonic uplift and advection of a mountain belt from the location and migration direction of its main drainage divide.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2021)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Carissa A. Gilliland, Vilas Patel, Ashley C. McCormick, Bradley M. Mackett, Kevin J. Vogel
Summary: Kissing bugs rely on symbiotic relationships with bacteria to compensate for the insufficient B vitamins in vertebrate blood. R. rhodnii is not always found in wild-caught kissing bugs, but it has higher fitness compared to other tested bacteria due to its higher abundance and provision of more B vitamins. The synthesis of B vitamins by symbiont bacteria is necessary but not sufficient for the development and survival of kissing bugs.
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Aapo Kahilainen, Vicencio Oostra, Panu Somervuo, Guillaume Minard, Marjo Saastamoinen
Summary: Predicting the effects of climate change on plant-insect herbivore interactions is challenging, with responses to water limitation-induced host plant quality change in a Glanville fritillary butterfly metapopulation showing marked variability. Intraspecific variability in plasticity suggests potential for buffering against drought-induced changes in host plant quality within the Finnish M. cinxia metapopulation.
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Entomology
Matabaro Joseph Malekera, Rajendra Acharya, Md Munir Mostafiz, Hwal-Su Hwang, Narayan Bhusal, Kyeong-Yeoll Lee
Summary: This study evaluated the fitness of Spodoptera frugiperda at different constant temperatures and selected mathematical models to describe its temperature-dependent development rate. The results showed that S. frugiperda exhibited optimal survival and growth at temperatures between 28°C and 30°C. The Shi model was found to be the most suitable for describing the relationship between temperature and the development rate of S. frugiperda. The findings of this study are important for effective decision-making and management of S. frugiperda in agricultural fields.
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Entomology
Giovanni Benelli, Andrea Lucchi, Gianfranco Anfora, Bruno Bagnoli, Marcos Botton, Raquel Campos-Herrera, Cristina Carlos, Matthew P. Daugherty, Cesar Gemeno, Ally R. Harari, Christoph Hoffmann, Claudio Ioriatti, Rodrigo J. Lopez Plantey, Annette Reineke, Renato Ricciardi, Emmanouil Roditakis, Gregory S. Simmons, Wee Tek Tay, Luis M. Torres-Vila, John Vontas, Denis Thiery
Summary: The European grapevine moth is a species that can feed on over forty plant species, but grapevine is its preferred crop globally. It has recently spread to Chile, Argentina, and California, and there are concerns about its possible further expansion in other regions of the Americas. In this study, we provide an updated review of its taxonomy, morphology, biology, ecology, genomics, geographic distribution, and invasiveness. We also outline significant challenges for future research on bio-ecology and invasion biology, which are crucial for prevention and management strategies.
ENTOMOLOGIA GENERALIS
(2023)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Ryosuke Nakadai
Summary: This study developed novel indices to evaluate community compositional shifts over time by considering the contributions of individual life histories. The results have important implications for macroecology and biodiversity research.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Raquel Ruiz-Diaz, Rosario Dominguez-Petit, Fran Saborido-Rey
Summary: A 35-year cod growth chronology was reconstructed using sclerochronology techniques, showing a decrease in cod growth over time possibly due to climate variability and anthropogenic pressures. The study also identified different drivers of cod growth in different periods.
FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE
(2022)
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Ecology
Maria H. Hallfors, Juha Poyry, Janne Heliola, Ilmari Kohonen, Mikko Kuussaari, Reima Leinonen, Reto Schmucki, Pasi Sihvonen, Marjo Saastamoinen
Summary: The study shows that a combination of advancing phenology and shifting range boundaries is the most viable strategy for boreal Lepidoptera to adapt to changing climate. This may divide species into winners and losers based on their ability to capitalize on this combination, potentially having significant consequences on future community composition.
Editorial Material
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Moriaki Yasuhara, Curtis A. Deutsch
Summary: The increase in species diversity towards the tropics is a remarkable global phenomenon that has not been fully explained yet. Evidence from ocean microfossils suggests that this pattern emerged due to ancient climate cooling and polar-climate dynamics.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Nadine Ali, Johannes Tavoillot, Bernard Martiny, Odile Fossati-Gaschignard, Stephan Plas, Ewa Dmowska, Grazyna Winiszewska, Elodie Chapuis, Elsa Rulliat, David Jimenez, Gilles Granereau, Stephane Barbier, Cecile Heraud, Nadine Gautheron, Veronique Edel-Hermann, Christian Steinberg, Thierry Mateille
Summary: This study compares the diversity and community patterns of soil-borne parasites in different successive ecosystems, revealing significant differences in community structures. Sediment legacy and soil hydromorphicity are identified as important factors influencing these differences.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
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Ecology
Helene Jourdan-Pineau, Gaelle Antoine, Julien Galataud, Helene Delatte, Christophe Simiand, Johanna Clemencet
Summary: The genetic contribution to phenotypic variation affects response to selection. In honeybees, sibling analyses are used to estimate heritability and genetic correlation, with the animal model providing the most precise estimates of genetic correlations.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2021)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Marie-Liesse Vermeire, Nicolas Bottinelli, Cecile Villenave, Pascal Jouquet, Hue Nguye Thi, Jean-Luc Maeght, Jamel Aribi, Hanane Aroui Boukbida, Minh Tien Tran, Anne-Sophie Masson, Elodie Chapuis, Stephane Bellafiore
Summary: By ingesting soil and organic matter, anecic earthworms influence soil ecological processes by depositing casts on soil surface. This study aimed to compare the effect of anecic earthworms on nematode communities in woodland and meadow in northern Vietnam. The results showed that earthworm casts contain significantly more nematodes and enriched trophic groups compared to adjacent top soil, indicating a less favorable environment for plant parasitic nematodes.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2021)
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Ecology
Tim Janicke, Elodie Chapuis, Stefania Meconcelli, Nicolas Bonel, Boris Delahaie, Patrice David
Summary: Understanding how environmental stress influences the genetic variance-covariance matrix of body size and reproductive success in hermaphroditic organisms is crucial for predicting evolutionary responses. Our study on the freshwater snail Physa acuta showed that environmental stress increased selection pressure on both sexes, while maintaining relatively stable genetic architecture. Importantly, there was no strong genetic correlation between male and female reproductive traits, indicating limited evolutionary coupling.
JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY
(2022)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Benjamin Pelissie, Yolanda H. Chen, Zachary P. Cohen, Michael S. Crossley, David J. Hawthorne, Victor Izzo, Sean D. Schoville
Summary: Insecticide resistance and rapid pest evolution pose threats to food security and sustainable agricultural practices. This study investigates the evolutionary mechanisms of the Colorado potato beetle (CPB) in rapidly adapting to insecticides. The researchers found evidence for three models of rapid evolution: selection on novel mutations, regulatory evolution, and selection on standing genetic variation. Understanding these mechanisms is crucial for effective pest management and maintaining the efficacy and sustainability of control techniques.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
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Ecology
Marion Javal, John S. Terblanche, Laure Benoit, Desmond E. Conlong, James R. Lloyd, Chantelle Smit, Marie-Pierre Chapuis
Summary: Biotic interactions can modulate organisms' responses to environmental stresses, and gut microbes have significant effects on their hosts. However, the modulation of gut microbiome composition and its potential role in a species' success in a new environment have been poorly studied. This study investigates the gut bacterial community composition in a wood-boring beetle, revealing the role of gut microbiome in host switches.
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Entomology
Camille Vernier, Nicolas Barthes, Marie-Pierre Chapuis, Julien Foucaud, Joris Huguenin, Nicolas Lemenager, Cyril Piou
Summary: This study found that the odor of faeces can attract nymphs back to the group of locusts, regardless of the age of the faeces.
JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
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Ecology
Marie-Pierre Chapuis, Nicolas Lemenager, Cyril Piou, Pierre Roumet, Heloise Marche, Julia Centanni, Christophe Estienne, Martin Ecarnot, Francois Vasseur, Cyrille Violle, Elena Kazakou
Summary: This study investigated the effects of plant domestication on feeding damage and selectivity of Locusta migratoria nymphs on Triticum turgidum. The results showed that domesticated accessions had higher leaf toughness and nitrogen and soluble protein contents compared to wild ancestors. The quantitative relationship between soluble protein and digestible carbohydrates did not meet the herbivore's requirements in both wild and domesticated wheat. The increased leaf structural resistance in domesticated tetraploid wheat suggested a disruption in resource allocation trade-offs between growth and herbivory resistance.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Marie-Pierre Chapuis, Laure Benoit, Maxime Galan
Summary: Obtaining high-quality nucleic acids is crucial for studying bacterial communities associated with animal hosts. This study compared five DNA extraction protocols for animal samples using different methods, including mechanical or enzymatic lysis. The results showed that none of the methods fully eliminated bias, but one method with enzymatic lysis had lower bias. Standardization of DNA extraction is important for comparing microbiome results across different samples.
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES
(2023)
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Entomology
Kristian Brevik, Sean D. Schoville, Anna Muszewska, Benjamin Pelissie, Zachary Cohen, Victor Izzo, Yolanda H. Chen
Summary: The Colorado potato beetle, a highly adaptable agricultural insect herbivore, is shown to have variations in transposable element abundance and diversity among different populations. This reflects the evolutionary history and adaptation mechanisms of this species. The presence of transposable elements does not seem to be affected by geographical location or host plant, nor does it relate to insecticide resistance.
ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY
(2023)
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Entomology
Emeline Charbonnel, Marie-Pierre Chapuis, Andrea Taddei, Mark K. Schutze, Melissa L. Starkie, Laure Benoit, Raphaelle Mouttet, David Ouvrard
Summary: This study investigates the taxonomic identification issues of the Oriental fruit fly and its cryptic species using morphological and DNA sequence analyses. The results show that combining mitochondrial and nuclear markers can accurately identify the species, and this method is recommended for population genetics studies and surveillance.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY
(2023)
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Evolutionary Biology
Elodie Chapuis, Nadeen Ali, Guillaume Besnard
BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
(2021)