New proterochampsid remains from the Middle Triassic of Brazil enhance the group's diversity during its origins [0.03%]
巴西中三叠世新愈齿龙类化石揭示该类群起源时期新的多样性
Rodrigo Temp Müller
Rodrigo Temp Müller
Proterochampsidae is a clade of archosauriform reptiles that lived during the Triassic Period, with notable fossil records in South America. Among these, Ladinian deposits in Brazil have yielded the oldest proterochampsids worldwide, offeri...
Nearly complete late Eocene skull from the North Pacific elucidates the cranial morphology and affinities of the penguin-like Plotopteridae [0.03%]
北太平洋发现的近完整晚渐新世颅骨阐明了类似企鹅的Plotopteridae的颅形态和亲缘关系
Gerald Mayr,James L Goedert,Adrian Richter
Gerald Mayr
The extinct Plotopteridae were penguin-like, wing-propelled diving birds of the North Pacific. Recently, the oldest and most complete plotopterid skull has been discovered in the late Eocene lower part of the Lincoln Creek Formation, southe...
Pomphorhynchus laevis host manipulation regardless of presence of gammarid conspecifics or predator cues [0.03%]
无论gammarid同种生物或捕食者诱因是否存在,Pomphorhynchus laevis宿主操控仍然存在
H Fanton,E Franquet,N Kaldonski
H Fanton
Pomphorhynchus laevis is a freshwater heteroxenous parasite that infects Gammarus pulex as intermediate host and Squalius cephalus as definitive host. This acanthocephalan parasite is able to manipulate the behavior of G. pulex to increase ...
Soil-adhesive or water repellent properties of the surface of cicada exuviae [0.03%]
cicada空壳表面的防水或抗粘土特性
Jun Murayama,Kazuo Yamazaki,Hiroshi Ogasawara et al.
Jun Murayama et al.
Although the biology of cicadas is generally well known, knowledge about their exuviae is limited. The exuviae of the Kaempfer cicada is covered with soil, but the exuviae of the black giant cicada has almost no soil attached to it. We have...
Host associations of Brazilian Darwin wasps: current knowledge and the IchHostBR dataset [0.03%]
巴西达尔文蜂的寄主关联性:现有知识和IchHostBR数据集
Alvaro Doria Dos Santos,Carlos Roberto Ferreira Brandão,Helena Carolina Onody
Alvaro Doria Dos Santos
Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) are among the most diverse and ecologically important groups of parasitoid insects, with more than 25,000 valid species and many more yet to be discovered. As the most speciose family within the ord...
The left-right-handedness of the cylindrical spathe correlates with the phyllotactic spiral direction in Arisaema (Araceae) [0.03%]
戟叶天南星属(天南星科)植物佛焰苞的左右手性与叶片螺旋排列方向相关
Tetsuya K Matsumoto,Kodai N Sato,Junichi Ohno et al.
Tetsuya K Matsumoto et al.
A left-right asymmetry of plants has attracted attention in various study areas (e.g., developmental biology, ethology, and evolutionary biology); however, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In the genus Arisaema (Araceae), each plan...
Breeding behaviour, visual communication and male combat of Philothamnus occidentalis and Philothamnus natalensis [0.03%]
Philothamnus occidentalis和Philothamnus natalensis的繁殖行为、视觉交流和雄性战斗
Kirsty J Kyle,Colleen T Downs
Kirsty J Kyle
Western Natal green snakes (Philothamnus occidentalis) are a relatively common and widely distributed snake across the eastern half of South Africa. Little is known about their reproduction other than information that has been gleaned from ...
A quick and non-destructive approach to combat timber adulteration using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics [0.03%]
采用衰减全反射傅里叶变换红外光谱法和化学计量学快速非破坏性打击木材掺假的方法
Arti Yadav,Chongtham Nimi,Manish Kapoor et al.
Arti Yadav et al.
Timber adulteration, illegal harvesting, and logging of legally protected timber species are a major threat to biodiversity. Identifying and differentiating low-value timber species from high-grade ones is a prerequisite to combat timber-re...
The effectiveness of pollinators and their foraging behavior on Neustanthus phaseoloides (Fabaceae) [0.03%]
传粉者对Neustanthus phaseoloides (豆科)传粉的有效性和其采食行为
Suman Paul,Tanushree Singha,Riya Roy et al.
Suman Paul et al.
Insect pollination is critical for the reproduction of crops and wild plants, yet the efficiency of pollinators varies widely across species. Hence, it is essential to study the visitation behavior and pollination effectiveness of the flora...
Correction: The long proboscis of the aphid Stomaphis yanonis (Aphididae Lachninae) is advantageous for avoiding predation by tending ants [0.03%]
修正:蚜虫Stomaphis yanonis(蚜科瘤蚜亚科)的长口器有利于躲避抚育蚂蚁的捕食
Takumi Matsuura,Shunsuke Nakamura,Tetsuya Yamamoto et al.
Takumi Matsuura et al.
Published Erratum
Die Naturwissenschaften. 2025 Feb 19;112(2):19. DOI:10.1007/s00114-025-01969-1 2025