| Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
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| Effects of myrmecochore species abundance, diversity, and fruiting phenology on Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) nesting and foraging in southern Appalachian rich cove forests |
2014 |
1040 |
In forests of the southern Appalachians, myrmecochory, or ant-mediated seed dispersal, is a diffuse mutualism between more than 42 species of plants and ants of the genus Aphaenogaster. Myrmecochores produce lipid-rich appendages on their seeds calle... |
| An examination of the differential production of silk by juvenile male and female Aposthonia ceylonica (Enderlein, 1912) (Embiidina: Oligotomidae) |
2012 |
2128 |
Members of the elusive insect order Embiidina are known for their prolific use of
silk, and are unusual among insects in that silk is produced by both sexes and all
life stages. However, the relative costs of silk spinning might vary considerably
... |
| Evaluation of laricobius nigrinus (coleoptera: derodontidae) oviposition behavior and the efficacy of egg-stage releases as a biological control method of hemlock woolly adelgid (adelges tsugae; hemiptera: adelgidae) in Western North Carolina |
2021 |
508 |
The hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), is an invasive and devastating pest of native hemlock trees in eastern North America. Since HWA’s introduction to western North Carolina in the early 2000s, state and federal ag... |