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Articles by Federico Cappa
Beauty bias in butterfly research and conservation
General All analyses, unless if clearly specified, were performed in the R environment (v.
Calorimetric characterization of the stability and activity of trimethylamine‐N‐oxide (TMAO) demethylase from Methylocella silvestris BL2
1 INTRODUCTION Nitrogen-containing organic compounds play a fundamental role in living organisms (Somero, 2003). Among these compounds, amines like trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) are very important both in animal (Shimizu & Smith, 2017; Yancey et al., 1982; Zerbst-Boroffka et al., 2005) and prokaryotic kingdoms (Lidbury et al., 2014; Roberts, 2004; Yancey, 2004).
Unravelling the microplastic menace: different polymers work in synergy to increase bee vulnerability
Abstract Microplastics (MPs) are growing and ubiquitous environmental pollutants and represent one of the greatest contemporary challenges caused by human activities. Current research has predominantly examined the singular toxicological effects of individual polymers, neglecting the prevailing reality of organisms confronted with complex contaminant mixtures and potential synergistic effects.
Floral and Bird Excreta Semiochemicals Attract Western Carpenter Ants
Asim Renyard*, Regine Gries, Stephanie L. Cooper†, Claire E. Gooding†, Jenelle C. Breen, Santosh Kumar Alamsetti, Ashley Munoz and Gerhard Gries Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada Ant colonies have vast and diverse nutritional needs but forager ants have limited mobility to meet these needs. Forager ants would accrue significant energy savings if they were able to sense and orient toward odor plumes of both carbohydrate and protein food sources.
Bats mimic hymenopteran insect sounds to deter predators
Summary 1 Wallace A.R. Mimicry and other protective resemblances among animals. Westminster Review (London ed.). 88: 1-43 . Mimicry traits often reflect complex, finely tuned, and sometimes extravagant relationships among species and have evolved to deceive predators or prey.
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