Chemical ecology, biochemistry, and molecular biology of insect hydrocarbons

GJ Blomquist, MD Ginzel - Annual review of entomology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Insect cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) consist of complex mixtures of straight-chain alkanes
and alkenes, and methyl-branched hydrocarbons. In addition to restricting water loss …

A review of impact loads on composite wind turbine blades: impact threats and classification

AS Verma, J Yan, W Hu, Z Jiang, W Shi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
A fiber-reinforced composite wind turbine blade (WTB) is exposed to numerous impact
threats during its service life causing damages that can be detrimental to its structural …

Controlling the impact of the managed honeybee on wild bees in protected areas

M Henry, G Rodet - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
In recent years, conservation biologists have raised awareness about the risk of ecological
interference between massively introduced managed honeybees and the native wild bee …

Size-dependent responses of colony-founding bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) queens to exposure to pesticide residues in soil during hibernation

S Rondeau, NE Raine - Science of the Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Bumblebees and other key pollinators are experiencing global declines, a phenomenon
driven by multiple environmental stressors, including pesticide exposure. While bumblebee …

Monitoring the abundance of flying insects and atmospheric conditions during a 9-month campaign using an entomological optical sensor

T Saha, AP Genoud, GM Williams, BP Thomas - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Monitoring the dynamics of insect populations is key to assessing the impact of human
activities on insect populations. However, traditional methodologies relying on physical traps …

[HTML][HTML] An automated device for the digitization and 3D modelling of insects, combining extended-depth-of-field and all-side multi-view imaging

B Ströbel, S Schmelzle, N Blüthgen, M Heethoff - ZooKeys, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Digitization of natural history collections is a major challenge in archiving biodiversity. In
recent years, several approaches have emerged, allowing either automated digitization …

[HTML][HTML] Physiological and transcriptional changes associated with obligate aestivation in the cabbage stem flea beetle (Psylliodes chrysocephala)

G Güney, D Cedden, J Körnig, B Ulber, F Beran… - Insect Biochemistry and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aestivation is a form of seasonal dormancy observed in various insect species, usually
coinciding with the summer season. The cabbage stem flea beetle, Psylliodes …

Insect biomass density: measurement of seasonal and daily variations using an entomological optical sensor

AP Genoud, T Saha, GM Williams, BP Thomas - Applied Physics B, 2023 - Springer
Insects are major actors in Earth's ecosystems and their recent decline in abundance and
diversity is alarming. The monitoring of insects is paramount to understand the cause of this …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond aerodynamics: The critical roles of the circulatory and tracheal systems in maintaining insect wing functionality

G Pass - Arthropod Structure & Development, 2018 - Elsevier
Insect wings consist almost entirely of lifeless cuticle; yet their veins host a complex
multimodal sensory apparatus and other tissues that require a continuous supply of water …

Workshop on Pesticide Exposure Assessment Paradigm for Non-Apis Bees: Foundation and Summaries

NK Boyle, TL Pitts-Singer, J Abbott, A Alix… - Environmental …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Current pesticide risk assessment practices use the honey bee, Apis mellifera L., as a
surrogate to characterize the likelihood of chemical exposure of a candidate pesticide for all …