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Functional changes in web design along the ontogeny of two orb-weavers
(2017-08-01)
Orb webs evolved primarily to capture prey, though they also have other functions. Recently, it has been argued that the orb web does not work as a functional unit, but instead some sections or components have presumably ...
A remarkable new species and additional novelties of Chamaedorea from Costa Rica and Panamá. Notables nuevas especies y novedades adicionales de Chamaedorea de Costa Rica y Panamá
(1997)
Three of the four new spp. of Chamaedorea (Arecaceae) described here are endemic (as far as is known) to Costa Rica. The "remarkable" one is C. piscifolia Hodel, G. Herrera & Casc., with simple, apically bifid and long-caudate, ...
Alimentacion de pichones, exito reproductivo y notas sobre cuido parental en yiguirros (Turdus grayi): el rol de las hembras y machos
Nestling feeding, nest success, and notes of parental care in the Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi): the role of females and males
(2018)
Las hembras frecuentemente invierten ma ́s que los machos en cuido parental, pero en sistemas sociales monogamos, los machos invierten tanto como las hembras en el cuido de su progenie y se estima que esta contribucion ...
When a little is enough: cocoon web of Kapogea cyrtophoroides (Araneae: Araneidae) induced by Hymenoepimecis heidyae (Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae)
(2018)
The final instar larvae of the koinobiont ectoparasitoids in the Polysphincta group of genera induce their host spiders to construct webs that protect the wasp pupa during its development. It has been hypothesized that ...