Fecal sacs attract insects to the nest and provoke an activation of the immune system of nestling
House flies are of major concern as vectors of food-borne pathogens to food crops. House flies are c...
Insect immune systems can recognize specific pathogens and prime offspring immunity. High specificit...
<div><p>Technologies based on RNA interference may be used for insect control. Sustainable strategie...
Background: Nest sanitation is a widespread but rarely studied behavior in birds. The most common fo...
Background: Social animals have the unique capability of mounting social defenses against pathogens....
Hosts have numerous defenses against parasites, of which behavioral immune responses are an importan...
Insects, like all invertebrates, express robust innate, but not adaptive, immune reactions to infect...
Most altricial birds remove their nestlings' feces from the nest, but the evolutionary forces drivin...
Depositing faeces at the nest should be expected to carry risks such as increased parasite loads and...
An important issue in the evolution of group living is the risk of pathogen and predator exposure en...
BACKGROUND Social animals have the unique capability of mounting social defenses against pathogens. ...
Egg parasitoids are among the most important natural enemies associated with herbivorous stink bugs,...
Feces is an abundant, rich source of energy, utilized by a myriad of organisms, not least by members...
Infections can have detrimental effects on the fitness of an animal. Reproducing females may therefo...
House flies are of major concern as vectors of food-borne pathogens to food crops. House flies are c...
Insect immune systems can recognize specific pathogens and prime offspring immunity. High specificit...
<div><p>Technologies based on RNA interference may be used for insect control. Sustainable strategie...
Background: Nest sanitation is a widespread but rarely studied behavior in birds. The most common fo...
Background: Social animals have the unique capability of mounting social defenses against pathogens....
Hosts have numerous defenses against parasites, of which behavioral immune responses are an importan...
Insects, like all invertebrates, express robust innate, but not adaptive, immune reactions to infect...
Most altricial birds remove their nestlings' feces from the nest, but the evolutionary forces drivin...
Depositing faeces at the nest should be expected to carry risks such as increased parasite loads and...
An important issue in the evolution of group living is the risk of pathogen and predator exposure en...
BACKGROUND Social animals have the unique capability of mounting social defenses against pathogens. ...
Egg parasitoids are among the most important natural enemies associated with herbivorous stink bugs,...
Feces is an abundant, rich source of energy, utilized by a myriad of organisms, not least by members...
Infections can have detrimental effects on the fitness of an animal. Reproducing females may therefo...
House flies are of major concern as vectors of food-borne pathogens to food crops. House flies are c...
Insect immune systems can recognize specific pathogens and prime offspring immunity. High specificit...
<div><p>Technologies based on RNA interference may be used for insect control. Sustainable strategie...