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Evidence of associative blocking during foraging in the social wasp Vespula germanica
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2020-06)
While foraging, Vespula germanica usually return to abundant food sites. During this relocation behavior, these wasps learn to identify contextual cues associated with food position. We analyzed associative blocking in ...
Paxillin, a novel controller in the signaling of estrogen to FAK/N-WASP/Arp2/3 complex in breast cancer cells
(Elsevier Ireland, 2016-07-15)
Breast cancer is the major cause of cancer-related death in women. Its treatment is particularly difficult when metastasis occurs. The ability of cancer cells to move and invade the surrounding environment is the basis of ...
Sugary secretions of wasp galls: a want-to-be extrafloral nectar?
(Oxford University Press, 2017-06)
Background and Aims: The most widespread form of protective mutualisms is represented by plants bearing extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) that attract ants and other arthropods for indirect defence. Another, but less common, ...
Discarding orbital decay in WASP-19b after one decade of transit observations
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2019-10)
We present an empirical study of orbital decay for the exoplanet WASP-19b, based on mid-time measurements of 74 complete transits (12 newly obtained by our team and 62 from the literature), covering a 10-yr baseline. A ...
Dispersal behaviour of yellowjacket (Vespula germanica) queens
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2018-03-02)
Understanding the factors that affect animal dispersal behavior is important from both fundamental and applied perspectives. Dispersal can have clear evolutionary and ecological consequences, but for nonnative insect pests, ...
How behavioral plasticity enables foraging under changing environmental conditions in the social wasp Vespula germanica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2020-02)
The foraging strategy at abundant resources of the social wasp Vespula germanica includes scanning in the direction of the nest while memorizing resource‐specific landmarks and contextual cues. In the present study, we ...
Planet-star interactions with precise transit timing: II. The radial-velocity tides and a tighter constraint on the orbital decay rate in the WASP-18 system
(Copernicus Foundation Polish Astronomy, 2020-03)
From its discovery, the WASP-18 system with its massive transiting planet on a tight orbit was identified as a unique laboratory for studies on tidal planet-star interactions. In an analysis of Doppler data, which include ...