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Acrocerid (Insecta, Diptera) Life-Histories, Behaviors, Host Spiders (Arachnida, Araneida), and Distribution Records
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Stratton, G., Sorkin, L., Leech, R., Cady, A., Caldwell, M.
Abstract: The family Acroceridae (Insecta: Diptera; ''Small Headed Flies'') are a seldom seen yet cosmopolitan group of endoparasitoids of spiders. Recent host and distribution records are presented here for six species of acrocerids: Ogcodes borealis Cole, 1919; Ogcodes pallidipennis (Loew,...
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Moth Diversity in a Fragmented Habitat: Importance of Functional Groups and Landscape Scale in the Boreal Forest
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Abstract: One of the leading concerns for both conservation biology and forestry has been bow forest fragmentation affects biodiversity, and how forestry practices can be altered to mitigate diversity losses. However, the effects of habitat fragmentation on ecological functional groups within...
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2008
Eaton, B.R., Shpeley, D., Paszkowski, C.A., Moenting, A.E.
We report myiasis by Lucilia silvarum with an overall prevalence of 0.9% in amphibian populations in boreal Alberta. In the period 1998–1999, we documented L. silvarum infestations in wild populations of wood frog (Rana sylvatica), boreal chorus frog (Pseudacris maculata), boreal toad (Bufo...
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The effects of two acanthocephalans, Polymorphus paradoxus and P. marilis, on the reproduction of their intermediate host, Gammarus lacustris (Crustacea)
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Master's thesis. In field and laboratory-based study, compared some of the effects of Polymorphus paradoxus and P. marilis on winter ecology and reproductive success of Gammarus lacustris.