{"title":"Limited perceptual range and presence of conspecifics both affect the ability of pit-building wormlions to choose favorable microhabitats","authors":"I. Scharf, Y. Samocha, N. Katz","doi":"10.1163/22244662-20191054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22244662-20191054","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50267,"journal":{"name":"Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2019-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/22244662-20191054","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41540315","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Rodriguez-Morales, Helena Ajuria-Ibarra, L. Hernández-Salazar, V. Rico‐Gray, J. García-Franco, D. Rao
{"title":"Response of flower visitors to the morphology and color of crab spiders in a coastal environment of the Gulf of Mexico","authors":"D. Rodriguez-Morales, Helena Ajuria-Ibarra, L. Hernández-Salazar, V. Rico‐Gray, J. García-Franco, D. Rao","doi":"10.1163/22244662-20191065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22244662-20191065","url":null,"abstract":"Dulce Rodríguez-Morales*, Helena Ajuria-Ibarra, Laura T. Hernández-Salazar, Víctor Rico-Gray, José G. García-Franco and Dinesh Rao Instituto de Biotecnología y Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Veracruzana, Av. Culturas Veracruzanas No. 101, Xalapa, Veracruz 91090, México Instituto de Neuroetología, Universidad Veracruzana, Av. Luis Castelazo, Col. Industrial Animas, Xalapa, Veracruz, 91190, México Red de Ecología Funcional, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz 91070, México","PeriodicalId":50267,"journal":{"name":"Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2019-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/22244662-20191065","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46047367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antlions in interaction: confrontation of two competitors in limited space","authors":"Vesna Klokočovnik, E. Veler, D. Devetak","doi":"10.1163/22244662-20191058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22244662-20191058","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50267,"journal":{"name":"Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2019-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/22244662-20191058","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44127058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"When and why do sit-and-wait social spiders disperse?","authors":"B. Parthasarathy, H. Somanathan","doi":"10.1163/22244662-20191068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22244662-20191068","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50267,"journal":{"name":"Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2019-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/22244662-20191068","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41597219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. Ovadia, I. Scharf, Erez David Barkae, T. Levi, Yehonatan Alcalay
{"title":"Asymmetrical intra-guild predation and niche differentiation in two pit-building antlions","authors":"O. Ovadia, I. Scharf, Erez David Barkae, T. Levi, Yehonatan Alcalay","doi":"10.1163/22244662-20191067","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22244662-20191067","url":null,"abstract":"Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution Asymmetrical intra-guild predation and niche differentiation in two pitbuilding antlions Ofer Ovadia*, Inon Scharf*, Erez David Barkae, Tanya Levi and Yehonatan Alcalay Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel School of Zoology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel *Corresponding authors. E-mails: oferovad@bgu.ac.il / scharfi@tauex.tau.ac.il","PeriodicalId":50267,"journal":{"name":"Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution","volume":" ","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2019-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/22244662-20191067","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49572169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Larval morphology of three Afrotropical pit-building antlions of the genus Myrmeleon Linnaeus (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae)","authors":"D. Badano","doi":"10.1163/22244662-20191063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22244662-20191063","url":null,"abstract":"The remarkable diversity of antlions in the Afrotropical region is counterbalanced by the scarce knowledge of their biology and ecology. In particular, their larval stages are largely unknown and the morphology of African pit-building species was never investigated in detail. The larvae of three pit-building species attaining a wide distribution across the whole continent, namely Myrmeleon caliginosus , M. obscurus and M. quinquemaculatus are described, illustrated and compared with congeners for the first time. Moreover, M. caliginosus is reported for the first time from Namibia, notably extending the known range of this antlion, with implications on the taxonomy and the identification of African Myrmeleon species. The larvae of these three species highlight the overall conservative morphology across the whole genus, differing in relatively minor characters such as size, proportions, pattern and chaetotaxy.","PeriodicalId":50267,"journal":{"name":"Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution","volume":"1 1","pages":"1-10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2019-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/22244662-20191063","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47254767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xianling Xiang, Ruiming Jiang, Ying-ying Chen, Y. Ge, Xin-Li Wen, Y. Xi
{"title":"Regulation of heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) levels in the bdelloid rotifer Rotaria rotatoria under temperature stress","authors":"Xianling Xiang, Ruiming Jiang, Ying-ying Chen, Y. Ge, Xin-Li Wen, Y. Xi","doi":"10.1163/22244662-06301001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22244662-06301001","url":null,"abstract":"The bdelloid rotifer is an important component of freshwater zooplankton, exhibiting the features of parthenogenesis and anhydrobiotic capability. Heat shock proteins (Hsps), acting as molecular chaperones, are a highly conserved, ubiquitously expressed family of stress response proteins. In this study, the thermal optimums for heat-shock response and the levels of Hsp70 in Rotaria rotatoria (bdelloid rotifer) under different stress conditions were evaluated using survival assays and western blotting with fluorescent detection. The results showed that: (1) The survivorship in R. rotatoria were 100% throughout the temperature range of 12°C to 40°C, and the population growth rate reached its culmination at 28°C, suggesting the retardation of growth and reproduction at the other temperatures; (2) While stressed under 40°C, the levels of Hsp70 in R. rotatoria increased significantly over time, correlating with the duration of the stress; (3) As responses to different temperatures, the synthesis of Hsp70 could be induced significantly in R. rotatoria under both of high (40°C) and low (16°C) temperatures; (4) After removal of the thermal stress and recovery at 28°C, the levels of Hsp70 continued to rise for a period of time, peaked at 12 h, and then slowly declined with the extension of recovery duration, until there is no significant difference of Hsp70 levels. Summarily, with the fluctuations of stress duration and temperature, the rotifers could adapt to the environments sensitively by regulating the synthesis of Hsp70.","PeriodicalId":50267,"journal":{"name":"Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution","volume":"63 1","pages":"69-77"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2017-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/22244662-06301001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48282374","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Huang Xu, Xinglan Chen, Yuanhao Yang, Xiaoping Zhou, Jiaxin Yang
{"title":"Heat shock protein 70 from the rotifer Asplanchna brightwelli : sequencing, phylogenetic analysis and expression in response to oxidation stressors","authors":"Huang Xu, Xinglan Chen, Yuanhao Yang, Xiaoping Zhou, Jiaxin Yang","doi":"10.1080/15659801.2017.1304171","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15659801.2017.1304171","url":null,"abstract":"Paraquat and juglone generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) and are widely used to investigate defense mechanisms against ROS in model animals. We cloned cDNA encoding hsp70 from the rotifer Asplanchna brightwelli. The full-length cDNA was 2134 bp and had an open reading frame of 1929 bp encoding 642 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence indicated that the Asphsp70 was a cytoplasmic protein and has the highest similarity 87% with Mus musculus, 86% identity with orthologs of Danio rerio, 84% with Apis mellifera and 81% with Xenopus laevis. Expression of Asphsp70 was analyzed under 1.25, 2.5, 5 and 10 mg/L paraquat and 6.25, 12.5, 25 and 50 μg/L juglone. With paraquat, mRNA expression of Asphsp70 significantly increased immediately after exposure for 1 h (P < 0.05). Expression of Asphsp70 temporarily increased after exposure to 2.5 mg/L for 3 and 6 h, and after 10 mg/L for 3 h (P < 0.05). With exposure to 6.25 μg/L juglone, mRNA for Asphsp70 significantly increased at 1, 3 and 12 h; with 12.5, ...","PeriodicalId":50267,"journal":{"name":"Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution","volume":"63 1","pages":"62-68"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2017-12-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15659801.2017.1304171","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49260020","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Daniel Zohary: Naturalist, Geneticist, Evolutionist, and World Leader of Plant Domestication (1926–2016)","authors":"E. Nevo","doi":"10.1163/22244662-06301002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22244662-06301002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50267,"journal":{"name":"Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution","volume":"63 1","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2017-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/22244662-06301002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45920728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arian D. Wallach, Erick J. Lundgren, Esty Yanco, D. Ramp
{"title":"Is the prickly pear a ‘Tzabar’? Diversity and conservation of Israel’s migrant species","authors":"Arian D. Wallach, Erick J. Lundgren, Esty Yanco, D. Ramp","doi":"10.1163/22244662-06303003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22244662-06303003","url":null,"abstract":"Human-assisted biotic migration is a hallmark of the Anthropocene. Populations introduced outside their native ranges (‘migrant species’) have commonly been viewed as a threat to be addressed with lethal control programs. Israel has a long history of anthropogenic changes, and conservation has typically focused on ameliorating direct human impacts rather than eradicating migrant species. However, this may be changing with the growing influence of invasion biology worldwide. We conducted a review of the diversity, conservation status, and academic attitudes toward Israel’s migrant species (IMS). We identified 199 plants and animals from 85 families that have immigrated into Israel from across the globe, and 122 species from 64 families considered native to Israel that have emigrated to every bioregion and to two oceans, although few species have become cosmopolitan. The conservation status of most immigrant (84.9%) and emigrant (55.7%) species has not been assessed, and even the native ranges of eleven immigrants (5.5%) remains unknown. Of those assessed, 27% of immigrants are threatened or decreasing in their native ranges, and 62% of emigrants are globally decreasing or locally threatened and extinct. After accounting for local extinctions, immigration has increased Israel’s plant and vertebrate richness by 104 species. Israel’s immigrants are increasingly being viewed from an invasion biology perspective, with 76% of studies published in the past decade, reaching over a quarter of local conservation publications. Incorporating principles of compassionate conservation could help foster a more socially acceptable and morally grounded approach to the immigrant wildlife of the Middle East.","PeriodicalId":50267,"journal":{"name":"Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution","volume":"63 1","pages":"9-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2017-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/22244662-06303003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45189414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}