Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution最新文献

{"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}

{"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":"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":"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}

{"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}

{"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}

{"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}

{"title":"Compassionate conservation, where to from here?","authors":"Dror Ben-Ami","doi":"10.1163/22244662-06303401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/22244662-06303401","url":null,"abstract":"The field of conservation, at its core, is based on a number of ethics (Nash, 1967) which include appreciating nature (Thoreau, 1854; Whitman, 1855), understanding there is a need to protect it (Muir, 1890), and a belief that land should be shared between humans and wilderness (Leopold, 1949). Therefore, contemporary practitioners of conservation are, in a sense, emissaries of a society that values protecting nature. Modern conservation biology has merged the intrinsic value of appreciating nature together with an understanding that, in the modern age ecosystems, habitats and wildlife populations need to be managed and protected from rapid changes primarily caused by human activity. In particular, invasion biology asserts that native ecosystems and the species that comprise them need to be protected from species/populations established recently by humans (Soulé, 1987), and that the collective (e.g. a species or population) is always more important than the individuals themselves. The need to protect ecosystems from change, safeguard certain wildlife species from harm by other species, and manage human-wildlife conflicts, coupled with a disregard for the individual wild animal, has given rise to conservation management practices that cause significant harm, in the form of death and pain, to wildlife by humans (Bekoff, 2013; Dubois et al., 2017). For example, nonnative wildlife are routinely shot and poisoned to dilute their numbers and the supposed impact on native wildlife and ecosystems; emergent (a positive term for the negative term “irruptive”) species are killed to lessen their impact on other wildlife; human-wildlife conflict in agricultural and urban contexts is usually resolved by killing wildlife; and, trophy hunting is supported by many conservationists as sustainable conservation. Whilst the aim is usually the removal of the offending wildlife, the methods used often cause much suffering in the form of acute stress and injury (Dubois et al., 2017). For example kangaroos in Australia, and boars and deer around the world are culled and often miss shot to die a slow and painful death. Millions of foxes and dingoes in Australia, and possums in New Zealand, are poisoned by 1080 every year causing severe pain before death. Coyotes and wolves are leg trapped in the US to suffer an inevitably painful death. Surviving young of all animals often die of dehydration, starvation and exposure. These are just a few examples that show the staggering extent of harm to wildlife in the name of conservation and conservation management. In the cases in which conservation practices cause harm to wildlife, there is a growing conflict between those who wish to protect nature and those who believe in the emerging ethic of animal protection (Bruskotter et al., 2017; van Eeden et al., 2017). Interestingly, this growing ethic of animal protection can often be seen expressed in a population’s dietary choices. In Israel, for example, an estimated 12–15 % of the pop","PeriodicalId":50267,"journal":{"name":"Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution","volume":"63 1","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2017-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/22244662-06303401","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43194421","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}