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Soil-adhesive or water repellent properties of the surface of cicada exuviae 蝉皮表面的粘土或拒水特性

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2025-03-04 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-025-01976-2

Jun Murayama, Kazuo Yamazaki, Hiroshi Ogasawara, Hiroshi Moriwaki

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Host associations of Brazilian Darwin wasps: current knowledge and the IchHostBR dataset 巴西达尔文黄蜂的宿主协会：当前知识和IchHostBR数据集

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2025-02-27 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-025-01974-4

Alvaro Doria dos Santos, Carlos Roberto Ferreira Brandão, Helena Carolina Onody

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The left–right-handedness of the cylindrical spathe correlates with the phyllotactic spiral direction in Arisaema (Araceae) 圆柱形佛焰苞的左右手方向与天南星科植物的叶绿素螺旋方向有关

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2025-02-26 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-025-01973-5

Tetsuya K. Matsumoto, Kodai N. Sato, Junichi Ohno, Tokiyoshi Hiramatsu, Jin Murata

{"title":"The left–right-handedness of the cylindrical spathe correlates with the phyllotactic spiral direction in Arisaema (Araceae)","authors":"Tetsuya K. Matsumoto, Kodai N. Sato, Junichi Ohno, Tokiyoshi Hiramatsu, Jin Murata","doi":"10.1007/s00114-025-01973-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00114-025-01973-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A left–right asymmetry of plants has attracted attention in various study areas (e.g., developmental biology, ethology, and evolutionary biology); however, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In the genus <i>Arisaema</i> (Araceae), each plant possesses a cylindrical spathe that exhibits the left–right-handedness in the folding direction. As the spathe is a modified leaf, a phyllotactic spiral (clockwise or counter-clockwise directions) in vegetative organs may affect this dimorphism. In this study, we aimed to examine (1) interannual changes in the spathe folding direction in the same individuals, (2) the effect of phyllotactic spirals on the left–right-handedness of the spathe, (3) the abundance ratio of left- and right-folded spathes in several <i>Arisaema</i> species, and (4) the relationship between the coiling direction of young folded leaves and phyllotactic spirals in other aroid genera. The spathe folding direction changed annually and was significantly related to the phyllotactic spiral direction. The left–right-handedness prevailed among the 27 tested <i>Arisaema</i> species, and frequencies of left- and right-folded spathes were mostly similar. In the five aroid genera, the phyllotaxis was clearly correlated with the leaf coiling direction. These results imply that the phyllotactic spiral affects the spathe folding direction of <i>Arisaema</i> and the leaf coiling direction of aroids. Considering developmental studies on asymmetric leaves in other taxa, the left–right-handedness of the spathe in <i>Arisaema</i> is possibly a consequence of the phyllotactic pattern formation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":794,"journal":{"name":"The Science of Nature","volume":"112 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143489658","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Breeding behaviour, visual communication and male combat of Philothamnus occidentalis and Philothamnus natalensis 西褐蝽和白褐蝽的繁殖行为、视觉交流和雄性争斗

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2025-02-25 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-025-01972-6

Kirsty J. Kyle, Colleen T. Downs

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A quick and non-destructive approach to combat timber adulteration using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics 使用衰减全反射傅里叶变换红外光谱和化学计量学的快速和非破坏性的方法来打击木材掺假

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2025-02-21 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-025-01970-8

Arti Yadav, Chongtham Nimi, Manish Kapoor, Rajinder Singh

{"title":"A quick and non-destructive approach to combat timber adulteration using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics","authors":"Arti Yadav, Chongtham Nimi, Manish Kapoor, Rajinder Singh","doi":"10.1007/s00114-025-01970-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00114-025-01970-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Timber adulteration, illegal harvesting, and logging of legally protected timber species are a major threat to biodiversity. Identifying and differentiating low-value timber species from high-grade ones is a prerequisite to combat timber-related crimes. Timber adulteration can be detected by techniques such as DNA barcoding. However, these techniques have some drawbacks as they are time-consuming and destructive. To address all these issues, in this study, a quick and non-destructive approach has been used to detect timber adulteration by identifying and discriminating selective timber species using vibrational spectroscopy along chemometric methods such as principal component analysis (PCA), linear discriminant analysis (LDA), and partial least square discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) that successfully differentiated <i>Tectona grandis</i> (teak) from <i>Magnolia champaca</i> (champ) with 96.25% accuracy, <i>Swietenia macrophylla</i> (mahogany) from <i>Magnolia champaca</i> with 97.5% accuracy, and <i>Artocarpus heterophyllus</i> (Jack) from <i>Mangifera indica</i> (mango) with 100% PCA LDA training accuracies. Partial least square discriminant analysis successfully differentiated the timber species with 100% accuracy. ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and chemometric tools proved to be effective in detecting timber adulteration, which will help the investigating agencies combat timber-related crimes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":794,"journal":{"name":"The Science of Nature","volume":"112 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143465944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The effectiveness of pollinators and their foraging behavior on Neustanthus phaseoloides (Fabaceae) 花楸属植物传粉媒介的有效性及其采食行为

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2025-02-20 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-025-01971-7

Suman Paul, Tanushree Singha, Riya Roy, Osunam Tayeng, Engchong Sangdo, Prasenjit Debbarma, Bhushan B. Dholakia, Badal Kumar Datta

{"title":"The effectiveness of pollinators and their foraging behavior on Neustanthus phaseoloides (Fabaceae)","authors":"Suman Paul, Tanushree Singha, Riya Roy, Osunam Tayeng, Engchong Sangdo, Prasenjit Debbarma, Bhushan B. Dholakia, Badal Kumar Datta","doi":"10.1007/s00114-025-01971-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00114-025-01971-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Insect pollination is critical for the reproduction of crops and wild plants, yet the efficiency of pollinators varies widely across species. Hence, it is essential to study the visitation behavior and pollination effectiveness of the floral visitors. <i>Neustanthus phaseoloides</i> is an agro-ecologically and medicinally important plant occurring in Tripura, Northeast India. We selected it for the present investigation as its distinct floral morphology might impact the pollinator visitation behaviors and subsequent pollination success. A total of 12 insect foragers visited the flowers of <i>N. phaseoloides</i>. Among them, 10 generalist pollinators were observed depositing conspecific pollen along with some amount of heterospecific pollen grains on the stigma. Although the pollen deposition efficiency varied significantly among pollinator species, the bees were the most effective in pollen deposition and subsequent reproductive outputs. All pollinators contributed to the fruit and seed production at varying degrees, indicating their effectiveness in reproductive success. The mating system studies indicated that the species was self-compatible and dependent on pollinators for increased reproductive success. Furthermore, some degree of pollination deficit was detected in our study population, suggesting that the increased visitation of effective pollinators might enhance the reproductive outputs. Overall, this first report on the pollination effectiveness of <i>N. phaseoloides</i> will improve our understanding of the reproductive success in a medicinally useful wild plant.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":794,"journal":{"name":"The Science of Nature","volume":"112 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00114-025-01971-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143446377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Correction: The long proboscis of the aphid Stomaphis yanonis (Aphididae Lachninae) is advantageous for avoiding predation by tending ants 更正：长鼻的Stomaphis yanonis （Aphididae Lachninae）有利于避免被蚂蚁捕食

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2025-02-19 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-025-01969-1

Takumi Matsuura, Shunsuke Nakamura, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Tsubasa Toji, Takao Itino

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Innate floral object identification in a solitary pollinator employs a combination of both visual and olfactory cues 单独传粉者的先天花物识别采用视觉和嗅觉线索的结合

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2025-02-17 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-025-01965-5

Aditi Mishra, Anupreksha Jain, Padmapriya S. Iyer, Ashwin Suryanarayanan, Karin Nordström, Shannon B. Olsson

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Unsuspected diversity and multiple origins of the frog legs imported to Switzerland for human consumption, as determined by DNA barcoding and morphology 通过 DNA 条形码和形态学确定瑞士进口供人类食用的蛙腿的未知多样性和多重来源

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2025-02-13 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-025-01968-2

Sylvain Dubey, Sébastien Pellaud, Samuel Furrer, Christophe Dufresnes

{"title":"Unsuspected diversity and multiple origins of the frog legs imported to Switzerland for human consumption, as determined by DNA barcoding and morphology","authors":"Sylvain Dubey, Sébastien Pellaud, Samuel Furrer, Christophe Dufresnes","doi":"10.1007/s00114-025-01968-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00114-025-01968-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The frog leg industry relies on a global, largely underregulated market with potentially important ecological impact such as the uncontrolled harvest of declining wild populations and the introduction of invasive species. Here, we inferred the taxonomic nature and geographic origins of frog legs imported to Switzerland by DNA barcoding. Out of 34 samples, we retrieved eight distinct lineages attributed to five species from four genera, namely <i>Hoplobatrachus rugulosus</i> from Vietnam, <i>Fejervarya cancrivora</i> from Indonesia (invasive on several Pacific islands), two phylogeographic lineages of <i>Limnonectes macrodon</i> from Western and Central Java, <i>L. kadarsani</i> from eastern Indonesia, and three phylogeographic lineages of <i>Pelophylax ridibundus</i> from northern and central southern Turkey (invasive in Western Europe). Only the first two species were correctly declared, which is particularly problematic to track down harvests of the declining and geographically restricted <i>Limnonectes</i> taxa. In this respect, we show that the three Asian genera can be reliably distinguished by basic measurements of the frog legs, which could be used in future forensic controls. Our study calls for more stringent international regulations of the frog trade, including shipment monitoring to document the relative abundance of harvested species and ensure the sustainability of their wild populations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":794,"journal":{"name":"The Science of Nature","volume":"112 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00114-025-01968-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143396740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring the morphology and taphonomy of Archaeoniscus brodiei—a gregarious, Early Cretaceous isopod 早白垩世群居类等足类始祖猿布罗迪伊的形态与地学研究

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The Science of Nature Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-025-01962-8

Russell D. C. Bicknell, Adiël A. Klompmaker, Patrick M. Smith, Thomas A. Hegna

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