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Other Contributions NATURE NOTES Amphibia: Caudata Ambystoma ordinarium. Predation by a Black-necked Gartersnake (Thamnophis cyrtopsis). The Michoacán Stream Salamander (Ambystoma ordinarium) is a facultatively paedomorphic ambystomatid species. Paedomorphic adults and larvae are found in montane streams, while metamorphic adults are terrestrial, remaining near natal streams (Ruiz-Martínez et al., 2014). Streams inhabited by this species are immersed in pine, pine-oak, and fir for- ests in the central part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (Luna-Vega et al., 2007). All known localities where A. ordinarium has been recorded are situated between the vicinity of Lake Patzcuaro in the north-central portion of the state of Michoacan and Tianguistenco in the western part of the state of México (Ruiz-Martínez et al., 2014). This species is considered Endangered by the IUCN (IUCN, 2015), is protected by the government of Mexico, under the category Pr (special protection) (AmphibiaWeb; accessed 1April 2016), and Wilson et al. (2013) scored it at the upper end of the medium vulnerability level. Data available on the life history and biology of A. ordinarium is restricted to the species description (Taylor, 1940), distribution (Shaffer, 1984; Anderson and Worthington, 1971), diet composition (Alvarado-Díaz et al., 2002), phylogeny (Weisrock et al., 2006) and the effect of habitat quality on diet diversity (Ruiz-Martínez et al., 2014). We did not find predation records on this species in the literature, and in this note we present information on a predation attack on an adult neotenic A. ordinarium by a Thamnophis cyrtopsis. On 13 July 2010 at 1300 h, while conducting an ecological study of A. -
MCS Herpetofauna Checklist
MATOBO CONSERVATION SOCIETY CHECKLIST FOR THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE MATOBO HILLS APPRECIATION This material was prepared by the MATOBO CONSERVATION SOCIETY from chapter 12 of the book “THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MATOBO HILLS” ISBN 978-0-7974-9815-0 with the approval of the NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF ZIMBABWE The Matobo Conservation Society, a registered Welfare organisation, is committed to the conservation, appreciation and sustainable use of the natural and cultural resources within the Matobo Hills region. For more information (a) on this checklist and (b) the book “THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MATOBO HILLS”, write to: The Matobo Conservation Society, PO Box FM 648, Famona, Bulawayo or email [email protected] INTRODUCTION Compiled by Dr Don Broadley Sketches were done by Jenny Whalley The reptiles and amphibians together comprise the herpetofauna of the Matobo hills. It has a fairly rich species richness, consisting of 70 reptile and 28 amphibian species. Not only do these comprise a diverse assemblage, but they occur at very high densities compared to mammals. The herpetofauna of woodland and savanna areas of the Matobo includes many savanna species which are widely distributed across similar habitats of south-central Africa. With a few exceptions, most amphibians are seasonally dependant on surface water and the aquatic habitats in which it is localised. The permanent water bodies have a few characteristic reptile inhabitants. The serrated hinged terrapin is found in such dams and permanent streams, and is replaced in temporary pans by the helmeted terrapin. The water monitor is most plentiful around permanent water bodies, where it feeds largely on crabs and mussels. -
Hormones, Social Context and Animal Communication
P1: GFZ-IYP/... P2: KOD 0521823617c21.xml CU1917B/McGregor 0 521 582361 7 October 7, 2004 22:13 21 Hormones, social context and animal communication rui f. oliveira Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada, Lisbon, Portugal Introduction The views on the role that hormones play in the control of behaviour have changed progressively with time. Hormones were classically seen as causal agents of behaviour, acting directly on the display of a given behaviour. This view was mainly supported by early studies of castration and hormone-replacement therapy, which showed that some behaviours were abolished by castration and restored by exogenous administration of androgens (Nelson, 2001). Later this view shifted towards a more probabilistic approach and hormones started to be seen more as facilitators of behaviour than as deterministic factors (Simon, 2002). Ac- cording to this new view, hormones may increase the probability of the expression of a given behaviour by acting as modulators of the neural pathways underlying that behavioural pattern. For example, the effects of androgens on the expres- sion of aggressive behaviours in mammals are mediated by modulatory effects on central serotonergic and vasopressin pathways (Simon, 2002). Yet, it is also known that the social environment (i.e. network of interacting individuals) also feeds back to influence hormone levels (Wingfield et al., 1990), suggesting a two- way type of interaction between hormones and behaviour. In this chapter, I will develop the hypothesis that social modulation of androgens is an adaptive mech- anism through which individuals adjust their motivation according to the social context that they are facing. Thus, the social interactions within a given social network would stimulate the production of androgens in the individuals and the individual levels of androgens would be a function of the perceived social status and the stability of the social environment in which the animal is living. -
Biodiversity of Wasps Species Collected from District Karak, KP
Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2018; 6(2): 21-23 E-ISSN: 2320-7078 P-ISSN: 2349-6800 Biodiversity of wasps species collected from JEZS 2018; 6(2): 21-23 © 2018 JEZS district Karak, KP, Pakistan Received: 09-01-2018 Accepted: 10-02-2018 Muhammad Arsalan, Arshad Abbas, Shafi Ullah Gul, Hameed Ur Rehman, Muhammad Arsalan Department of Zoology, GPGC, Sahibzada Muhammad Jawad, Wahid Shah and Arshad Mehmood Kohat, Pakistan Abstract Arshad Abbas Wasps are present throughout the world, mostly in tropical regions. The present research work is Department of Zoology, GPGC, Kohat, Pakistan conducted in various region of district Karak including Mithakhel, Esakchuntra, Palosa, Sabirabbadto find out wasp fauna. The fauna of wasp were observed during summer season, mostly from April- Shafi Ullah Gul September 2017. During the research survey 24 species of wasps were collected from open fields, Department of Zoology, GPGC, gardens and houses and are preserved in 70% ethanol, which belongs from 1 order Hymenoptera, 3 Kohat, Pakistan families Vespidae, Pompilidae, Ichneumonidae and 11 genera Polistes, Vespa, Dolichovespula, Vespula, Ropalidia, Cryptocheilus, Hemipepsis, Priocnemis, Anoplius, Arochnospila, Megarhyssa. Family Hameed Ur Rehman Pompilidae was the most abundant family having 12 species, family Vespidae has 11 species, while Department of Chemistry, Kohat family Ichneumonidae have 1 species. The present research survey suggests that District Karak has a University of Science and diverse wasp fauna. Similar research study is recommended on large scale to find out the remaining wasp Technology, KUST, Kohat, species in District Karak and its surrounded areas. Pakistan Keywords: wasp, fauna, family, region, district, Karak Sahibzada Muhammad Jawad Department of Zoology, Islamia College University Peshawar, Introduction KP, Pakistan In the present research study, fauna of wasp are observed in different areas of Karak to find out the pre-existing species of wasp. -
Animal Behavior Facilitates Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics
Animal behavior facilitates eco-evolutionary dynamics The EcoEvoInteract Scientific Network Authors: Gotanda, K.M.1* ([email protected]), Farine, D.R.2,3,4*, Kratochwil, C.F.5,6*, Laskowski, K.L.7*, Montiglio, P.O.8* 1Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge; www.kiyokogotanda.com @photopidge 2Department of Collective Behavior, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz 3Department of Biology, University of Konstanz 4Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behavior, University of Konstanz 5Chair in Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz 6Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany 7Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California Davis 8Department of Biological Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal *All authors contributed equally Keywords: evo-evolutionary dynamics, Hamilton's Rule, functional response, predator-prey cycles, dispersal, selfish herd theory 1 Abstract The mechanisms underlying eco-evolutionary dynamics (the feedback between ecological and evolutionary processes) are often unknown. Here, we propose that classical theory from behavioral ecology can provide a greater understanding of the mechanisms underlying eco- evolutionary dynamics, and thus improve predictions about the outcomes of these dynamics. 2 Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics The recognition that ecological and evolutionary processes can occur on the same timescale, and thus interact with each other, has led to a field of interdisciplinary research often called eco- evolutionary dynamics. Eco-evolutionary dynamics are feedbacks that occur when changes in ecological processes influence evolutionary change, which then in turn feedback onto the ecology of the system. For example, dispersal rates can increase or decrease due to ecological changes (e.g. resource fluctuations) altering species (meta-)population dynamics through source- sink dynamics or shifts in gene flow and ultimately changing the selection pressures that population experiences [1]. -
University of Tartu Sign Systems Studies
University of Tartu Sign Systems Studies 32 Sign Systems Studies 32.1/2 Тартуский университет Tartu Ülikool Труды по знаковым системам Töid märgisüsteemide alalt 32.1/2 University of Tartu Sign Systems Studies volume 32.1/2 Editors: Peeter Torop Mihhail Lotman Kalevi Kull M TARTU UNIVERSITY I PRESS Tartu 2004 Sign Systems Studies is an international journal of semiotics and sign processes in culture and nature Periodicity: one volume (two issues) per year Official languages: English and Russian; Estonian for abstracts Established in 1964 Address of the editorial office: Department of Semiotics, University of Tartu Tiigi St. 78, Tartu 50410, Estonia Information and subscription: http://www.ut.ee/SOSE/sss.htm Assistant editor: Silvi Salupere International editorial board: John Deely (Houston, USA) Umberto Eco (Bologna, Italy) Vyacheslav V. Ivanov (Los Angeles, USA, and Moscow, Russia) Julia Kristeva (Paris, France) Winfried Nöth (Kassel, Germany, and Sao Paulo, Brazil) Alexander Piatigorsky (London, UK) Roland Posner (Berlin, Germany) Eero Tarasti (Helsinki, Finland) t Thure von Uexküll (Freiburg, Germany) Boris Uspenskij (Napoli, Italy) Irina Avramets (Tartu, Estonia) Jelena Grigorjeva (Tartu, Estonia) Ülle Pärli (Tartu, Estonia) Anti Randviir (Tartu, Estonia) Copyright University of Tartu, 2004 ISSN 1406-4243 Tartu University Press www.tyk.ut.ee Sign Systems Studies 32.1/2, 2004 Table of contents John Deely Semiotics and Jakob von Uexkiill’s concept of um welt .......... 11 Семиотика и понятие умвельта Якоба фон Юксюолла. Резюме ...... 33 Semiootika ja Jakob von Uexkülli omailma mõiste. Kokkuvõte ............ 33 Torsten Rüting History and significance of Jakob von Uexküll and of his institute in Hamburg ......................................................... 35 Якоб фон Юкскюлл и его институт в Гамбурге: история и значение. -
Causes and Consequences of Urban-Associated Song Variation: a Study of Vocal Behavior in the Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis Cardinalis)
Causes and Consequences of Urban-associated Song Variation: A Study of Vocal Behavior in the Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) THESIS Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Desiree Lynn Narango, B.S. Graduate Program in Environmental and Natural Resources The Ohio State University 2012 Master’s Examination Committee: Dr. Amanda D. Rodewald, Advisor Dr. Douglas A. Nelson Dr. Mazeika S.P. Sullivan Copyrighted by Desiree Lynn Narango 2012 ABSTRACT Animal communication systems, which rely upon complex cognitive behavior, specific social contexts, and environments that permit effective transmission, are vulnerable to disruption by anthropogenic disturbance. Forests in urban landscapes are known to differ from rural forests in terms of invasive exotic shrubs, avian communities, and anthropogenic noise. Although these urban-associated differences can elicit demographic consequences, little is known about the sub-lethal behavioral effects. Recent studies have implicated anthropogenic noise as a cause of changing bird song in urban areas; however, few have considered alternative explanations, nor the evolutionary and ecological consequences of altered songs. I investigated song variation in an urban landscape by asking the following questions: 1) How do the structural and behavioral components of bird song change across a rural-urban landscape gradient? 2) Which aspects of urbanization (e.g., noise pollution, invasive plants, avian community and morphology) best predict changes in song properties? and 3) Does urbanization alter relationships among song, indicators of fitness (e.g., reproductive output), and male quality (e.g., morphology, parental care and territory quality)? I investigated these questions by recording vocal behavior and monitoring the breeding activity of 54 individually-marked male Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) at nine sites distributed across riparian forests within a rural to urban landscape gradient in central Ohio in 2011. -
On the Evolutionary and Behavioral Dynamics of Social Coordination: Models and Theoretical Aspects
On the Evolutionary and Behavioral Dynamics of Social Coordination: Models and Theoretical Aspects Ezequiel Alejandro Di Paolo Submitted for the degree of DPhil University of Sussex January, 1999 Declaration I hereby declare that this thesis has not been submitted, either in the same or different form, to this or any other University for a degree. Signature: Acknowledgements During the period I spent in Sussex I have learnt a lot, explored a lot and met a lot of interesting people who were always keen to take each other seriously in a relaxed environment. Many of the ideas presented in this thesis have matured within this context. I would like to thank my supervisor during the last three years, Phil Husbands, for providing guidance, help and being always open to new ideas no matter how strange they may have sounded initially. I would also like to thank Inman Harvey, who often played a role of supervisor himself by being always available to discuss problems and make useful suggestions which often were strangely radical and down-to-earth at the same time. Seth Bullock and Jason Noble contributed a lot to this thesis. The many opportunities in which we discussed our work and the work of others have often been key moments in the development of my research. I am very grateful to them. I must also thank the help I got from other people inside and outside COGS in the form of comments on my work, discussions and suggestions: Guillermo Abramson, Ron Chrisley, Dave Cliff, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Joe Faith, Ronald Lemmen, Matt Quinn, Lars Risan, Anil Seth, Oli Sharpe and Mike Wheeler. -
Terrestrial Arthropod Surveys on Pagan Island, Northern Marianas
Terrestrial Arthropod Surveys on Pagan Island, Northern Marianas Neal L. Evenhuis, Lucius G. Eldredge, Keith T. Arakaki, Darcy Oishi, Janis N. Garcia & William P. Haines Pacific Biological Survey, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817 Final Report November 2010 Prepared for: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish & Wildlife Office Honolulu, Hawaii Evenhuis et al. — Pagan Island Arthropod Survey 2 BISHOP MUSEUM The State Museum of Natural and Cultural History 1525 Bernice Street Honolulu, Hawai’i 96817–2704, USA Copyright© 2010 Bishop Museum All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America Contribution No. 2010-015 to the Pacific Biological Survey Evenhuis et al. — Pagan Island Arthropod Survey 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ......................................................................................................... 5 Background ..................................................................................................................... 7 General History .............................................................................................................. 10 Previous Expeditions to Pagan Surveying Terrestrial Arthropods ................................ 12 Current Survey and List of Collecting Sites .................................................................. 18 Sampling Methods ......................................................................................................... 25 Survey Results .............................................................................................................. -
Americant MUSEUM Novrtates PUBLISHED by the AMERICAN MUSEUM of NATURAL HISTORY CENTRAL PARK WEST at 79TH STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y
AMERICANt MUSEUM Novrtates PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY CENTRAL PARK WEST AT 79TH STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10024 Number 3199, 96 pp. May 16, 1997 Catalog of Species in the Polistine Tribe Ropalidiini (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) JUN-ICHI KOJIMA4A AND JAMES M. CARPENTER2 ABSTRACT A comprehensive catalog of species in the pol- don, are designated. Lectotypes of three species istine tribe Ropalidiini, which comprises four gen- described by Smith in the Hope Entomological era endemic to the Old World (Ropalidia, Para- Collections, Oxford, and of one species described polybia, Polybioides, and Belonogaster), is pre- by Cheesman in the Natural History Museum, sented. A total of 225 species and subspecies are London, are designated. Nomenclatural changes treated as valid in Ropalidia, nine in Parapolybia, include transfer of Odynerus jaculator Smith, six (and one variety) in Polybioides, and 85 in 1871, to Ropalidia, NEW COMBINATION; and Belonogaster. Lectotypes of 14 species described synonymy of Icaria sericea Cameron, 1911, with by Cameron in the Zoologisch Museum, Amster- Ropalidia wollastoni (Meade-Waldo, 1912), NEW dam, and in the Natural History Museum, Lon- SYNONYMY. INTRODUCTION The subfamily Polistinae of the wasp fam- the largest polistine genus, whose distribu- ily Vespidae, consisting of more than 800 tion is confined to the New World; Ropali- species in 27 genera (Carpenter, 1996; see diini includes the four genera endemic to the also Carpenter et al., 1996), can be divided Old World including Oceania (namely, Be- into four monophyletic tribes (Carpenter, lonogaster, Parapolybia, Polybioides, and 1993). The tribe Polistini comprises the large Ropalidia); and Epiponini includes the re- cosmopolitan genus Polistes; the tribe Mis- maining 21 New World, swarm-founding chocyttarini consists only of Mischocyttarus, genera. -
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A Checklist of Ropalidiini Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Polistinae) in Indochina
Arch. Biol. Sci., Belgrade, 66 (3), 1061-1074, 2014 DOI:10.2298/ABS1403061P A CHECKLIST OF ROPALIDIINI WASPS (HYMENOPTERA: VESPIDAE; POLISTINAE) IN INDOCHINA PHONG HUY PHAM Department of Experimental Entomology, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam Abstract – As a basis for intensive study of the taxonomy and biogeography of Ropalidiini wasps in Indochina (Hy- menoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae), a checklist of Ropalidiini wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) is presented. A total of 57 Ropalidiini species and subspecies belonging to three genera from Indochina are listed, together with information of the type material deposited in the Natural History Collection, Ibaraki University, Japan (IUNH) and the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR). References of their distribution in Indochina are also provided. Key words: Bio-indicators; Himalaya; pollinators; Ropalidia; Vietnam; Vespid wasps. INTRODUCTION because they are at the top-position in a food web of terrestrial arthropods (or even animals) as well as The hymenopteran family Vespidae, with more than visiting various flowers for nectar as their own en- 5 000 species worldwide, is divided into six sub- ergy source, they are pollinators of many plants (Ko- families. They are Euparagiinae, Masarinae, Eumeni- jima, 1993; Carpenter and Wenzel, 1999; Khuat et nae, Stenogastrinae, Polistinae and Vespinae with 10 al., 2004). These considerations suggest that vespid species in one genus, 344 species in 14 genera, 3 579 wasps play important roles in an ecosystem, and can species in 210 genera, 58 species in 7 genera, 958 spe- be good bioindicators for environmental conditions cies in 26 genera and 69 species in 4 genera, respec- and/or habitat perturbation (Itô, 1984; Carpenter, tively (Pickett and Capenter, 2010).