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Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-83488-9 - Insect Ecology: Behavior, Populations and Communities Peter W. Price, Robert F. Denno, Micky D. Eubanks, Deborah L. Finke and Ian Kaplan Index More information AUTHOR INDEX Aanen, D.K., 227 Amman, G.D., 600 Bach, C.E., 152 Abrahamson, W.G., 16, 161, 162, Andersen, A.N., 580 Bacher, 275 165 Andersen, N.M., 401 Bacher, S., 275 Abrams, 274 Anderson, J.M., 114 Bachman, S., 567 Abrams, P.A., 195, 273, 276 Anderson, R.M., 336, 337, 338 Ba¨ckhed, F., 225 Acorn, J., 250 Anderson, R.S., 415 Badenes-Perez, F.R., 400 Adams, D.C., 203 Andersson, M., 82, 83, 87 Baerends, G.P., 29 Adams, E.S., 435 Andow, D.A., 127, 128, 179, 276, 513, Bailey, J.K., 426, 474, 475, 603 Adamson, R.S., 573 528 Bailey, V.A., 279, 356 Addicott, J.F., 242, 507 Andres, M.R., 116, 117, 118 Baker, R.R., 54 Addy, N.D., 574, 601, 602 Andrew, N.R., 566 Baker, I., 247 Adjei-Maafo, I.K., 530 Andrewartha, H.G., 27, 260, 261, 279, Baker, T.C., 53 Adler, L.S., 155 356, 404 Baker, W.L., 166 Adler, P.H., 8 Andrews, J.H., 310 Baldwin, I.T., 121, 122, 125, 126, 127, Agarwal, V.M., 506 Aneshansley, D.J., 48 129, 143, 144, 166, 174, 179, 187, Agnew, P., 369 Anonymous, 18 197, 201, 204, 208, 221, 492, 498 Agrawal, A.A., 99, 108, 114, 118, 121, Anstett, M.-C., 236, 243, 244 Ballabeni, P., 162 122, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 133, Antonovics, J., 471 Baltensweiler, 414 136, 139, 156, 161, 197, 204, 205, Aoki, S., 80 Baltensweiler, W., 407, 410, 424 208, 216, 219, 299, 444, 471, 492, Appel, H.M., 124, 128 Bangert, 465, 472 493, 502, 507, 509, 512, 513 Arditi, R., 274 Bangert, R.K., 137, 464, 472, 475, 547 Agrawal, M., 142 Armbruster, P., 383 Banks, J.E., 21 Ahman, I., 161 Armbruster, W.S., 228 Barbosa, P., 245, 297, 491, 493, 494, Ahn, T.I., 235 Arndt, W., 307 507, 528, 571 Aide, T.M., 330, 542 Arnett, R.H., 412 Barbour, J.D., 136 Aizen, M.A., 263 Arnold, A.E., 233, 265 Barbour, M.T., 104 Aksoy, S., 255 Arthington, A.H., 558, 562 Barbour, R.C., 603 Albarracin, M.T., 429 Askew, R.R., 307, 330, 376 Barnett, T.P., 591 Alborn, T., 498 A˚ sman, K., 400 Barone, J.A., 330 Alcock, J., 28, 29, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, Aspinall, D., 138 Barrett, S.C.H., 229 55, 56, 60, 62, 564 Atkinson, C.T., 335 Barrigossi, J.A.F., 369 Alexander, R.M., 6 Atsatt, P.R., 155, 167, 505 Barros-Bellanda, H.C.H., 114 Alexopoulos, C.J., 229 Auer, C., 338 Barton, A.M., 506 Allard, G.B., 100 Augspurger, C.K., 158 Bascompte, J., 260 Allee, W.C., 353 Avila, J.M., 566 Bass, M., 79 Allen, C.R., 483 Awmack, C.S., 105, 107, 108, 109, Basset, Y., 68, 102 Allen-Wardell, G., 263 110, 113, 114, 133, 136, 137, Bateman, A.J., 50, 54 Alsoy, S., 227 141, 178 Batra, L.R., 244 Alstad, D.N., 169 Axen, 243 Batra, S.W.T., 244 Al-Tamini, S., 323 Axe´n, A.H., 232, 245 Battisti, A., 594 Altieri, M.A., 152, 180 Ayala, F.J., 196 Battisti, D.S., 612 Alvarado, A., 88 Ayala, R., 561 Baudouin-Cornu, P., 115 Alyokhin, A., 212 Ayres, B.D., 201 Bauerfeind, S.S., 378, 394 Amarasekare, P., 213, 215 Ayres, M.P., 124, 144, 145, 596 Baum, K.A., 434 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-83488-9 - Insect Ecology: Behavior, Populations and Communities Peter W. Price, Robert F. Denno, Micky D. Eubanks, Deborah L. Finke and Ian Kaplan Index More information Author index 765 Baumann, P., 114, 175, 325 Berte´, B., 108 Bouma, J.E., 235 Baur, R., 118 Bestelmeyer, B.T., 483 Bourtzis, K., 114, 184 Bayhan, E., 369 Betancourt, J.L., 414, 416 Bowers, M.D., 129, 130, 165, 516 Baylis, N., 167 Bezemer, T.M., 141, 204, 598 Boyd, C., 173 Bazely, D., 116, 117 Bianchi, F.J., 264 Boyd, R.S., 159 Bazely, D.R., 18 Billen, J., 77 Boyer, A.G., 429 Bazzaz, F.A., 571 Birch, L.C., 27, 196, 260, 261, 279, 356, Boyer, E.W., 137, 178 Beattie, A.J., 228, 229, 233, 240, 507, 404, 514 Bradley, R.A., 506 508 Birch, M.C., 200 Bradshaw, C.J.A., 429 Beaver, R.A., 115, 230 Bishop, J.G., 157, 458 Braks, M.A.H., 210 Becerra, J.X., 125, 126, 130, 169, 170, Bissett, J., 230 Brandl, R., 264, 610 173, 176, 177, 324, 507 Bize, P., 330, 369 Brattsten, L.B., 128 Beckerman, A.P., 156, 516 Bjo¨rkman, C., 161 Brauman, A., 115 Beddington, J.R., 282 Blackwell, M., 227 Brehm, G., 566 Beggs, J., 526 Blais, J.R., 414 Brennan, E.B., 133 Begon, M., 185, 195, 552 Bloomquist, J.R., 122 Breshears, D.D., 418, 594 Behmer, S.T., 109, 110 Blum, M.S., 46, 129, 163 Brett, M.T., 519 Bell, S.S., 465, 475 Blu¨thgen, N., 501 Breznak, J.A., 115 Bellotti, A.C., 343 Boecklen, W.J., 137, 578, 579 Briese, D.T., 88 Bellow, T.S., 297 Boege, K., 121, 429 Briggs, C.J., 338 Belovsky, G.E., 59 Boethel, D.J., 527 Bright, K.L., 110 Belt, T., 239 Boeve´, J.-L., 393 Broadhead, E., 449, 451 Benbrook, C.M., 178, 179 Boggs, C.L., 62 Broadway, R.M., 128 Bengtsson, J., 297 Bogra´n, C.E., 213, 215, 221 Brockhurst, M.A., 230 Benmayor, R., 198 Bohlmann, J., 125, 126, 130, 132, 145 Brodbeck, B., 138 Bennett, N.C., 86 Boivin, G., 376 Brodeur, J., 335 Benrey, B., 75, 109, 166, 493, 496, 497 Boivin, T., 400 Brodie, E.D.I., 296 Benson, R.B., 557 Bolnick, D.I., 293 Brody, A.K., 89, 90 Benson, W.W., 118, 257, 512 Bolton, B., 88 Bronstein, J.L., 224, 229, 232, 236, 237, Bentley, B.L., 227, 506, 507 Bonas, U., 306 242, 245, 247, 258, 507 Benton, T.G., 81 Bones, A.M., 126 Brook, B.W., 429 Bequaert, J., 229 Bonifay, C., 507 Brooks, D.R., 330 Berdegue, M., 162, 163, 170 Bonner, J.T., 310, 402 Brooks, G.L., 141 Berenbaum, M.R., 45, 121, 124, 125, Bonsall, M.B., 187, 190, 197 Brower, L.P., 32, 129, 169, 295, 493 126, 128, 135, 136, 143, 144, 169, Boomsma, J.J., 227 Brown, J.H., 431, 541, 544, 552, 555, 177, 263 Borden, J.H., 201, 202 563 Bergelson, J., 125, 136, 143, 144, Bordereau, C., 80 Brown, K.S., 483 173, 174 Borgia, G., 61 Brown, M.W., 139 Berger, D., 396 Borkent, A., 230 Brown, V.K., 208, 436 Bergeson, E., 218 Borojevic, S., 136 Brown, W.L., 202, 239 Bergland, A.O., 383 Borror, D.J., 316 Browne, D.J., 545 Bergman, J.M., 527 Bos, T., 136 Bruce, T.J.A., 130 Bergstro¨m, A., 396 Bossart, J.L., 9 Brues, C.T., 121 Bergvinson, D.J., 202 Bostock, R.M., 125, 126, 127, 144 Bruno, J.F., 184, 185, 189, 190, 216, 218 Berlocher, S.H., 16, 17, 160, 165, Both, C., 592, 593 Bryant, J.P., 142, 146 168, 173 Bottrell, D.G., 120, 527 Buchmann, S.L., 263 Bernays, E.A., 102, 108, 109, 110, 115, Boucher, D.H., 255, 256, 261, 264 Buchner, P., 230, 244 120, 121, 130, 145, 162, 324, 510 Boucias, D.G., 330 Buckley, R.C., 88, 239 Berryman, A.A., 352, 353, 355, 357, Bouget, C., 574 Bugg, R.L., 528 412, 419, 425, 426, 435 Boughey, A.S., 564 Bultman, T.L., 199, 229, 233 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-83488-9 - Insect Ecology: Behavior, Populations and Communities Peter W. Price, Robert F. Denno, Micky D. Eubanks, Deborah L. Finke and Ian Kaplan Index More information 766 Author index Burchard, P., 122 Cavalier-Smith, T., 225 Coley, P.D., 116, 142, 144, 147, 148, Bush, A.O., 10, 18, 307, 315, 330 Cerda, H., 127, 128, 179 330, 521, 542 Bush, G.L., 165, 306, 324 Chadwick, D., 122 Colfer, R.G., 288 Busvine, J.R., 18 Chamberlain, S.A., 506, 508 Coll, M., 114, 490, 501 Butler, C. G., 76 Chaneton, E.J., 187, 190 Collinge, S.K., 340 Butler, G.D., 117 Chapin, F.S., 148 Collins, N.C., 290, 329 Butlin, R.K., 162 Chapman, B.R., 331 Collins, N.L., 219 Buzas, M.A., 357, 483, 539 Chapman, J.W., 33 Collins, N.M., 550, 551 Chapman, R.F., 6, 30, 102, 115, 130, Colwell, R.K., 447, 540, 567 Caillaud, M.C., 160, 165 145, 227, 233, 324 Combes, C., 305, 319, 320 Cairns, J., 485 Chapman, R.N., 354 Condit, R., 158 Calder, C.A., 310 Chapman, T.W., 80 Connell, J.H., 157, 203, 574 Caligari, P., 136 Charnov, E.L., 63, 64, 110, 319 Connor, E.F., 116, 117, 118, 132, 152, Callaghan, T.V., 603 Chase, J.M., 341, 449 476, 544, 547, 549 Calow, P., 351, 355, 356, 537 Chen, C.C., 115 Constabel, C.P., 125, 126, 187 Caltagirone, L.E., 270 Chen, F., 141 Conway, G., 178 Camargo, J.M.F., 561 Chen, J.S.C., 93 Cook, A., 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 117, Cambefort, Y., 211 Cherrett, J.M., 79, 88, 115 161 Cameron, R.A.D., 409 Chesson, P., 196, 282 Coombes, C., 330 Cammell, M., 113 Chevin, H., 458 Coope, G.R., 587 Campbell, B., 61 Chew, F.S., 126, 161 Copp, N.H., 161 Campbell, B.C., 115, 527 Chilcutt, C.F., 215, 216 Corbett, S.A., 288, 524 Cane, J.H., 263 Choong, M.F., 116 Corcoran, A.J., 296 Cappuccino, N., 429 Chown, S.L., 8, 30, 250, 252, 253, Corley, J.C., 272 Caradus, J.R., 136 563 Cornell, H.V., 361, 362, 363, 368, 370, Carde´, R.T., 53, 67 Christensen, B., 110 545, 577 Cardelu´s, C.L., 542, 567 Christensen, K.M., 418, 419 Cortesaro, A.M., 527 Carey, 367, 399 Christou, P., 127, 128, 136, 179 Corvarrubias, R., 545 Carey, J.R., 358, 361, 367, 398 Clancy, K.M., 138, 139, 495, 496 Cory, J.S., 412 Carlson, J.C., 341 Claridge, M.F., 51, 55, 546, 566, 577 Costa, J.T., 73, 74, 75 Carlton, C.E., 9 Clark, D.A., 158 Costa, S.D., 141 Carolin, V.M., 139 Clark, D.B., 158 Cothran, M.L., 574 Caroll, C.R., 179 Clark, M.A., 175, 176, 177, 255, 325 Cothran, W.R., 211 Carpenter, J.M., 80 Clark, T.L., 513 Courtney, S.P., 164 Carr, D.E., 136 Clarke, G.L., 542, 550 Covarrubias, R., 545 Carreck, N.L., 91 Clausen, C.P., 17, 63 Covell, C.V., 105 Carrie`re, Y., 344, 345, 436 Clausen, T.P., 126 Cowles, H.C., 567 Carroll, M.J., 144 Clay, K., 233, 235 Cox-Foster, D.L., 92 Carroll, S.P., 173 Clay, T., 307 Craig, T.P., 39, 40, 63, 139, 165, 368, Carson, R., 263 Clayton, 323 419, 422, 424, 432 Carson,W.P., 156, 157 Clements, F.E., 444, 458 Cranston, P.S., 8, 100, 102, 104, 105, Carter, W., 18 Cleveland, L.R., 83 114, 249, 330 Casas, J., 512 Cloutier, C., 423 Crawley, M.J., 156, 503 Cassola, F., 550 Cobb, N.S., 138, 169, 417, 419 Crespi, B.J., 73, 80, 163 Casson, D.S., 566 Coddington, J.A., 540 Cronin, A.L., 75 Castells, E., 144 Codella, S.G., 75 Cronin, J.T., 434, 463 Casula, P., 287 Cody, M.L., 386 Cross, W.F., 105, 107 Catchpole, E.A., 506 Cole, B.J., 377, 459, 460, 461, 464, Croteau, R.B., 125 Cates, R.G., 122, 124, 142, 143, 145, 475 Crowl, T.A., 608 148, 571, 572 Cole, L.C., 387, 389, 390 Crutsinger, G.M., 472 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-83488-9 - Insect Ecology: Behavior, Populations and Communities Peter W.
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    www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN A sacrificial millipede altruistically protects its swarm using a drone blood enzyme, mandelonitrile Received: 05 January 2016 Accepted: 29 April 2016 oxidase Published: 06 June 2016 Yuko Ishida1,2, Yasumasa Kuwahara1,2, Mohammad Dadashipour1,2, Atsutoshi Ina1,2, Takuya Yamaguchi1,2, Masashi Morita1,2, Yayoi Ichiki1,2 & Yasuhisa Asano1,2 Soldiers of some eusocial insects exhibit an altruistic self-destructive defense behavior in emergency situations when attacked by large enemies. The swarm-forming invasive millipede, Chamberlinius hualienensis, which is not classified as eusocial animal, exudes irritant chemicals such as benzoyl cyanide as a defensive secretion. Although it has been thought that this defensive chemical was converted from mandelonitrile, identification of the biocatalyst has remained unidentified for 40 years. Here, we identify the novel blood enzyme, mandelonitrile oxidase (ChuaMOX), which stoichiometrically catalyzes oxygen consumption and synthesis of benzoyl cyanide and hydrogen peroxide from mandelonitrile. Interestingly the enzymatic activity is suppressed at a blood pH of 7, and the enzyme is segregated by membranes of defensive sacs from mandelonitrile which has a pH of 4.6, the optimum pH for ChuaMOX activity. In addition, strong body muscle contractions are necessary for de novo synthesis of benzoyl cyanide. We propose that, to protect its swarm, the sacrificial millipede also applies a self- destructive defense strategy—the endogenous rupturing of the defensive sacs to mix ChuaMOX and mandelonitrile at an optimum pH. Further study of defensive systems in primitive arthropods will pave the way to elucidate the evolution of altruistic defenses in the animal kingdom. Swarm-forming animals have unique defense systems for protection.
  • Polygynandry, Extra-Group Paternity and Multiple-Paternity Litters In

    Polygynandry, Extra-Group Paternity and Multiple-Paternity Litters In

    Molecular Ecology (2007) 16, 5294–5306 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03571.x Polygynandry,Blackwell Publishing Ltd extra-group paternity and multiple-paternity litters in European badger (Meles meles) social groups HANNAH L. DUGDALE,*† DAVID W. MACDONALD,* LISA C. POPE† and TERRY BURKE† *Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Tubney House, Abingdon Road, Tubney OX13 5QL, UK, †Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK Abstract The costs and benefits of natal philopatry are central to the formation and maintenance of social groups. Badger groups, thought to form passively according to the resource dispersion hypothesis (RDH), are maintained through natal philopatry and delayed dispersal; however, there is minimal evidence for the functional benefits of such grouping. We assigned parentage to 630 badger cubs from a high-density population in Wytham Woods, Oxford, born between 1988 and 2005. Our methodological approach was different to previous studies; we used 22 microsatellite loci to assign parent pairs, which in combination with sibship inference provided a high parentage assignment rate. We assigned both parents to 331 cubs at ≥ 95% confidence, revealing a polygynandrous mating system with up to five mothers and five fathers within a social group. We estimated that only 27% of adult males and 31% of adult females bred each year, suggesting a cost to group living for both sexes. Any strong motivation or selection to disperse, however, may be reduced because just under half of the paternities were gained by extra-group males, mainly from neighbouring groups, with males displaying a mixture of paternity strategies.
  • Research in Biological Control of the Formosan Subterranean Termite Cai Wang Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Howangcai@Gmail.Com

    Research in Biological Control of the Formosan Subterranean Termite Cai Wang Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, [email protected]

    Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2014 Research in Biological Control of the Formosan Subterranean Termite Cai Wang Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Wang, Cai, "Research in Biological Control of the Formosan Subterranean Termite" (2014). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 598. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/598 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please [email protected]. RESEARCH IN BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF THE FORMOSAN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Entomology by Cai Wang M.S., Chinese Academy of Science, 2010 B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2007 August 2014 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my sincerest appreciation to my major professor, Dr. Gregg Henderson, a very important person in my life. I am very impressive for his meticulous attitude for scientific research. I benefited greatly from his valuable and illuminating suggestions for my research. It is also very touching for Dr. Henderson’s patience for my preliminary and sometimes “crazy” ideas. Also, he always could “see” what I ignored. For example, when I unintentionally talked about an observation that soldier and worker termites run in different directions after disturbance, he immediately pointed out the potential value to continue studying this and gave me valuable suggestions in the experiment.