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Présence de la musaraigne de Miller Neomys anomalus Cabrera, 1907 (Soricomorpha, Soricidae) dans l'Isle Crémieu (Isère, France).
2012
Presence of Miller's water shrew Neomys anomalus Cabrera, 1907 (Soricomorpha, Soricidae) in Isle Crémieu (Isère, France). - This note reports and comments on the presence of Miller's water shrew Neomys anomalus Cabrera, 1907 in Isle Crémieu (Isère, France).
Nouvelles données sur la localité type et la morphométrie dentaire du campagnol de Gerbe Microtus pyrenaicus gerbei (Gerbe, 1879) (Cricetidae, Rodent…
2015
New data on type locality and dental morphometry of the Gerbe’s vole Microtus pyrenaicus gerbei (Gerbe, 1879) (Cricetidae, Rodentia). The synthesis of the historical research done on Arthur de L’Isle du Dréneuf’s life, the discoverer of the Gerbe’s vole Microtus pyrenaicus gerbei (Gerbe, 1879), and the circumstances connected with this discovery, allow to say that its type locality is the municipality of La Haie-Fouassière (Loire-Atlantique, France). The analysis of teeth found in pellets of barn owl from Pornic (Loire-Atlantique, France) has confirmed the odontometrical differentiation previously observed in M. pyrenaicus gerbei.
A propos de l'observation de cas de campagnols des champs Microtus arvalis (Pallas, 1778) (Rodentia, Arvicolinae) caractérisés par une première molai…
2008
About some cases of common voles Microtus arvalis (Pallas, 1778) (Rodentia, Arvicolinae) characterised by a first lower molar with a pitymyan rhombus. This note describes and comments on some cases of common voles Microtus arvalis (Pallas, 1778) characterised by a first lower molar with a pitymyan rhombus.
Biological Flora of the British Isles: Ambrosia artemisiifolia
2015
This account presents information on all aspects of the biology of Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. (Common ragweed) that are relevant to understanding its ecology. The main topics are presented within the standard framework of the Biological Flora of the British Isles: distribution, habitat, communities, responses to biotic factors, responses to environment, structure and physiology, phenology, floral and seed characters, herbivores and disease, and history, conservation, impacts and management. Ambrosia artemisiifolia is a monoecious, wind-pollinated, annual herb native to North America whose height varies from 10 cm to 2.5 m, according to environmental conditions. It has erect, branched stems …
The next meeting for animal personality: population genetics.
2015
8 pages; International audience
Age, pathogen exposure, but not maternal care shape offspring immunity in an insect with facultative family life
2017
International audience; Background: To optimize their resistance against pathogen infection, individuals are expected to find the right balance between investing into the immune system and other life history traits. In vertebrates, several factors were shown to critically affect the direction of this balance, such as the developmental stage of an individual, its current risk of infection and/or its access to external help such as parental care. However, the independent and/or interactive effects of these factors on immunity remain poorly studied in insects.Results: Here, we manipulated maternal presence and pathogen exposure in families of the European earwig Forficula auricularia to measur…
Modification of hosts' behavior by a parasite: field evidence for adaptive manipulation.
2007
9 pages; International audience; Parasites relying on trophic transmission to complete their life cycles often induce modifications of their host's behavior in ways that may increase their susceptibility to predation by final hosts. These modifications have often been interpreted as parasite adaptations, but very few studies have demonstrated that host manipulation has fitness benefits for the parasite. The aim of the present study was to address the adaptive significance of parasite manipulation by coupling observations of behavioral manipulation to estimates of trophic transmission to the definitive host in the natural environment. We show that the acanthocephalan parasite Pomphorhynchus …
Microsporidian disease of the invasive amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus and the potential for its transfer to local invertebrate fauna.
2012
12 pages; International audience; Invasive species may introduce novel pathogens to a colonised area. Most of the time emerging pathogens are detected a posteriori, but recognition of a priori emergence of an invasive disease by host shift may be useful for predictive purposes. Here, we studied if the microsporidian parasite Cucumispora dikerogammari infecting the invasive Ponto-Caspian amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus, has the potential to become an emergent disease in invaded rivers in Western and Central Europe. We first showed that this parasite decreases the survival of D. villosus in the later stages of infection development. However, the host reproduces earlier in response to the inf…
Une chrysomèle contre l'ambroisie, est-ce réaliste ?
2016
Context - Despite intensive management practices carried out by stakeholders, common ragweed control is presently not sufficient to limit the spread of this annual invasive plant. Ali classical methods (mowing, chemical weeding, etc.) are limited in terms of efficiency. ln order to achieve a better management in the different habitats occupied by the plant, it is necessary to design innovative methods that could increase contra efficiency. The recent accidental introduction of a ragweed natural enemy in ltalia raises the question of the use of biological control agents. Could the regulation by a new phytophagous insect be considered as an integrated way of management in order to reduce the …
Permineralized coniferophytes from the Autun Basin: specimens from two new localities of Renault zone 3
2015
International audience; Four zones yielding silicified plant remains have been recognized in the Autun Basin by Renault (1893-1896). Zones 2, 3 and 4, characterized by Autunian plants, correspond to the successive formations of Igornay and Muse (lower Autunian), and Surmoulin-Millery (upper Autunian). Their paleobotanical content, together with that preserved as adpressions in the same formations, document paleofloral changes on the western side of the Tethys within a time interval extending from the latest Ghzelian (uppermost Pennsylvanian) to the early Sakmarian (lower Permian) (Broutin et al. 1999). The analyses realized so far indicate a progressive replacement of wetland plants by taxa…