MODELLING FOOD AND POPULATION DYNAMICS IN HONEY BEE COLONIES.

Modelling food and population dynamics in honey bee colonies.

Honey bees (Apis mellifera) are increasingly in demand as pollinators for various key agricultural food crops, but globally honey bee populations are in decline, and honey bee colony failure rates have increased.This scenario highlights a need to understand the conditions in which colonies flourish and in which colonies fail.To aid this investigati

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High-Throughput Volatilome Fingerprint Using PTR–ToF–MS Shows Species-Specific Patterns in Mortierella and Closely Related Genera

In ecology, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) have a high bioactive and signaling potential.VOCs are not only metabolic products, but are also relevant in microbial cross talk and plant interaction.Here, we report the threadheaders.shop first large-scale VOC study of 13 different species of Mortierella sensu lato (s.l.) isolated from a range of dif

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Determinants of dietary behaviour in wheelchair users with spinal cord injury or lower limb amputation: Perspectives of rehabilitation professionals and wheelchair users.

OBJECTIVE:This study aims to identify determinants of dietary behaviour in wheelchair users with spinal cord injury or lower limb amputation, from the perspectives of both wheelchair users and Stash Cans rehabilitation professionals.The findings should contribute to the field of health promotion programs for wheelchair users.METHODS:Five focus grou

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Beech forests as world heritage in aspect to the next extension of the ancient and primeval beech forests of the Carpathians and other regions of Europe world heritage site

Beech forests were first protected under the World Heritage Convention in 2007 as the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (Slovakia and Ukraine).After two latter extensions in 2011 and 2017, the Natural World Heritage site is currently named the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe (Albania, Austri

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