Living organisms respond both to current and previous environments, which can have important consequences on population dynamics.However, there is little experimental evidence based on long-term field studies of the effects of previous environments on the performance of individuals.We tested the hypothesis that trees that establish under different
The use Dipper Wells of suitable mass rearing methods is crucial to establish successful inundative or inoculative biological control programs.The development of an artificial diet considerably reduces costs of mass rearing.In this study, the efficacy of a new meridic artificial diet for rearing the predatory bug, Orius albidipennis (Het., Anthocor
Abstract Background The genus Bartonella includes fastidious, facultative intracellular bacteria mainly transmitted by arthropods and distributed among mammalian reservoirs.Bartonella spp.implicated as etiological agents of zoonoses are increasing.Apart from the classical Bartonella henselae, B.bacilliformis or B.quintana, other species (B.elizabet
After the Lithuanian National Revival in 1988 and the restoration of independence in 1990, the public on their own initiative searched for the remains of fallen anti-Soviet Lithuanian partisans (1944-1953), excavating the burial sites of partisan remains, their bunkers and dugouts.Such excavations prompted the need to establish regulations and proc