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Wildlife corridor degradation and human-wildlife conflict: a case study from Tanzania (2024)
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Elisa, M., Caro, T., Yon, L., Hardy, I. C. W., Roberts, S., & Symeonakis, E. (2024). Wildlife corridor degradation and human-wildlife conflict: a case study from Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology, 62(2), Article e13264. https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.13264

In many African countries, anthropogenic pressure and poor governance have led to the degradation of wildlife corridors, which are important for the long‐term viability of wildlife populations. Yet the nature of such degradation is poorly understood,... Read More about Wildlife corridor degradation and human-wildlife conflict: a case study from Tanzania.

Acute Imidacloprid Exposure Alters Mitochondrial Function in Bumblebee Flight Muscle and Brain (2021)
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Sargent, C., Ebanks, B., Hardy, I. C., Davies, T. G. E., Chakrabarti, L., & Stöger, R. (2021). Acute Imidacloprid Exposure Alters Mitochondrial Function in Bumblebee Flight Muscle and Brain. Frontiers in Insect Science, 1, Article 765179. https://doi.org/10.3389/finsc.2021.765179

Mitochondria are intracellular organelles responsible for cellular respiration with one of their major roles in the production of energy in the form of ATP. Activities with increased energetic demand are especially dependent on efficient ATP producti... Read More about Acute Imidacloprid Exposure Alters Mitochondrial Function in Bumblebee Flight Muscle and Brain.

Parental relatedness and parasitoid sex ratios under local mate competition (2021)
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Du, K., Abdi, M. K., & Hardy, I. C. (2021). Parental relatedness and parasitoid sex ratios under local mate competition. Entomological Science, Article 12461. https://doi.org/10.1111/ens.12461

Sex ratio theory predicts that, under local mate competition, a more female‐biased offspring sex ratio will be produced by females when their relatedness to their mates is closer. We assess how the sexual composition of broods responds to mother–mate... Read More about Parental relatedness and parasitoid sex ratios under local mate competition.

Thiamethoxam exposure deregulates short ORF gene expression in the honey bee and compromises immune response to bacteria (2021)
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Decio, P., Ustaoglu, P., Derecka, K., Hardy, I. C. W., Roat, T. C., Malaspina, O., …Soller, M. (2021). Thiamethoxam exposure deregulates short ORF gene expression in the honey bee and compromises immune response to bacteria. Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article 1489. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80620-7

© 2021, The Author(s). Maximizing crop yields relies on the use of agrochemicals to control insect pests. One of the most widely used classes of insecticides are neonicotinoids that interfere with signalling of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, but... Read More about Thiamethoxam exposure deregulates short ORF gene expression in the honey bee and compromises immune response to bacteria.

Adjustment of sex allocation to co-foundress number and kinship under local mate competition: An inclusive-fitness analysis (2020)
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Gardner, A., & Hardy, I. C. (2020). Adjustment of sex allocation to co-foundress number and kinship under local mate competition: An inclusive-fitness analysis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33(12), 1806-1812. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13719

© 2020 The Authors. Journal of Evolutionary Biology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Society for Evolutionary Biology Hamilton's theory of local mate competition (LMC) describes how competition between male relatives for mat... Read More about Adjustment of sex allocation to co-foundress number and kinship under local mate competition: An inclusive-fitness analysis.

Factors affecting the reproduction and mass-rearing of sclerodermus brevicornis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), a natural enemy of exotic flat-faced longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) (2020)
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Jucker, C., Hardy, I. C., Malabusini, S., de Milato, S., Zen, G., Savoldelli, S., & Lupi, D. (2020). Factors affecting the reproduction and mass-rearing of sclerodermus brevicornis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), a natural enemy of exotic flat-faced longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). Insects, 11(10), Article 657. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11100657

© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Many species of long-horned beetles are invasive pests causing significant economic damage in agro-forestry systems. They spend the majority of their life-cycle concealed inside natural wood o... Read More about Factors affecting the reproduction and mass-rearing of sclerodermus brevicornis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), a natural enemy of exotic flat-faced longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae).

Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids II: Co-foundress relatedness and host dangerousness interactively affect host exploitation (2020)
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Abdi, M. K., Hardy, I. C., Jucker, C., & Lupi, D. (2020). Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids II: Co-foundress relatedness and host dangerousness interactively affect host exploitation. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(4), 642-660. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa047

© 2020 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2020, 130, 642-660 Sclerodermus brevicornis is a parasitoid that exhibits cooperative multi-foundress brood production. Prior work showed that the time lag to paralysis... Read More about Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids II: Co-foundress relatedness and host dangerousness interactively affect host exploitation.

Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids I: Co-foundress number and relatedness affect suppression of dangerous hosts (2020)
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Abdi, M. K., Lupi, D., Jucker, C., & Hardy, I. C. (2020). Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids I: Co-foundress number and relatedness affect suppression of dangerous hosts. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130(4), 627-641. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blaa046

© 2020 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2020, 130, 627-641 Explanations for the highest levels of sociality typically invoke the concept of inclusive fitness. Sclerodermus, a genus of parasitoid hymenopterans,... Read More about Kinship effects in quasi-social parasitoids I: Co-foundress number and relatedness affect suppression of dangerous hosts.

Performance of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a parasitoid of invasive longhorn beetles, when reared on rice moth larvae (2020)
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Abdi, M. K., Jucker, C., De Marchi, B., Hardy, I. C., & Lupi, D. (2021). Performance of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a parasitoid of invasive longhorn beetles, when reared on rice moth larvae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 169(1), 64-78. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12946

© 2020 The Netherlands Entomological Society Biological control efficiency can be improved by developing effective mass-rearing systems to produce large numbers of high-quality parasitoids. This study explored an alternative host for rearing Sclerode... Read More about Performance of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a parasitoid of invasive longhorn beetles, when reared on rice moth larvae.

Co?foundress confinement elicits kinship effects in a naturally sub?social parasitoid (2020)
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Khadar Abdi, M., Lupi, D., & Hardy, I. (2020). Co?foundress confinement elicits kinship effects in a naturally sub?social parasitoid. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33(8), 1068-1085. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13635

Kinship among interacting individuals is often associated with sociality and also with sex ratio effects. Parasitoids in the bethylid genus Goniozus are sub-social, with single foundress females exhibiting post-ovipositional maternal care via short-t... Read More about Co?foundress confinement elicits kinship effects in a naturally sub?social parasitoid.

Action threshold development in cabbage pest management using synthetic and botanical insecticides (2020)
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Shah, F. M., Razaq, M., Ali, Q., Ali, A., Shad, S. A., Aslam, M., & Hardy, I. C. W. (2020). Action threshold development in cabbage pest management using synthetic and botanical insecticides. Entomologia Generalis, 40(2), 157-172. https://doi.org/10.1127/entomologia/2020/0904

As synthetic insecticides can have environmentally detrimental side effects, it is desirable to limit their use while still achieving good marketable yield. One approach is to apply pesticides only when needed, as determined by an action threshold (A... Read More about Action threshold development in cabbage pest management using synthetic and botanical insecticides.

Goniozus omanensis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) an important parasitoid of the lesser date moth Batrachedra amydraula Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Batrachedridae) in Oman (2019)
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Polaszek, A., Almandhari, T., Fusu, L., Al-Khatri, S. A. H., Al Naabi, S., Al Shidi, R. H., …Hardy, I. C. W. (2019). Goniozus omanensis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) an important parasitoid of the lesser date moth Batrachedra amydraula Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Batrachedridae) in Oman. PLoS ONE, 14(12), Article e0223761. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223761

A new species of bethylid parasitoid wasp, Goniozus omanensis Polaszek sp. n., is described based on morphology and DNA sequence data. The species is currently known only from the lesser date moth Batrachedra amydraula, a pest of economic importance,... Read More about Goniozus omanensis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) an important parasitoid of the lesser date moth Batrachedra amydraula Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Batrachedridae) in Oman.

Test-takers’ perspectives on a global test of English: questions of fairness, justice and validity (2019)
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Hamid, M. O., Hardy, I., & Reyes, V. (2019). Test-takers’ perspectives on a global test of English: questions of fairness, justice and validity. Language Testing in Asia, 9(1), Article 16. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40468-019-0092-9

Although language test-takers have been the focus of much theoretical and empirical work in recent years, this work has been mainly concerned with their attitudes to test preparation and test-taking strategies, giving insufficient attention to their... Read More about Test-takers’ perspectives on a global test of English: questions of fairness, justice and validity.

Field evaluation of synthetic and neem-derived alternative insecticides in developing action thresholds against cauliflower pests (2019)
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Shah, F. M., Razaq, M., Ali, Q., Shad, S. A., Aslam, M., & Hardy, I. C. W. (2019). Field evaluation of synthetic and neem-derived alternative insecticides in developing action thresholds against cauliflower pests. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 7684. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44080-y

Synthetic chemical pesticides can enhance crop yields but also have undesired effects. Alternative ‘botanical insecticides’ may also have non-target effects on pollinators and biocontrol services. Employing action thresholds (ATs) can reduce pesticid... Read More about Field evaluation of synthetic and neem-derived alternative insecticides in developing action thresholds against cauliflower pests.

Sustenance and performance: nutritional reserves, longevity and contest outcomes of fed and starved adult parasitoid wasps (2018)
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Snart, C. J., Kapranas, A., Williams, H., Barrett, D. A., & Hardy, I. C. (2018). Sustenance and performance: nutritional reserves, longevity and contest outcomes of fed and starved adult parasitoid wasps. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2018.00012

Dyadic contests for possession of resources occur across a wide range of animal taxa, with contest outcome often being heavily influenced by the energetic reserves of the competitors. The majority of studied parasitoid wasps lack de novo lipogenesis,... Read More about Sustenance and performance: nutritional reserves, longevity and contest outcomes of fed and starved adult parasitoid wasps.

Volatile chemical emission as a weapon of rearguard action: a game-theoretic model of contest behavior (2017)
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Mesterton-Gibbons, M., Dai, Y., Goubault, M., & Hardy, I. C. (2017). Volatile chemical emission as a weapon of rearguard action: a game-theoretic model of contest behavior. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 79(11), 2413–2449. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-017-0335-9

We use a game-theoretic model to explore whether volatile chemical (spiroacetal) emissions can serve as a weapon of rearguard action. Our basic model explores whether such emissions serve as a means of temporary withdrawal, preventing the winner of t... Read More about Volatile chemical emission as a weapon of rearguard action: a game-theoretic model of contest behavior.

Direct and indirect influences of intercrops on the coconut defoliator Opisina arenosella (2017)
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Shameer, K., Nasser, M., Mohan, C., & Hardy, I. C. (2018). Direct and indirect influences of intercrops on the coconut defoliator Opisina arenosella. Journal of Pest Science, 91(1), 259-275. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-017-0904-6

Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) infestation by Opisina arenosella (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) in the Indian sub-continent may occur in November to May each year in the same or adjoining areas of plantations. Parasitoids of O. arenosella may also be con... Read More about Direct and indirect influences of intercrops on the coconut defoliator Opisina arenosella.

The impact of competition on elephant musth strategies: a game–theoretic model (2017)
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Wyse, J. M., Hardy, I. C., Yon, L., & Mesterton-Gibbons, M. (in press). The impact of competition on elephant musth strategies: a game–theoretic model. Journal of Theoretical Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.01.025

Mature male African Savannah elephants are known to periodically enter a temporary state of heightened aggression called “musth,” often linked with increased androgens, particularly testosterone. Sexually mature males are capable of entering musth at... Read More about The impact of competition on elephant musth strategies: a game–theoretic model.

Reproductive biology of Holepyris sylvanidis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) (2016)
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Amante, M., Schöller, M., Hardy, I. C., & Russo, A. (2017). Reproductive biology of Holepyris sylvanidis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae). Biological Control, 106, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2016.12.004

Holepyris sylvanidis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) is reported as a cosmopolitan parasitoid of coleopteran including a major pest of stored products, the confused flour beetle Tribolium confusum. The reproductive biology, and hence biocontrol potential o... Read More about Reproductive biology of Holepyris sylvanidis (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae).

Reproductive biology of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a European parasitoid developing on three species of invasive longhorn beetles (2016)
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Lupi, D., Favaro, R., Jucker, C., Azevedo, C. O., Hardy, I. C., & Faccoli, M. (2017). Reproductive biology of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a European parasitoid developing on three species of invasive longhorn beetles. Biological Control, 105, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2016.11.008

The reproductive performance of Sclerodermus brevicornis (Kieffer), a bethylid wasp native to Europe, was evaluated on three species of facticious hosts. These are longhorn beetles which have recently invaded Europe from Asia: Anoplophora glabripenni... Read More about Reproductive biology of Sclerodermus brevicornis, a European parasitoid developing on three species of invasive longhorn beetles.