Predators influence prey through consumption, and through trait-mediated effects such as emigration in response to predation risk (risk effects). We studied top-down effects of (sub-) adult wolf spiders (Lycosidae) on arthropods in a meadow. We compared risk effects with the overall top-down effect (including consumption) by gluing the chelicers of wolf spiders to prevent them from killing the ...

This paper will propose a wolf attack probability (WAP ) as a new measure for evaluating security of biometric authentication systems. The wolf attack is an attempt to impersonate a victim by feeding “wolves” into the system to be attacked. The “wolf” means an input value which can be falsely accepted as a match with multiple templates. WAP is defined as a maximum success probability of the wol...

Gray wolves (Canis lupus) were once widespread throughout most of North America including the Pacific Northwest. Wolves were extirpated from the Pacific Northwest in the early 20 century and have been absent for over 60 years. The success of reintroduction efforts in Idaho and the greater Yellowstone area, however, has caused wolf populations in these regions to rise dramatically, giving way to...

Host plant diversity causes differences in the biology and adaptation of insects. In this study, variations some biological properties adaptive antioxidative response Myzus persicae (Sulzer,1776) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on five Charleston pepper, Capsicum annuum L. (Solanaceae) cultivars were investigated under laboratory conditions (25±1°C, 60±5% RH). The lowest intrinsic rate increase (r = 0.1...

Large carnivores inhabiting human-dominated landscapes often interact with people and their properties, leading to conflict scenarios that can mislead carnivore management and, ultimately, jeopardize conservation. In northwest Spain, brown bears Ursus arctos are strictly protected, whereas sympatric wolves Canis lupus are subject to lethal control. We explored ecological, economic and societal ...

There has been considerable discussion on the origin of the red wolf and eastern wolf and their evolution independent of the gray wolf. We analyzed mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and a Y-chromosome intron sequence in combination with Y-chromosome microsatellites from wolves and coyotes within the range of extensive wolf-coyote hybridization, that is, eastern North America. The detection of divergent...

in this survey 45 carnivores including 14 jackals, 23 stray dogs, 2 foxes, 2 domestic cats, 1 wild cat, 2 swine and 1 wolf were collected. on post-mortem examination, 84% carcases were infected and 13 zoonotic helminth species were recovered. dirofilaria immitis was the most commonly parasite and toxocara canis showed the highest intensity of infection. one species from swine and two helminth s...

The use of synthetic insecticides may cause failures in the biological control insect pests due to undesired side effects on natural enemies and rapid evolution insecticide resistance agroecosystems. Residues neurotoxic can interfere with recognition chemical cues used by find pests. We investigated sub-lethal concentrations pyrethroid lambda-cyhalothrin interaction between aphid parasitoid was...