Host-trailing satellite flight behaviour is associated with greater investment in peripheral visual sensory system in miltogrammine flies

Abstract Insect sensory systems are the subjects of different selective pressures that shape their morphology.In many species of the flesh fly subfamily Miltogramminae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) that are kleptoparasitic on bees and wasps, females perch on objects close to the host nests and, once a returning host is detected, they follow it in flight

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The Role of Political Information in Union Certification Elections: Preliminary Evidence from Selected States

This paper focuses a public choice lens on the rationality of voters in U.S.union certification elections in fourteen selected states between 1994 and 2001.These elections are characterized by conditions that are favorable for empirical tests of the rational voter model.The electorates are relatively small, the potential benefits can be #5.5 MAHOGA

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Diazotrophic bacteria in star flowers

This study evaluated the occurrence and density of associative diazotrophic bacteria in the rhizosphere, collar, roots and leaves of Syngonanthus elegans (Bong) Ruhland (Goldenfoot) and Syngonanthus aciphyllus (Mini-skirt).These species are able to grow in poor soils.Five samples, Cleaning Brush with 25 plants both of S.elegans and S.aciphyllus, ea

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