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Litter manipulation and the soil arthropod community in a lowland tropical rainforest by Ashford, O.S., Foster, W.A., Turner, B.L., Sayer, E.J., Sutcliffe, L., Tanner, E.V.J.

“…Tropical soil arthropod communities are highly diverse and provide a number of important ecosystem services, including the maintenance of soil structure,…”
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A survival and reproduction trade-off is resolved in accordance with resource availability by virgin female mosquitoes by Stone, C.M., Hamilton, I.M., Foster, W.A.

“…The first 2–4 days after an Anopheles gambiae female mosquito emerges are critical to her survival and reproductive success. Yet, the order of behavioural…”
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Sugar Deprivation Reduces Insemination of Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae), Despite Daily Recruitment of Adults, and Predicts Decline in Model Populations by Stone, C. M., Taylor, R. M., Roitberg, B. D., Foster, W. A.

“…Our research tests the hypothesis that the inability to sugar-feed reduces the insemination rate in mosquito populations. To test this, we measured the effects…”
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Nectar-related vs. human-related volatiles: behavioural response and choice by female and male Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) between emergence and first feeding by Foster, W A, Takken, W

“…The close association of Anopheles gambiae Giles with humans and its females' ability to live on human blood alone suggest that females may ignore sources of…”
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Mosquitoes Eating Mosquitoes: How Toxorhynchites amboinensis, Psorophora ciliata, and Sabethes cyaneus (Diptera: Culicidae) Capture Prey by Hancock, Robert G., Boyd, Taylor, MacFadden, Shannon, Sowders, Aaron, Foster, W. A., Lounibos, L. P.

“…High-speed microcinematography was used to elucidate the details of prey capture by the larvae of three predatory mosquito species. The obligate predators…”
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Anopheles gambiae feeding and survival on honeydew and extra-floral nectar of peridomestic plants by Gary, R.E. Jr, Foster, W.A

“…It is widely believed that the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae Giles (Diptera: Culicidae) rarely or never feeds on sugar in nature. If so, the need for…”
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Diel timing and frequency of sugar feeding in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae, depending on sex, gonotrophic state and resource availability by Gary, R.E. Jr, Foster, W.A

“…Little is known about the sugar-feeding behaviour of equatorial Africa's principal vector of malaria, Anopheles gambiae Giles (Diptera: Culicidae). It is…”
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Three-dimensional finite element analysis of soil interaction with a rigid wheel by Chiroux, R.C., Foster, W.A., Johnson, C.E., Shoop, S.A., Raper, R.L.

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Survival Value and Sugar Access of Four East African Plant Species Attractive to a Laboratory Strain of Sympatric Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) by Nikbakhtzadeh, M. R., Terbot, J.W., Foster, W. A.

“…Mosquitoes derive energy from plant sugar, thereby promoting survival and reproduction. Its survival value to females plays a key role in the vectorial…”
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Feeding and survival of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae on plants growing in Kenya by Impoinvil, D.E, Kongere, J.O, Foster, W.A, Njiru, B.N, Killeen, G.F, Githure, J.I, Beier, J.C, Hassanali, A, Knols, B.G.J

“…The propensity of the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae Giles (Diptera: Culicidae) to ingest sugars from various plants, and subsequent survival rates,…”
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Ant tending influences soldier production in a social aphid by Shingleton, Alexander W., Foster, William A.

“…populations. We found that the level of ant tending correlated negatively with soldier investment in…”
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Seasonal extension of the soldier instar as a route to increased defence investment in the social aphid Pemphigus spyrothecae by Pike, N., Braendle, C., Foster, W. A.

“…1. The possibility that the duration of the soldier instar could be extended over the course of the galling season was examined in Pemphigus spyrothecae…”
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Analysis of a complex vertical copulatory-courtship display in the yellow fever vector Sabethes chloropterus by Zsemlye, J.L, Hancock, R.G, Foster, W.A

“…Sabethes chloropterus (Von Humboldt) (Diptera: Culicidae), an arboreal mosquito vector of the yellow fever virus, perches on vertical surfaces, where airborne…”
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Discriminative feeding behaviour of Anopheles gambiae s.s. on endemic plants in western Kenya by MANDA, H, GOUAGNA, L.C, NYANDAT, E, KABIRU, E.W, JACKSON, R.R, FOSTER, W.A, GITHURE, J.I, BEIER, J.C, HASSANALI, A

“…Anopheles gambiae Giles s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae) is known to feed on plant sugars, but this is the first experimental study to consider whether it…”
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A low-cost mesocosm for the study of behaviour and reproductive potential in Afrotropical mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) vectors of malaria by JACKSON, B. T., STONE, C. M., EBRAHIMI, B., BRIËT, O. J. T., FOSTER, W. A.

“…A large‐scale mesocosm was constructed and tested for its effectiveness for use in experiments on behaviour, reproduction and adult survivorship in the…”
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Exogenous Juvenile Hormone and methoprene, but not male accessory gland substances or ovariectomy, affect the blood/nectar choice of female Culex nigripalpus mosquitoes by Hancock, R. G., Foster, W. A.

“…Summary When newly emerged females of the mosquito Culex nigripalpus Theobald (Diptera: Culicidae) take a sugar meal, they develop both a propensity to seek a…”
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Soldier behaviour and division of labour in the aphid genus Pemphigus (Hemiptera, Aphididae) by RHODEN, P. K, FOSTER, W. A

“…We devised a test for quantitatively measuring the defensive behaviour of individual aphids of the gall generations of the genus Pemphigus. Five species (P…”
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Evidence for the dilution effect in the selfish herd from fish predation on a marine insect by Foster, W.A, Treherne, J.E

“…It has been proposed that a major factor underlying the evolution of gregarious behavior is a reduction in the risk of being attacked by predators. One way in…”
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Altruistic housekeeping in a social aphid by Benton, T. G., Foster, W. A.

“…Aoki (1977) discovered that some aphids have a sterile soldier caste, which functions altruistically to protect the colony from predators. For the first time…”
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Diel sugar-feeding and host-seeking rhythms in mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) under laboratory conditions by Yee, W L, Foster, W A

“…Mosquito sugar-feeding and host-seeking rhythms were recorded in the laboratory using remote sensors. In all five species studied, the two rhythms were nearly…”
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