Search Results - "Luis Nieves"
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Genomic dissection of an extended phenotype: Oak galling by a cynipid gall wasp
Published in PLoS genetics (04-11-2019)“…Galls are plant tissues whose development is induced by another organism for the inducer's benefit. 30,000 arthropod species induce galls, and in most cases…”
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Phylogeny, evolution and classification of gall wasps: the plot thickens
Published in PloS one (20-05-2015)“…Gall wasps (Cynipidae) represent the most spectacular radiation of gall-inducing insects. In addition to true gall formers, gall wasps also include…”
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The Chalcidoidea bush of life: evolutionary history of a massive radiation of minute wasps
Published in Cladistics (01-02-2024)“…Chalcidoidea are mostly parasitoid wasps that include as many as 500 000 estimated species. Capturing phylogenetic signal from such a massive radiation can be…”
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Understanding the effect of correlated colour temperatures on spatio-chromatic properties of natural images
Published in Vision research (Oxford) (01-07-2023)“…[Display omitted] •Extending CCT analysis to second and higher order statistics describing natural images.•Chromatic descriptors exhibit horizontal asymptotic…”
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Phylogenomic analysis of protein‐coding genes resolves complex gall wasp relationships
Published in Systematic entomology (01-01-2024)“…Gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) comprise 13 distinct tribes whose interrelationships remain incompletely understood. Recent analyses of ultra‐conserved…”
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Band Selection for Dehazing Algorithms Applied to Hyperspectral Images in the Visible Range
Published in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) (03-09-2021)“…Images captured under bad weather conditions (e.g., fog, haze, mist, dust, etc.), suffer from poor contrast and visibility, and color distortions. The severity…”
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Bayesian Phylogenetic Analysis of Combined Data
Published in Systematic biology (01-02-2004)“…The recent development of Bayesian phylogenetic inference using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques has facilitated the exploration of parameter-rich…”
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Host specialization is ancestral in Torymus (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) cynipid gall parasitoids
Published in Zoologica scripta (01-01-2022)“…The host range of parasitoids varies greatly among species: Some only parasitize one to a few hosts (specialists), while others parasitize multiple species or…”
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Necrotizing Pancreatitis Secondary to Hydrochlorothiazide and Alogliptin: A Case Report
Published in Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) (18-04-2023)“…Drug-induced pancreatitis occurs rarely but should be considered when more common causes have been ruled out. While simple to treat, mortality increases should…”
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Pheomelanin in the secondary sexual characters of male parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
Published in Arthropod structure & development (01-07-2016)“…The occurrence and distribution of eumelanin and pheomelanin, the most prevalent biological pigments, has been rarely investigated in insects. Particularly…”
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Comparative flight morphology in queens of invasive and native Patagonian bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Bombus)
Published in Comptes rendus. Biologies (01-02-2015)“…Since its introduction in Chile, the European Bombus terrestris L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae) has progressively reduced the abundance of the native Patagonian…”
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Psychophysical Determination of the Relevant Colours That Describe the Colour Palette of Paintings
Published in Journal of imaging (14-04-2021)“…In an early study, the so-called “relevant colour” in a painting was heuristically introduced as a term to describe the number of colours that would stand out…”
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Community-Acquired Pneumonia Progressing to Necrotizing Pneumonia Due to Congenital Anatomical Abnormalities in the Lung
Published in Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) (05-07-2022)“…Pneumonia is generally a treatable disease but there are instances when physicians are faced with rare circumstances such as congenital structural…”
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Torymus sinensis Kamijo, a biocontrol agent against the invasive chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu in Spain: its natural dispersal from France and the first data on establishment after experimental releases
Published in Forest Systems (01-01-2019)“…Aim of study: The globally invasive gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951 (Cynipidae: Cynipini), reached Spain seven years ago and is already…”
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Tracheal Diverticulum Mimicking Pneumomediastinum: A Case Report Emphasizing the Importance of Differential Diagnosis in Chest Imaging Evaluation
Published in Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) (21-05-2023)“…A tracheal diverticulum (TD) is a generally benign medical condition, where there is an outpouching of the tracheal wall. Additionally, it is generally…”
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Network structure and taxonomic composition of tritrophic communities of Fagaceae, cynipid gallwasps and parasitoids in Sichuan, China
Published in Insect conservation and diversity (01-11-2024)“…A key question in insect community ecology is whether parasitoid assemblages are structured by the food plants of their herbivore hosts. Tritrophic communities…”
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Evidence for widespread cryptic sexual generations in apparently purely asexual Andricus gallwasps
Published in Molecular ecology (01-01-2008)“…Oak gallwasps (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Cynipini) are one of seven major animal taxa that commonly reproduce by cyclical parthenogenesis (CP). A major question…”
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Variation in the species richness of parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae and Rhyssinae) across sites on different continents
Published in Insect conservation and diversity (01-05-2018)“…The old idea that parasitoid wasps (Ichneumonidae) show an inverse latitudinal diversity gradient has recently been challenged, but how ichneumonid species…”
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Efficient quantization of painting images by relevant colors
Published in Scientific reports (21-02-2023)“…Realistic images often contain complex variations in color, which can make economical descriptions difficult. Yet human observers can readily reduce the number…”
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Concordant phylogeography and cryptic speciation in two Western Palaearctic oak gall parasitoid species complexes
Published in Molecular ecology (01-02-2010)“…Little is known about the evolutionary history of most complex multi-trophic insect communities. Widespread species from different trophic levels might evolve…”
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