Phoresy is a type of interaction in which one species, the phoront, uses another species, the
dispersal host, for transportation to new habitats or resources. Despite being a widespread …

Parasites are some of the most abundant, diverse, and ecologically important organisms on
the planet. Similarly, spiders are diverse, abundant, and play important roles in many …

Parasites exert numerous effects upon their hosts, including physiological and metabolic
changes that can in turn influence various aspects of host life history. Using flow‐through …

The tight association between ambient temperature (T) and metabolic rate (MR) is a
common occurrence in ectotherms, but the determinants of this association are not fully …

The origin of the allometric relationship between standard metabolic rate (MR) and body
mass (M), often described as MR= aMb, remains puzzling, and interpretation of the mass …

Metabolic rate and its relationship with body size is a fundamental determinant of many life
history traits and potentially of organismal fitness. Alongside various environmental and …

The rate at which organisms metabolize resources and consume oxygen is tightly linked to
body mass. Typically, there is a sub-linear allometric relationship between metabolic rates …

The multicoloured Asian ladybird Harmonia axyridis is an invasive insect that can negatively
influence biodiversity and human economy in invaded areas. According to the enemy …

The discontinuous gas exchange (DGE) pattern of respiration shown by many arthropods
includes periods of spiracle closure (C-phase) and is largely thought to serve as a …

The article presents the species identification and variability of indices of morphometric
indices for the species Gregaductus exiguus (Gigaductus) Wellmer, 1911, as a parasite of …