FRAGMENTATION OF NEST AND FORAGING HABITAT AFFECTS TIME BUDGETS OF SOLITARY BEES, THEIR FITNESS AND POLLINATION SERVICES, DEPENDING ON TRAITS: RESULTS FROM AN INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL.

Fragmentation of nest and foraging habitat affects time budgets of solitary bees, their fitness and pollination services, depending on traits: Results from an individual-based model.

Solitary bees are important but declining wild pollinators.During daily foraging in agricultural landscapes, they encounter a mosaic of patches with nest and foraging habitat and unsuitable matrix.It is insufficiently clear how spatial allocation of nesting and foraging resources and foraging traits of bees affect their daily foraging performance.W

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Research on the Relationship between Cutting Force and Machined Surface Quality in Micro Ball End-Milling of Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate Crystal

Potassium dihydrogen phosphate (KDP or KH2PO4) crystal is widely used as terminal frequency converters in inertial confinement fusion (ICF).However, KDP crystal is a typical difficult-to-cut optical crystal with the characteristic of soft-brittle.In this work, the relationship between cutting force and processed surface quality in micro ball end-mi

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hESC Differentiation toward an Autonomic Neuronal Cell Fate Depends on Distinct Cues from the Co-Patterning Vasculature

To gain insight into the cellular and molecular cues that promote neurovascular co-patterning at the earliest stages of human embryogenesis, we developed a human embryonic stem cell model to mimic the developing epiblast.Contact of ectoderm-derived neural cells with mesoderm-derived vasculature is initiated via the neural crest 32oz Steel Water Bot

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