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A geometric morphometrics and genetics characterization of Vanessa carye in an extreme elevational gradient in the Chilean Altiplano
Escobar-Suárez, Scott; Villalobos-Leiva, Amado; Fabres, Alejandra A.; Órdenes-Clavería, Rodrigo; Cruz-Jofré, Franco; Laroze, D.; Correa, Margarita; Valladares, Moisés A.; Cáceres, Juan Sebastián D.; Benítez, Hugo A. (2023)The Western Painted Lady butterfly, Vanessa carye (Hüber, 1812), in addition to pre-senting an extensive distribution in South America, has been observed flying in the Chilean Alti-plano from the coast to the highlands, ...
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A polar insect's tale: observations on the life cycle of Parochlus steinenii, the only winged midge native to Antarctica
Contador Mejias, Tamara; Gañan, Melisa; Rendoll-Cárcamo, Javier; Maturana, Claudia S.; Benítez, Hugo A.; Kennedy, James; Rozzi, Ricardo; Convey, Peter (2022) -
Agroecological effect and sexual shape dimorphism in medfly Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae) an example in Croatian populations
Lemic, Darija; Benítez, Hugo A.; Bjeliš, Mario; Ordenes, Rodrigo; Ninčević, Pave; Mikac, Katarina M.; Pajač Živković, Ivana (2020)The Mediterranean fruit fly or medfly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) is one of the most economically important fruit flies globally. Geometric morphometric methods based on principal component analyses, multivariate ...
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An overview of interlocation sexual shape dimorphism in caquetaia kraussi (perciformes: cichlidae): a geometric morphometric approach
Hernandez, Jordan; Villalobos-Leiva, Amado; Bermúdez, Adriana; Ahumada-Cabarcas, Daniela; Suazo, Manuel J; Benítez, Hugo A. (2022)C. kraussii is an endemic fish species from Colombia and Venezuela and represents a valuable food resource for local human communities. Due to its economic importance, the management and captive breeding of this species ...
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Assessing the influence of allometry on sexual and non-sexual traits: An example in Cicindelidia trifasciata (Coleoptera: Cicindelinae) using geometric morphometrics
Espinoza-Donoso, Sebastián; Angulo-Bedoya, Mónica; Lemic, Darija; Benítez, Hugo A. (2020)Based on a quantitative mathematical revolution, the study of morphology has had an important emphasis by developing statistical shape analysis. This made possible the combination of multivariate statistical methods and ...
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Assessing the population structure of colorado potato beetle populations in Croatia using genetic and geometric morphometric
Kadoić Balaško, Martina; Bažok, Renata; Mikac, Katarina M.; Benítez, Hugo A.; Correa, Margarita; Lemic, Darija (2022)The Colorado potato beetle (CPB, Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say) is one of the most successful invasive species worldwide. It has been present in Croatia since 1947, where it has caused significant damage to potato plants ...
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Assessing the shape plasticity between russian biotopes in pterostichus dilutipes (Motschulsky, 1844) (coleoptera: carabidae) a geometric morphometric approach
Benítez, Hugo A.; Sukhodolskaya, Raisa A.; Ordenes, Rodrigo; Vavilov, Dmitriy; Ananina, Tatiana (2021)Different biotopes or environments produce dissimilar stress level in insects, which can be reflected on the capacity of an individual to overcome these pressures and survive. Morphological plasticity of an organism is ...
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Assessment of shape variation patterns in triatoma infestans (klug 1834) (hemiptera: reduviidae: triatominae): a first report in populations from Bolivia
Vilaseca, Carolina; Méndez, Marco Antonio; Pinto, Carlos F.; Benítez, Hugo A. (2020)The morphological variations of four populations of geographically isolated Triatoma infestans located in the area of inter-Andean valleys and Chaco of Chuquisaca, Bolivia, were evaluated. Fifty-three females and sixty-one ...
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Bergmann’s rule under rocks: testing the influence of latitude and temperature on a chiton from mexican marine ecoregions
Hernández-P, Raquel; Benítez, Hugo A.; Ornelas-García, Claudia Patricia; Correa, Margarita; Suazo, Manuel J; Piñero, Daniel (2023)Bergmann’s rule relates the trend of increasing body size with higher latitudes, where colder climates are found. In the Mexican Pacific, three marine ecoregions are distinguishable across a latitudinal gradient. Stenoplax ...
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Breaking symmetry. Fluctuating asymmetry and geometric morphometrics as tools for evaluating developmental instability under diverse agroecosystems
Benítez, Hugo A.; Lemic, Darija; Villalobos-Leiva, Amado; Bazok, Renata; Ordenes, Rodrigo; Pajač Živković, Ivana; Mikac, Katarina M. (2020)Fluctuating asymmetry (FA), in contrast with other asymmetries, is the bilateral asymmetry that represents small, random developmental differences between right and left sides. After nearly a century of using traditional ...
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Eco-epidemiological predator–prey models: a review of models in ordinary differential equations
Gómez-Hernández, E. A.; Moreno-Gómez, Felipe N.; Córdova-Lepe, Fernando; Bravo-Gaete, Moises; Velásquez, Nelson; Benítez, Hugo A. (2024)Eco-epidemiology integrates ecological and epidemiological approaches to analyze both the impact of infectious diseases on ecological communities and how interspecific interactions can alter disease dynamics. With the aim ...
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Ecomorphological analyses reveal impact of land-based stressors on stock structure of two commercially important fish species (Lutjanus synagris and Haemulon plumierii) in the Caribbean
Nuñez-Vallecillo, Mayra; Rivera, Antonella; Górski, Konrad; Brante, Antonio; Benítez, Hugo A. (2021)Many Caribbean nations lack information on the ecology and biology of marine species, which are essential for food security and livelihoods in the region. This study aimed to advance the knowledge of two commercially ...
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Ecomorphology and morphological disparity of caquetaia kraussii (perciformes: cichlidae) in Colombia
Hernandez, Jordan; Villalobos-Leiva, Amado; Bermúdez, Adriana; Ahumada-Cabarcas, Daniela; Suazo, Manuel J; Correa, Margarita; Diaz, Angie; Benítez, Hugo A. (2022)Understanding the interspecific morphological variability of Caquetaia kraussii (Perciformes: Cichlidae) between different localities in its distribution range is becoming essential, as this species constitutes a valuable ...
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Egg laying site selection by a host plant specialist leaf miner moth at two intra-plant levels in the northern Chilean Atacama Desert
Storey-Palma, José; Benítez, Hugo A.; Mundaca-Ortega, Enrique; Vargas, Héctor A. (2014)Egg laying site selection by a host plant specialist leaf miner moth at two intra-plant levels in the northern Chilean Atacama Desert. The spatial distribution of the immature stages of the leaf miner Angelabella tecomae ...
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Exploratory analysis of color forms’ variability in the invasive asian lady beetle Harmonia axyridis (Pallas 1773)
Lemic, Darija; Pajač Živković, Ivana; Šuliček, Matea; Benítez, Hugo A. (2021)The Asian ladybird (Harmonia axyridis Pallas), native to Asia, is one of the 100 most invasive species in the world and has spread worldwide. This study aimed to characterize color forms of H. axyridis in Croatia and to ...
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Fluctuating asymmetry as a method of assessing environmental stress in two predatory carabid species within mediterranean agroecosystems
Ivanković Tatalović, Lara; Anđelić, Barbara; Jelić, Mišel; Kov, Tomislav; Benítez, Hugo A.; Šerić Jelaska, Lucija (2020)Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) is used in assessing the effect of environmental stress on the development stability of individuals by measuring small random deviations from perfect bilateral symmetry. Here, we checked for FA ...
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Genetic and morphological approach for western corn rootworm resistance management
Kadoic Balaško, Martina; Mikac, Katarina M.; Benítez, Hugo A.; Bažok, Renata; Lemic, Darija (2021)The western corn rootworm (WCR), is one of the most serious pests of maize in the United States. In this study, we aimed to find a reliable pattern of difference related to resistance type using population genetic and ...
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Green, yellow or black? Genetic differentiation and adaptation signatures in a highly migratory marine turtle
Álvarez-Varas, Rocío; Rojas-Hernández, Noemi; Heidemeyer, Maike; Riginos, Cynthia; Benítez, Hugo A.; Araya-Donoso, Raúl; Reséndiz, Eduardo; Lara-Uc, Mónica; Godoy, Daniel A.; Muñoz-Pérez, Juan Pablo; Alarcón-Ruales, Daniela E.; Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna; Ortiz-Alvarez, Clara; Mangel, Jeffrey C.; Vianna, Juliana A.; Véliz, David (2021)Marine species may exhibit genetic structure accompanied by phenotypic differentiation related to adaptation despite their high mobility. Two shape-based morphotypes have been identified for the green turtle (Chelonia ...
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Integrating morphological and genetic data at different spatial scales in a cosmopolitan marine turtle species: Challenges for management and conservation
Álvarez-Varas, Rocío; Heidemeyer, Maike; Riginos, Cynthia; Benítez, Hugo A.; Reséndiz, Eduardo; Lara-Uc, Mónica; Godoy, Daniel A.; Muñoz-Pérez, Juan Pablo; Alarcón-Ruales, Daniela E.; Vélez-Rubio, Gabriela M.; Fallabrino, Alejandro; Piovano, Susanna; Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna; Ortiz-Alvarez, Clara; Mangel, Jeffrey C.; Esquerré, Damien; Zárate, Patricia; Medrano, Carol; León Miranda, Fabiola; Guerrero, Felipe; Vianna, Juliana A.; Véliz, David (2021)Patterns of genetic structure in highly mobile marine vertebrates may be accompanied by phenotypic variation. Most studies in marine turtles focused on population genetic structure have been performed at rookeries. We ...
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Integrative species delimitation in the common ophiuroid Ophiothrix angulata (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): insights from COI, ITS2, arm coloration, and geometric morphometrics
Hernández-Díaz, Yoalli Quetzalli; Solis, Francisco; Beltrán-López, Rosa G.; Benítez, Hugo A.; Díaz-Jaimes, Píndaro; Paulay, Gustav (2023)Ophiothrix angulata (Say, 1825) is one of the most common and well-known ophiuroids in the Western Atlantic, with a wide geographic and bathymetric range. The taxonomy of this species has been controversial for a century ...