If perception corresponds to hypothesis testing (Gregory, 1980); then visual searches might be construed as experiments that generate sensory data.In this work, we explore the idea that saccadic eye movements are optimal experiments, in which data orb grinder are gathered to test hypotheses or beliefs about how those data are caused.This provides a
Abstract The cotton boll weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is a key cotton crop pest in Brazil.Adverse climatic factors, such as high temperatures and low soil moisture, dehydrate oviposited cotton squares (bud flowers) on the ground and cause high mortality of its offspring within these plant structures.The ob
Background.Metals discharged in wastes from different industries into wetland ecosystems pose a serious threat to the receiving environment.Biotic components grown in the area amass such metals within their body through nutritional uptake and accumulation.The present investigation was carried out to study the extent of accumulation of different was
Abstract In honey bees and many other social insects, production of queens is a vital task, as colony fitness is dependent on queens.The factors considered by honey bee workers in selecting larvae to rear new queens during emergency queen rearing are poorly understood.Identifying these parameters is critical, both in an evolutionary and apicultural