Publications by authors named "E Mauduit"

Radio detection at high time-frequency resolutions is a powerful means of remotely studying electron acceleration processes. Radio bursts have characteristics (polarization, drift, periodicity) making them easier to detect than slowly variable emissions. They are not uncommon in solar system planetary magnetospheres, the powerful Jovian "short bursts (S-bursts)" induced by the Io-Jupiter interaction being especially well-documented.

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In many taxa, the subsocial route is considered the main pathway to permanent sociality, but the relative contribution of offspring interactions and parental care to the maintenance of cohesion and tolerance at advanced developmental stages remains poorly studied. Spiders are relevant models for this question because they all show a transient gregarious phase before dispersal, and the transition to permanent sociality, which concerns approximately 20 of the ∼50,000 species, is assumed to rely on the subsocial route. Using spiderlings of the solitary species Agelena labyrinthica, we manipulated the social context to demonstrate that tolerance in aggressive juveniles can be restored when exposed to siblings after moulting.

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Although pesticides are typically used to limit pest population, the diversity and nature of their unintentional effects on non-target organisms remain unclear. Better understanding these effects requires to carry out risk assessments on key physiological and behavioral processes specific to beneficial insects. In this study, we addressed this question by exposing mothers of the European earwig (a beneficial insect) to two sublethal doses of deltamethrin (a common pesticide in agriculture) during family life and measured the short- and long-term effects on a series of behavioral, physiological, and reproductive traits.

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In agriculture, diversifying production implies picking up, in the wild biodiversity, species or populations that can be domesticated and fruitfully produced. Two alternative approaches are available to highlight wild candidate(s) with high suitability for aquaculture: the single-trait (i.e.

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  • Over the past 150 years, mismanagement and misunderstandings about conservation have caused irreversible damage to some prehistoric painted caves, despite their natural ability to preserve delicate remains for up to 40,000 years due to stable internal climates.
  • The concept of "underground confinement" is introduced, highlighting that caves with stable climates, particularly temperature, have the best conservation properties, and these systems should not be considered entirely closed off from their surroundings.
  • Case studies from various French caves, including Chauvet, Marsoulas, Pech Merle, and Gargas, demonstrate different states of confinement and effective strategies to enhance their conservation by restoring optimal climate conditions and managing human impact.
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