Predicting distributions of Wolbachia strains through host ecological contact—Who's manipulating whom? by Clive T. Darwell, Daniel Souto‐Vilarós, Jan Michalek, Sotiria Boutsi, Brus Isua, Mentap Sisol, Thomas Kuyaiva, George Weiblen, Vlastimil Křivan, Vojtech Novotny, Simon T. Segar

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Health service needs and perspectives of a rainforest conserving community in Papua New Guinea’s Ramu lowlands: a combined clinical and rapid anthropological assessment with parallel treatment of urgent cases by William Pomat, Jackie A Cassell, Hayley MacGregor, Stephen L Walker, Jo Middleton, Gavin Colthart, Francesca Dem, James Fairhead, Michael G Head, Joao Inacio, Mavis Jimbudo, Christopher Iain Jones, Moses Laman, Vojtech Novotny, Mika Peck, Jason Paliau, Jonah Philip, Shen Sui, Alan J Stewart, Alice Elkins, Richard J Hazell, Jessica A Stockdale, Ruma Umari

“…Objectives Determine community needs and perspectives as part of planning health service incorporation into Wanang Conservation Area, in support of locally driven sustainable development.Design Clinical and rapid anthropological assessment (individual primary care assessments, key informant (KI) interviews, focus groups (FGs), ethnography) with treatment of urgent cases.Setting Wanang (pop. c189), a rainforest community in Madang province, Papua New Guinea.Participants 129 villagers provided medical histories (54 females (f), 75 males (m); median 19 years, range 1 month to 73 years), 113 had clinical assessments (51f, 62m; median 18 years, range 1 month to 73 years). 26 ≥18 years participated in sex-stratified and age-stratified FGs (f<40 years; m<40 years; f>40 years; m>40 years). …”
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Hunting skills and ethnobiological knowledge among the young, educated Papua New Guineans: Implications for conservation by Alfred Kik, Pavel Duda, Jarmila Bajzekova, Nigel Baro, Redley Opasa, Gibson Sosanika, Leonardo R. Jorge, Paige West, Katerina Sam, Jan Zrzavy, Vojtech Novotny

“…Here we assess hunting skills of young people in Papua New Guinea (PNG). We use a sample of 7818 secondary school students, representing 15% of the most educated individuals in their age cohort. …”
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Species swarms and their caterpillar colonisers: phylogeny and polyphenols determine host plant specificity in New Guinean Lepidoptera by Simon T. Segar, Simon T. Segar, Simon T. Segar, Leonardo Re Jorge, Louis Nicholls, Yves Basset, Yves Basset, Yves Basset, Yves Basset, Jadranka Rota, Ondrej Kaman, Ondrej Kaman, Mentap Sisol, Bradley Gewa, Chris Dahl, Chris Dahl, Chris Dahl, Chris Dahl, Phillip Butterill, Phillip Butterill, Priscila Mezzomo, Priscila Mezzomo, Scott E. Miller, George Weiblen, Juha-Pekka Salminen, Vojtech Novotny, Vojtech Novotny, Vojtech Novotny, Martin Volf, Martin Volf

“…Here we study three feeding guilds of caterpillars (Lepidoptera) and seek to understand the drivers of their diet breadth across four diverse tropical plant genera in Papua New Guinea. Host specificity is central to biodiversity estimates and the resilience of ecological networks. …”
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Secondary succession has surprisingly low impact on arboreal ant communities in tropical montane rainforest by Ondrej Mottl, Nichola S. Plowman, Vojtech Novotny, Bradley Gewa, Maling Rimandai, Petr Klimes

“…We studied the effect of montane forest succession on arboreal ant communities in New Guinea near their natural elevational limit (1800 m a.s.l.). …”
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High intraspecific variability and previous experience affect polyphenol metabolism in polyphagous Lymantria mathura caterpillars by Martin Volf, Alyssa M. Fontanilla, Suvi Vanhakylä, Tomokazu Abe, Martin Libra, Ryosuke Kogo, Roll Lilip, Naoto Kamata, Masashi Murakami, Vojtech Novotny, Juha‐Pekka Salminen, Simon T. Segar

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