Portrait of a “Real” Marero

Mortal Doubt ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 33-56
Author(s):  
Anthony W. Fontes
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Gang Member ◽  
Gang Violence ◽  
Individual Life ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Memory Material ◽  
History Of

Through the life history of a young man named Andy—a gang member who became a protected witness in the prosecution of a spectacular quadruple murder—chapter 2 explores the confused entanglements between memory, material violence, and mara myths in stories of gang violence. In this account of Andy’s life and death, the complex play between truth and rumor—the facts of the matter and the inventions of the imagination—illuminate the possibilities and pitfalls of the search for order in the midst of chaos. This chapter serves as an entrance into how the “all-pervading unpredictability” of violence shapes individual life histories, as well as the manner in which such histories can be told.

A comparative study of the life histories of Nematodirus battus and N. filicollis, nematode parasites of sheep

Parasitology ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 49 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 374-386 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Intestinal Mucosa ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Basic Pattern ◽  
Culture Methods ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Nematode Parasites ◽  
History Of ◽  
Comparative Description

1. The life history of N. battus is described, and a comparative description of the life history of N. filicollis is given.2. The life histories of these two species are compared with those of N. spathiger and N. helvetianus, two closely related species, and are shown to follow the same basic pattern, with minor variations in timing which appear to be specific in nature, and not related to differences in culture methods or host species.3. The pathogenesis of Nematodirus species is discussed and related to the migration of larvae into the intestinal mucosa during development.

III.—The Life-history and Cytology of Didymium nigripes Fr.

1932 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsie J. Cadman
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Great Work ◽  
Animal Kingdom ◽  
History Of ◽  
Natural Groups

Since 1860, in which year De Bary published his great work Die Mycetozoen, the investigation of the life-history of members of the Mycetozoa has aroused a considerable amount of interest, and a great deal of important research has been carried out in this connection. The group of organisms is particularly interesting, because it lies on the borderline between plant and animal kingdoms, and it is very possible that a detailed investigation of several species of the Mycetozoa might be of considerable assistance in elucidating certain obscure points in the life-histories of higher members of both the great natural groups. The term “Mycetozoa,” which we owe to De Bary, will be used throughout in preference to the older term “Myxogastres” invented by Fries (32, p. 2), and that of “Myxomycetes” first employed by Link (32, p. 2). “Mycetozoon,” or “fungus-like animal,” is a very appropriate description of a member of the group, since during part of its life-history it exhibits distinctly animal-like characters, and the individuals move rapidly by means of flagella, whilst later, during the development of the sporangium, a plant-like form is assumed. The combination of plant and animal characters has given rise to much discussion as to the position of the Mycetozoa in plant or animal kingdom, and the group has been claimed by both zoologists and botanists.

scholarly journals The application of life history information to the conservation management of Chrysoritis butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in South Africa

Koedoe ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R.F. Terblanche ◽  
H. Van Hamburg
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Life History ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Conservation Management ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Wing Patterns ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
History Of ◽  
Voucher Specimens

Due to their intricate life histories and the unique wing patterns and colouring the butterflies of the genus Chrysoritis are of significant conservation and aesthetic value. Thisoverview probes into practical examples of butterfly life history research applicable to environmental management of this relatively well-known invertebrate group in South Africa. Despite the pioneer work on life histories of Chrysoritis in the past, more should be done to understand the life history of the butterflies in the wild, especially their natural host plants and the behaviour of adults and larvae. A system of voucher specimens of host plants should be introduced in South Africa. Although various host plant species in nature are used by the members of Chrysoritis, including the Chrysoritis chrysaor group, the choice of these in nature by each species is significant for conservation management and in the case of Chrysoritis aureus perhaps even as a specific characteristic.A revision of the ant genus Crematogaster will benefit the conservation management of Chrysoritis species since some of these ant species may consist of a number of specieswith much more restricted distributions than previously thought. Rigorous quantified tudies of population dynamics of Chrysoritis butterflies are absent and the introductionof such studies will benefit conservation management of these localised butterflies extensively.

Influence of a reservoir with surface release on the life history of the mayfly Heterocloeon curiosum (McDunnough) (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae)

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris C. Kondratieff ◽  
J. Reese Voshell Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Benthic Macroinvertebrates ◽  
Temperature Regime ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Larval Instars ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lake Anna

The life history of Heterocloeon curiosum was compared in the impounded North Anna River (NAR) and the free-flowing South Anna River (SAR) in Virginia, U.S.A. The study site on the NAR was 32 km below Lake Anna, a surface-release reservoir. Heterocloeon curiosum was bivoltine in both rivers with two summer generations and probable overwintering in the egg stage. It passed through 10 larval instars (range 9–12) in both rivers. The density of larvae was twice as great in the SAR as the NAR. Factors which may have contributed to the lesser success of H. curiosum in the NAR included bottom scouring produced by sudden increases in discharge, absence of the macrophyte Podostemum, quality of available food, and alterations of the temperature regime. Of these four factors, temperature probably had the most significant effect. The emergence of the second generation was 1 month later in the NAR because the reservoir delayed the normal seasonal cooling of the river. The nonoptimal temperature regime appeared to significantly reduce the fecundity of H. curiosum in the NAR. Our data indicate that surface-release reservoirs may have subtle but significant effects on the life histories of benthic macroinvertebrates.

A review of the British marine Cercariae

Parasitology ◽  
1911 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 416-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie V. Lebour
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Larval Form ◽  
Digenetic Trematodes ◽  
History Of ◽  
Future Work

The study of the life-histories of digenetic Trematodes is as yet in its infancy. Many new adult forms are described every year, but very little is known of the life-history of any of these. It is even impossible in the majority of cases to say what sort of larval form is characteristic of any group. Having worked for some years at the study of Trematode larvae I thought it would be of some use to bring together all the work so far done on British marine cercariae in order to form a nucleus round which future work may be centred.

Studies on the development, life history and taxonomy of the Ectocarpales (Phaeophyta) in southern Australia

1974 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 743 ◽  
Author(s):  
MN Clayton
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Brown Algae ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Type Material ◽  
History Of ◽  
Juvenile Stages ◽  
Morphology Development ◽  
Sexual Processes

The morphology, development and life history of filamentous brown algae, in particular species of the commoner genera Feldmannia, Giffordia and Hecatonema, are described. Morphogenetic differences parallel the well known morphological distinctions between Feldmannia and Giffordia. Two 'species' of Feldmannia, F. globifer and F. simplex, are not distinct but rather exhibit continous variation of a clinal nature. Previous records of Giffordia secunda are shown to apply to Giffordia granulosa. Studies of living and type material of Ectocarpus sordidus indicate that its affinities lie with the genus Giffordia, to which it is transferred. Life histories of the various ectocarpalean taxa show many similarities and, with minor exceptions do not furnish additional useful taxonomic characters. The predominant means of reproduction amongst the Australian Ectocarpales are asexual, sexual processes being apparently of minor signi- ficance. Life history studies of Hecatonema maculans show it to be indistinct from juvenile stages of two members of the Dictyosiphonales, Desmotrichum undulatum and Punctaria latifolia. Five genera and six species are newly recorded for Australia. The genera are Acinetospoua, Hecatonenza, Kuckuckia, Kuetzingiella and Sovocarpus and the species are Acinetospora crinita (Carmichael ex Harvey in J. D. Hooker) Kornmann, Giffordia fuscata (Zanardini) Kornmann in Kuckuck, Giffordia intermedia (Rosenvinge) Lund, Hecatonema maculans (Collins) Sauvageau, Kuckuckia spinosa (Kiitzing) Kuckuck and Sorocarpus micromorus (Bory) Silva.

Coevolutionary interactions between host life histories and parasite life cycles

Parasitology ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 116 (S1) ◽  
pp. S47-S55 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. C. Koella ◽  
P. Agnew ◽  
Y. Michalakis
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Evolutionary Ecology ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Microsporidian Parasite ◽  
History Of ◽  
Host Life ◽  
Host Parasite

SummarySeveral recent studies have discussed the interaction of host life-history traits and parasite life cycles. It has been observed that the life-history of a host often changes after infection by a parasite. In some cases, changes of host life-history traits reduce the costs of parasitism and can be interpreted as a form of resistance against the parasite. In other cases, changes of host life-history traits increase the parasite's transmission and can be interpreted as manipulation by the parasite. Alternatively, changes of host's life-history traits can also induce responses in the parasite's life cycle traits. After a brief review of recent studies, we treat in more detail the interaction between the microsporidian parasite Edhazardia aedis and its host, the mosquito Aedes aegypti. We consider the interactions between the host's life-history and parasite's life cycle that help shape the evolutionary ecology of their relationship. In particular, these interactions determine whether the parasite is benign and transmits vertically or is virulent and transmits horizontally.Key words: host-parasite interaction, life-history, life cycle, coevolution.

Life-history traits of a small-bodied coastal shark

2013 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian N. Gutteridge ◽  
Charlie Huveneers ◽  
Lindsay J. Marshall ◽  
Ian R. Tibbetts ◽  
Mike B. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Life History Traits ◽  
Logistic Function ◽  
Early Maturation ◽  
Large Size ◽  
History Of ◽  
Age Model ◽  
Best Fit ◽  
Combined Data

The life histories of small-bodied coastal sharks, particularly carcharhinids, are generally less conservative than those of large-bodied species. The present study investigated the life history of the small-bodied slit-eye shark, Loxodon macrorhinus, from subtropical Hervey Bay, Queensland, and compared this species' biology to that of other coastal carcharhinids. The best-fit age model provided parameters of L∞ = 895 mm total length (TL), k = 0.18 and t0 = –6.3 for females, and L∞ = 832 mm TL, k = 0.44 and t0 = –2.6 for males. For sex-combined data, a logistic function provided the best fit, with L∞ = 842 mm TL, k = 0.41 and α = –2.2. Length and age at which 50% of the population was mature was 680 mm TL and 1.4 years for females, and 733 mm TL and 1.9 years for males. Within Hervey Bay, L. macrorhinus exhibited an annual seasonal reproductive cycle, producing an average litter of 1.9 ± 0.3 s.d. With the exception of the low fecundity and large size at birth relative to maximum maternal TL, the life-history traits of L. macrorhinus are comparable to other small-bodied coastal carcharhinids, and its apparent fast growth and early maturation contrasts that of large-bodied carcharhinids.

Observations on the Biology of Afrotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Part 8. Hesperiinae incertae sedis: Dracaena Feeders

Zootaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3985 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-348
Author(s):  
MATTHEW J. W. COCK ◽  
T. COLIN E. CONGDON ◽  
STEVE C. COLLINS
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Natural Enemies ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Monophyletic Group ◽  
Host Genus ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
History Information ◽  
History Of

The Afrotropical genera Gamia and Artitropa are only known to feed on species of Dracaena (Asparagaceae), and together with Leona lissa Evans, which may require a new genus, they are the only Afrotropical Hesperiidae that feed on this unusual host genus. We present partial life histories of two species of Gamia, 22 taxa of Artitropa (of at least 12 species, and including several undescribed taxa), and notes on the life history of L. lissa. Based on life history information, Gamia and Artitropa are considered likely to form a monophyletic group, probably most closely related to some of the palm-feeding genera currently placed incertae sedis, but formerly in Evans’ 1937 Ploetzia group of genera. Notes on natural enemies of A. erinnys (Trimen) and A. milleri Evans are included. 

3. Researches on Micro-Organisms, Including Ideas of a New Method for their Destruction in Certain Cases of Contagious Disease

1888 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
pp. 97-106
Author(s):  
A. B. Griffiths
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Mucous Membrane ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Chemical Substances ◽  
Contagious Disease ◽  
History Of ◽  
Mere Presence ◽  
The Media ◽  
Micro Organisms ◽  
Harmful Effects

The opinion of the most profound workers in the so-called “germ diseases” is, that these diseases are really due to the pathological effects of chemical substances (ptomaïnes) elaborated and secreted by certain micro-organisms. That is, a given contagious disease is rather the result of one or more compounds formed by the life-history of a micro-organism, than the mere presence of that micro-organism itself. By looking at certain cases in the above light, we can well understand why persons suffering with cholera die so rapidly. The alkaloid or ptomaïne (discovered by Pouchet in 1885) which the Comma bacillus secretes or forms is rapidly absorbed into the blood, long before the bacillus itself is capable of being absorbed by the mucous membrane of the intestine, and then into the blood. It is a well-known fact that most micro-organisms multiply with great rapidity in the media in which they live, and if particular organisms can be destroyed, the harmful effects of the products produced by their life-histories will not increase, and the disease will soon be at an end.

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