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Harvesting Training Images for Fine-Grained Object Categories using Visual Descriptions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
We harvest training images for visual object recognition by casting it as an IR task. In contrast to previous work, we concentrate on fine-grained object categories, such as the large number of particular animal subspecies, for which manual annotation is
B Collins, F Schroff, MF Porter, N Zhou
core   +1 more source

Animal medical systems from Apis to apes: history, recent advances and future perspectives

open access: yesBiological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Animal medical systems encompass a wide range of behaviours aimed at maintaining or improving health. It has become clear that these behaviours are not limited to animals treating themselves (self‐medication) but also include the treatment of group members, resulting in the adoption of the more inclusive term “animal medication”.
Michelina Pusceddu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal variation in flower-visiting insects of Calotropis gigantea in the Southern Province of Sri Lanka

open access: yesRuhuna Journal of Science, 2022
Calotropis gigantea (Giant milkweed) is a medicinal plant native to a few Asian countries including Sri Lanka. However, the plant is considered invasive in countries such as Australia, the USA and Brazil.
W.P.S.N. Wijeweera   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Changes in the Butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Winneshiek County, Iowa After 90 Years [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In 1908, Bert Porter reported the presence of 73 species of butterflies in the Decorah, Iowa area. Since then, no systematic surveys of the butterflies in the Decorah area have been completed despite extensive habitat changes and degradation of native ...
Bovee, Jennifer A, Larsen, Kirk J
core   +2 more sources

Salty suitors: High larval sodium intake reduces adult lifespan and influences reproductive behaviour in a lepidopteran herbivore

open access: yesEcological Entomology, EarlyView.
Low‐sodium females took significantly longer to start mating than high‐sodium females, but no pairings differed in the duration of copulation. Reproductive outputs, measured by number of clutches, hatching young, adult offspring and pupation time, did not differ across parental sodium pairings.
Maggie C. Vincent   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Low-Density Grazing Affect Butterfly (Lepidoptera) Colonization of a Previously Flooded Tallgrass Prairie Reconstruction? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Conservation of wildlife in managed landscapes can be facilitated by partnering with livestock producers to introduce grazing disturbances. The effects of grazing in grassland systems, however, are often a function of other disturbances that may occur ...
Elmer, Abbey   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

A loop‐mediated isothermal amplification assay to detect insect‐associated Serratia spp. in the critically endangered insect Dryococelus australis

open access: yesInsect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Inclusion of a novel sample cleanup step prior to extraction of bacterial DNA from insect frass enhanced rates of bacterial cell recovery and removed insect and plant cells. Development of a robust LAMP assay allowed detection of insect‐associated members of the Serratia marcescens complex in frass from live insects. Results from the LAMP assay applied
Nicholas P. Doidge   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peta batimetri Danau Sentani Papua

open access: yesDepik, 2015
Abstract. Lake Sentani is located in Jayapura Regency, Papua Province with an area 9,360 ha and 70-90 meters above sea level. The lake directly adjacent to Cycloops Mountains Nature Reserve, obtaining supplies of about 34 springs.  The aim of the research was to describes the lake bathymetry as a basic information for the utilization.
Ervina Indrayani   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Revitalisasi Danau Limboto dengan Pengerukan Endapan di Danau: Pemodelan, Analisis, dan Simulasinya

open access: yesJambura Journal of Biomathematics (JJBM), 2020
Limboto lake is one of assets of Province of Gorontalo that provides many benefits to the surrounding society. The main problem of Limboto lake is the silting of the lake due to sedimentation caused by forest erosion, household waste, water hyacinth, and fish farming which is not environmentally friendly.
Novianita Achmad   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Behavioural resistance against a protozoan parasite in the monarch butterfly [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/89483/1/j.1365-2656.2011.01901.x ...
Chiang, Allen   +9 more
core   +1 more source

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