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F1000Research, 2020 Background: At the time of publication, the most devastating desert locust crisis in decades is affecting East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and South-West Asia.
Heleen Verlinden +16 more
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Digital libraries for creative communities [PDF]
, 2004 Digital library technologies have a great deal to offer to creative, design communities. They can enable large collections of text, images, music, video and other information objects to be organised and accessed in interesting and diverse ways.
Bainbridge, David +4 more
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Historical Overview of Locusts Attack in India: A Review Article
International Journal of Agriculture System, 2020 Locusts are migratory pests. They are always present in the deserts between Mauritania and India with an invasion area of about 30 million sq. km. They fly downwind in search of lush green vegetation and conducive breeding conditions.
Aditya Narayan Rai, Ayushi Sharma
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European Journal of Ecology, 2023 Understanding the thresholds of influencing parameters that favor the habitability of dangerous pests like desert locusts (Schistocerca gregaria) can aid in early detection and eradication using control operations.
Giribabu Dandabathula +7 more
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Use of Remote Sensing for Monitoring Climate Variability for Integrated Early Warning Systems: Applications for Human Diseases and Desert Locust Management [PDF]
, 2006 A number of the major human infectious diseases (like malaria and dengue) and Desert Locusts that still plague the developing world are sensitive to inter-seasonal and inter-decadal changes in environment and climate.
Bell, Michael A. +7 more
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Locust and Grasshopper Outbreaks in the Near East: Review under Global Warming Context
Agronomy, 2021 Plagues of locust possibly date back to before humanity, as they evolved before humans. Following the Neolithic revolution and the permanent settlement of humans in Mesopotamia, locusts and grasshoppers have become a serious problem for people, as ...
Battal Çiplak
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Evidence for a Causal Relationship between the Solar Cycle and Locust Abundance
Agronomy, 2020 Time series of abundance indices for Desert Locusts Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål 1775) and Oriental Migratory Locusts Locusta migratoriamanilensis (Meyen 1835) were analysed independently and in relation to measures of solar activity and ocean ...
Robert A. Cheke +5 more
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The Indirect Threats of Desert Locust Infestation on Honeybees in Ethiopia
Advances in Agriculture, 2022 This review focuses on the potential effects of a desert locust infestation on Ethiopian honeybees. Data on the country’s infestation, locust activity, honeybee foraging behavior, pesticide kinds, and application rates were collected and analyzed in ...
Zemene Worku +4 more
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Agronomy, 2021 In recent years, scientists and managers have advocated for the integration of the social sciences (particularly political science and economics) and the humanities (particularly moral philosophy) with the natural sciences (particularly entomology and ...
Jeffrey A. Lockwood +1 more
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The Feasibility of Use of Caecal and Diverticular Coloration in Field Determination of Grasshopper Diet [PDF]
, 2017 Excerpt: Many studies have been undertaken in the past on the food selection, food preferences, and economic damage of various grasshoppers and their allies.
Tyrkus, Michael
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