For many members of the forensic community, insects still have an exotic status. This may be one reason why forensic entomology, the analysis of insect evidence for forensic and legal purposes, has not yet achieved the significance it deserves in forensic sciences. The present special issue may help to change that.
Jens Amendt
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Forensics is a hot topic, with many movies and popular television shows (such as “CSI”) introducing youth to the tools, processes, and critical thinking skills needed to solve various crimes. Within this world, insects have a growing presence.
Erika Andersen+3 more
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Active Learning Strategies for Biodiversity Science
Organismal courses are inherently integrative, incorporating concepts from genetics, physiology, ecology and other disciplines linked through a comparative and phylogenetic framework.
Nicole Chodkowski+4 more
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Metaphors for the Masses: D.H. Lawrence on Stickiness, Insects and Democracy
This article considers how Lawrence finds in the dynamics of derogatory imagery the means to express his alienation from the masses. From 1916 onwards, the term “masses” is often paired with the adjective “sticky” in Lawrence’s works, an addition that is
Shirley Bricout
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The Open Biodiversity Knowledge Management System in Scholarly Publishing [PDF]
This project aims to develop and implement novel ways of publication, visualization, and dissemination of biodiversity and biodiversity-related data and thus bring the Open Biodiversity Knowledge Management System closer to fruition.
Viktor Senderov, Lyubomir Penev
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Investigations on Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae): larval infestation on the tomato cultivated in open field and evaluation of five essential oils against larvae in laboratory [PDF]
The tomato miner Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is a Neotropical species, which cause serious damages to tomato in spread areas. It appeared in 2008 in Italy, where it seriously threatened tomato production both in greenhouse and open ...
Alfonso Agrò+2 more
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Seasonal Trends in Movement Patterns of Birds and Insects Aloft Simultaneously Recorded by Radar
Airspace is a key but not well-understood habitat for many animal species. Enormous amounts of insects and birds use the airspace to forage, disperse, and migrate.
Xu Shi+4 more
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Bibliography of Sequential Sampling Plans in Insect Pest Management Based on Wald\u27s Sequential Probability Ratio Test [PDF]
This paper contains 65 references dealing with the development of sequential sampling plans in insect pest management based on Wald\u27s Sequential Probability Ratio Test (SPRT), 25 in forest entomology and 40 in agriculture entomology.
Fowler, Gary W, Lynch, Ann M
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Spatial monitoring of flying insects over a Swedish lake using a continuous-wave lidar system
We have used a continuous-wave bi-static lidar system based on the Scheimpflug principle in measurements on flying insects above, and in the vicinity of, a small lake located in a forested area in Southern Sweden.
Samuel Jansson+7 more
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John Robert Eyer: Entomological Work in Pennsylvania and Lists of Publications [PDF]
(excerpt) John Robert Eyer died at Carlsbad, New Mexico, on January 30, 1976. J. G. Watts and W. A. Iselin (1976), his former colleagues in the Department of Botany and Entomology at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, wrote an obituary and quite ...
Jubb, G. L, Jr., Wheeler, A. G, Jr.
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