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It is all about the insects: a retrospective on 20 years of forensic entomology highlights the importance of insects in legal investigations

open access: yesZeitschrift für Rechtsmedizin, 2021
This study highlights the importance of insect evidence by evaluating 949 insect-associated cases, including 139 entomological reports, from 2001 to 2019 at the Institute of Legal Medicine Frankfurt/Germany.
L. Lutz   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Role of Community Science in Entomology.

open access: yesAnnual Review of Entomology, 2021
Community (or citizen) science, the involvement of volunteers in scientific endeavors, has a long history. Over the past few centuries, the contributions of volunteers to our understanding of patterns and processes in entomology has been inspiring.
M. Gardiner, H. Roy
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Deep learning and computer vision will transform entomology

open access: yesProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020
Most animal species on Earth are insects, and recent reports suggest that their abundance is in drastic decline. Although these reports come from a wide range of insect taxa and regions, the evidence to assess the extent of the phenomenon is sparse ...
T. Høye   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Relationship between Research and Casework in Forensic Entomology

open access: yesInsects, 2021
Simple Summary Forensic entomology concerns the use of insects as evidence in legal investigations. Many sorts of investigation can benefit from an interpretation of insects associated with the crime scene, but insect evidence is most frequently used in ...
M. Hall
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Pitfalls in the Path of Probabilistic Inference in Forensic Entomology: A Review

open access: yesInsects, 2021
Simple Summary Experimental studies in forensic entomology must follow a series of rules to generate accurate predictions about criminal cases. These rules are reviewed and some approaches that have been used to solve experimental problems in forensic ...
Gaétan Moreau
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Les insectes auxiliaires dans les paysages agricoles : apports faunistiques, écologiques et fonctionnels de récentes études dans le canton de Genève (Suisse)

open access: yesBiotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2022
Beneficial insects in agricultural landscapes: faunal, ecological and functional contributions of recent studies in the canton of Geneva (Switzerland) Description of the subject.
Gaël Pétremand   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Double Infections of the Invasive Ladybird Harmonia axyridis

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
The dramatic spread of invasive alien species over the past century is considered to be an important threat to ecosystems worldwide. The harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, from eastern Asia, is considered to be one of the most invasive species ...
Michiel D. de Groot   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Forensic Entomology Case Report—A Global Perspective

open access: yesInsects, 2021
Simple Summary Forensic entomologists are most often tasked with determining when arthropods colonized living or deceased vertebrates. In most cases, this estimation involves humans; however, pets, livestock, and other domesticated animals can also be ...
Zanthé Kotzé   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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]

open access: yes, 2019
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
core   +1 more source

Analysis of Prey Composition in Eurasian Reed Warblers’ Acrocephalus scirpaceus Droppings at Four Breeding Sites in Italy

open access: yesDiversity, 2022
Our aim was to investigate the among-populations diversity of prey composition in Eurasian Reed Warblers’ diets via their droppings, both to assess the ecological validity of this sampling method and to test whether the prey species most abundant in ...
Renzo Ientile   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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