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.
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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 ...
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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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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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Curculionidae and Chrysomelidae Found in Aquatic Habitats in Wisconsin [PDF]
(excerpt) We became interested in aquatic weevils (Curculionidae) and leaf beetles (Chryso- melidae) during the Aquatic Entomology Course at the University of Wisconsin, in the spring of 1971. Many collections, taken from a variety of aquatic habitats in
Bayer, Lutz J, Brockmann, H. Jane
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Conditions of malaria transmission in Dakar from 2007 to 2010
Background Previous studies in Dakar have highlighted the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of Anopheles gambiae s.l. biting rates. In order to improve the knowledge of the determinants of malaria transmission in this city, the present study reports the
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Spanish Entomology: Past and Present [PDF]
Excerpt: The history of pure entomology in Spain begins during the Eighteenth Century and continues until today with emphasis upon systematics. The reasons for this are several, but chief among them must be mentioned the extraordinary richness and ...
de Viedma, M.G.
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Arthur J. Yates (1882-1961) and His Collection of Lepidoptera [PDF]
The fine collection of Michigan Lepidoptera assembled by the late Arthur J. Yates has recently been donated by his wife, Mrs. Ethel K.
Fischer, Roland L
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Melanderia. Vol. I. 1969. R.D. Akre, Editor; C.A. Johansen, Associate Editor. Irregualr publication of the Washington State Entomological Society, Department of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99163, 35 pp. Free to members of WSES and major institutions. [PDF]
Excerpt: The dolichopodid fly Melanderia mandibulata Aldrich was named in honor of its discoverer, A.L. Melander, who was prominent in Northwestern entomology during the first quarter of this century.
Donahue, Julian P
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Insects are critical components of terrestrial ecosystems and are often considered ecosystem engineers. Due to the vast amount of ecosystem services they provide, because statistically valid samples can be captured in short durations, and because they ...
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