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Agricultural and Forest EntomologyOpen research is an increasingly developed and crucial framework for the advancement of science and has seen successful adoption across a broad range of disciplines.
J. Cuff +5 more
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Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim, Stein, and the use and abuse of entomology
LiteratorBased on an implausible perception of entomology (the study of insects), George Waddington attempts to debauch the moral integrity of the character Stein in Joseph Conrad’s much-discussed novel Lord Jim.
Etienne Terblanche
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Sticky traps for Aedes aegypti surveillance and targeted vector control in Sincelejo, Colombia
Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de SaludIntroduction. Entomological surveillance of adult Aedes aegypti mosquitoes provides better risk indicators than in immature stages. Objective. To determine the usefulness of MosquiTRAP™ traps for Ae. aegypti surveillance, targeted vector control, and the
Carlos Sermeño-Correa +3 more
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Near‐infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for taxonomic entomology: A brief review
, 2020 For over two decades, near‐infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been applied to a wide spectrum of problems in the field of insect taxonomy. It provides a rapid, non‐destructive and relatively cheap method of metabolomic profiling, which can often be used to
Joel B. Johnson
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Nature, 1949 EVERY generation produces a number of young naturalists, some of whom seek a career in which they can follow their interests. Of these a proportion have in the past turned to entomology, and it is to be hoped that they will continue to do so in the future. The proceedings of a recent conference held in London, the Second International Congress of Plant
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Highly Efficient Use of Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) to Identify Aphid Species
Biology, 2022 Aphids are commonly considered to be serious pests for trees, herbaceous and cultivated plants. Recognition and identification of individual species is very difficult and is based mainly on morphological features.
Roma Durak, Beata Ciak, Tomasz Durak
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Seeing red: A review of the use of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) in entomology
Applied spectroscopy reviews (Softcover ed.), 2019 Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a rapid, noninvasive and cheap method of profiling the chemical composition of a broad range of sample types. Over the past two decades, it has been used in numerous entomological applications, ranging from taxonomy ...
Joel B. Johnson, Mani Naiker
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Clinical Medicine, 2003 Forensic entomology is the application of insect biology to the investigation of crime. The subject covers all aspects of insect evidence, but for the purpose of this article the discussion will be restricted to insect evidence from the bodies of persons thought to have been the victims of murder or other unlawful killing.
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Enhanced flight performance in hoverfly migrants
iScienceSummary: Many animals undergo seasonal migrations in which they travel long distances aided by variations in morphology, physiology, and behavior. Here, we compare the flight characteristics, measured in a tethered flight mill, of autumn migratory and ...
Richard Massy +4 more
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