Application of Remote Sensing Data for Locust Research and Management—A Review
Recently, locust outbreaks around the world have destroyed agricultural and natural vegetation and caused massive damage endangering food security. Unusual heavy rainfalls in habitats of the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) and lack of monitoring ...
Igor Klein +2 more
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Desert locust populations, rainfall and climate change: insights from phenomenological models using gridded monthly data [PDF]
Using autocorrelation analysis and autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA)modelling, we analysed a time series of the monthly number of 1° grid squares infested with desert locust Schistocerca gregaria swarms throughout the geographical range of
Cheke, Robert A. +3 more
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Locust-inspired vision system on chip architecture for collision detection in automotive applications [PDF]
This paper describes a programmable digital computing architecture dedicated to process information in accordance to the organization and operating principles of the four-layer neuron structure encountered at the visual system of Locusts.
Carranza González, Luis +6 more
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Improving the Quality of Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Using an Educational Video
Colonoscopy is the preferred modality for colon cancer screening. A successful colonoscopy requires proper bowel preparation. Adequate bowel preparation continues to remain a limiting factor.
Sateesh R Prakash +9 more
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Abnormal presentation of ascending cholangitis
Key Clinical Message Ventriculo‐peritoneal, ‐gallbladder, ‐pleural, ‐atrial, and ‐jugular shunts are all viable options in the treatment of hydrocephalus .
Mark Scaife +3 more
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The Oriental migratory locust is a destructive agricultural pest in China. Large-scale locust area (the area possessing suitable breeding habitat for locusts and has locust infestation) extraction and its evolution analysis are essential for locust ...
Yun Geng +10 more
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Reactive direction control for a mobile robot: A locust-like control of escape direction emerges when a bilateral pair of model locust visual neurons are integrated [PDF]
Locusts possess a bilateral pair of uniquely identifiable visual neurons that respond vigorously to the image of an approaching object. These neurons are called the lobula giant movement detectors (LGMDs). The locust LGMDs have been extensively studied
A. Roberts +60 more
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AGE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF LOCUST NUMBER IN KARACHAYCHERKESSIA IN DIFFERENT ONTOGENESIS PERIODS
Aim. To study age structure and population dynamics of locusts inhabiting Karachay-Cherkessia in different periods of ontogeny. Information on the periods of locusts hatching, growing to dominant species and their fertility can be used by plant ...
Z. S. Temirlieva
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Strategic Pest Management Booklets for Farmers in Kaffrine, Senegal [PDF]
: When Kaffrine, Senegal, is faced with the threat of a locust plague, farmers tend to struggle with determining what actions and when they should take place to prevent a plague from occurring.
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The Singing Insects of Michigan [PDF]
Excerpt: The so-called singing insects are all those that make loud, rhythmical noises. They include members of three groups of Orthoptera (Gryllidae, Tettigoniidae, and Acridoidea) and one family of Homoptera (Cicadidae).
Alexander, Richard D. +2 more
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