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Application of Remote Sensing Data for Locust Research and Management—A Review

open access: yesInsects, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

Desert locust populations, rainfall and climate change: insights from phenomenological models using gridded monthly data [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
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]

open access: yes, 2006
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
core   +1 more source

Improving the Quality of Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation Using an Educational Video

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2013
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
doaj   +1 more source

Abnormal presentation of ascending cholangitis

open access: yesClinical Case Reports, 2018
Key Clinical Message Ventriculo‐peritoneal, ‐gallbladder, ‐pleural, ‐atrial, and ‐jugular shunts are all viable options in the treatment of hydrocephalus .
Mark Scaife   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Landscape-Based Habitat Suitability Model (LHS Model) for Oriental Migratory Locust Area Extraction at Large Scales: A Case Study along the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yellow River

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

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]

open access: yes, 2010
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
core   +1 more source

AGE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF LOCUST NUMBER IN KARACHAYCHERKESSIA IN DIFFERENT ONTOGENESIS PERIODS

open access: yesЮг России: экология, развитие, 2015
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
doaj   +1 more source

Strategic Pest Management Booklets for Farmers in Kaffrine, Senegal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
: 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]

open access: yes, 2017
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
core   +3 more sources

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