Dr. J. E. McPherson, Educator and Researcher Extraordinaire: Biographical Sketch and List of Publications [PDF]
, 2018 (excerpt) Like many outstanding naturalists, John E. (“Jay”) McPherson grew up with a strong interest in the natural world, especially insects. This innate curiosity led him to enroll as a zoology major at San Diego State University in 1959.
Henry, Thomas J
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Arthropod traits and assemblages differ between core patches, transient stepping-stones and landscape corridors [PDF]
, 2020 Context Restoring landscape connectivity can mitigate fragmentation and improve population resilience, but functional equivalence of contrasting elements is poorly understood.
Dolman, Paul M, Pedley, Scott M
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Ground beetle assemblages in six different forest ecosystems from Tuscany (Central Italy) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) [PDF]
, 2022 Forest ecosystems are an important part of the European territory. In 1994 the Regional Administration of Tuscany (Italy) promoted a monitoring program called MON.I.TO (Intensive Monitoring of forest in Toscana) in order to obtain data on the ...
Antonio CARAPELLI, Massimo MIGLIORINI
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Ecological strategies in stable and disturbed environments depend on species specialisation [PDF]
, 2016 Ecological strategies are integral to understanding species survival in different environments. However, how habitat specialisation is involved in such strategies is not fully understood, particularly in heterogeneous and disturbed environments. Here, we
Agrawal A. A. +6 more
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Wing polymorphisms of Pterostichus melanarius (Coleoptera: Carabidae) (Illiger, 1978) in Alberta pulse crops [PDF]
, 2019 In a 6 week research project, a wing-dimorphic carabid species was studied to identify the proportions of macropterous (large functional wings) individuals and brachypterous (short, rudimentary wings) individuals from different pulse growing regions of ...
Cottrell-Callbeck, Saraiah +2 more
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Two species? - Limits of the species concepts in the pygmy grasshoppers of the Tetrix bipunctata complex (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae) [PDF]
, 2021 Today, integrative taxonomy is often considered the gold standard when it comes to species recognition and delimitation. Using the Tetrix bipunctata complex, we here present a case where even integrative taxonomy may reach its limits.
Baur, Hannes +3 more
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Increased dispersal rates and distances in density-stressed bush crickets (Metriophera brachyptera). [PDF]
, 2002 Der infolge der Habitatfragmentierung eingeschränkte Individuenaustausch zwischen Populationen gilt als einer der Hauptgründe für ein erhöhtes Aussterberisiko insbesondere bei standorttreuen Arten mit geringem Ausbreitungspotential. Einige Untersuchungen
Brunzel, Stefan
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Description, life history, and parasitism of a new species of Delphacid Planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) [PDF]
, 2007 Delphacodes scolochloa Cronin & Wilson (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) is a newly discovered delphacid planthopper that feeds and oviposits exclusively on the stems of sprangletop, Scolochloa festucacea (Willd.) Link (Poaceae: Pooidae), in the prairie pothole ...
Cronin, James T., Wilson, Stephen W.
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Dinamika Populasi Wereng Punggung Putih, Sogatella Furcifera Stål (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) Di Jawa Tengah [PDF]
, 2006 A field study was conducted at paddy fields in Petarukan and Pekalongan regencies of Central Java province during wet season crop 1989/90 and 1990/91 to elucidate population dynamic of whitebacked planthopper, Sogatella furcifera Stål.
Sawada, H. (Hiroichi) +2 more
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Genetische Untersuchungen zur Populationsstruktur von Calathus erratus (Carabidae) in gestörten Offenlandbereichen der Niederlausitz [PDF]
, 2008 Die Bergbaufolgelandschaft stellt in Mitteleuropa die einzigartige Möglichkeit dar, den Prozess der Primärsukzession großflächig zu beobachten. Hierbei können z.B.
Durka, Walter +2 more
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