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Mantis Flower Reflectance

, 2013
Mantis Flower ...
Gregory I. Holwell (120871), Herberstein, Marie E., Marie E. Herberstein (102803), Holwell, Gregory I., James C. O'Hanlon (3326175), O'Hanlon, James C.   +5 more
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Exploration on the Spatial Assembling Pattern of Contemporary Rural Settlements Based on GIS --- Taking Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture as an Example

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2018
Rural settlements of China are in the era of rapid information development, experiencing revolutionary changes and cultural breakthroughs. This article takes the main rural settlements in Diqing as examples and uses GIS technology as the main method ...
Liu Qi, Zhang Yiwei
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A Manual Transportable Instrument Platform for Ground-Based Spectro-Directional Observations (ManTIS) and the Resultant Hyperspectral Field Goniometer System

Sensors, 2013
This article presents and technically describes a new field spectro-goniometer system for the ground-based characterization of the surface reflectance anisotropy under natural illumination conditions developed at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI).
Marcel Buchhorn, Reinhold Petereit, Birgit Heim   +2 more
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Dynamic polarization vision in mantis shrimps

Nature Communications, 2016
Mantis shrimps are known to display large pitch, yaw and torsional eye rotations. Here, the authors show that these eye movements allow mantis shrimp to orientate particular photoreceptors in order to better discriminate the polarization of light.
Ilse M. Daly, Martin J. How, Julian C. Partridge, Shelby E. Temple, N. Justin Marshall, Thomas W. Cronin, Nicholas W. Roberts   +6 more
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Phylogeography of the praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) in central Europe [PDF]

, 2012
The praying mantis (Mantis religiosa) is the only representative of the order Mantodea in central Europe. Within Czech Republic, this species is distributed mostly on xerothermic localities in southern Moravia. However, M.
Urbánková, Hana
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Impact of Winter Air Supply Strategies on Thermal Comfort in Yamen Buildings: A Case Study of the Jiangsu Provincial Judicial Commissioner’s Office

Atmosphere
The Jiangsu Provincial Judicial Commissioner’s Office, a significant official yamen and regional judicial-administrative center during the Ming and Qing dynasties, exemplifies one of the rare remaining instances of official architecture in Suzhou ...
Jie Wu, Yiyu Chen, Yi Deng
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Evaluation of the expansion of Mantis religiosa (L.) in Poland based on a questionnaire survey

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
Evaluación de la expansión de Mantis religiosa (L.) en Polonia basada en una encuesta Mantis religiosa (L.) es la única especie de mantis religiosa en Polonia.
D. Zielinski, C. J. Schwarz, R. Ehrmann
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Evaluation of the expansion of Mantis religiosa (L.) in Poland based on a questionnaire survey [PDF]

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2018
Mantis religiosa (L.) is the only species of praying mantis in Poland. The main habitat where its occurrence is permanent and confirmed is the Sandomierska Basin (SE Poland).
Zielinski, D., Schwarz, C. J., Ehrmann, R.   +2 more
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Extraocular Photoreception in Mantis Shrimps

, 2018
Animal photoreceptors in eyes and other tissues typically use visual pigments, composed of a chromophore bound to an opsin transmembrane protein, to detect light.
Donohue, Mary
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Lizards as prey of arthropods:Praying Mantis Mantis religiosa (LINNAEUS, 1758) feedson juvenile Sand Lizard Lacerta agilis LINNAEUS, 1758

, 1996
A Praying Mantis {Mantis religiosa) was observed to feed on a juvenile Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis)
Schramm, H, Tunner, HG, Franz, A, Kapfer, M, Jehle, R   +4 more
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