Sentences with phrase «large scale insect»

This team is the first to account for large scale insect outbreaks in an analysis of forest carbon balances - and to show the positive feedback loop between climate change and warmth loving insect pests.

Not exact matches

As a doctoral student, Gwiazdowski trekked across North America from Mexico through Canada collecting an especially large number of armored scale insect specimens.

Researchers still need to refine the system and test it on a larger scale before the insects hit the front lines, Schetelig says.

We would also welcome work with conservationists of endangered, barberry - dependent insect species to ensure that planting of common barberry occurs away from arable land, thus safeguarding European cereals from a large - scale re-emergence of wheat stem rust.»

A major limitation of attempts to characterize patterns of change in the immune system across diverse insects is that, with few exceptions (e. g. [22]-RRB-, insect immune proteins have only been well characterized on a large scale in Dipterans, primarily in Drosophila melanogaster [23].

The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) is a native insect of the pine forests of western North America, and its populations periodically erupt into large - scale outbreaks.

Insect outbreaks such as this represent an important mechanism by which climate change may undermine the ability of northern forests to take up and store atmospheric carbon, and such impacts should be accounted for in large - scale modelling analyses.

Regina Silveira Mundus Admirabilis, a large - scale site - specific graphic vinyl installation engaging the façade of SITE's building, courtyard, and mezzanine, will depict a of insects that become an allegory for global corruption and environmental degradation.

Think large scale leaf prints, oversized insects, safari wildlife and exotic birds.