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Flight Capability and the Low Temperature Threshold of a Chinese Field Population of the Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda
(MDPI, 29 April 2022)The fall armyworm (FAW), an invasive migratory pest from the Americas, has been rapidly spreading through the Old World recently. Although it cannot survive winter periods in temperate and subtropical regions, adults ... -
Reply to López-Mañas et al.: Spatial population models of migrants should be underpinned by phenology, behavior, and ecology
(National Academy of Sciences, 10 May 2022) -
The development of an unsupervised hierarchical clustering analysis of dual‐polarization weather surveillance radar observations to assess nocturnal insect abundance and diversity
(Wiley, 24 May 2022)Contemporary analyses of insect population trends are based, for the most part, on a large body of heterogeneous and short-term datasets of diurnal species that are representative of limited spatial domains. This makes ... -
Genome-wide transcriptomic changes reveal the genetic pathways involved in insect migration
(Wiley, 8 July 2022)Insects are capable of extraordinary feats of long-distance movement that have profound impacts on the function of terrestrial ecosystems. The ability to undertake these movements arose multiple times through the evolution ... -
Health and lifespan of Swiss men born in an alpine region in 1905–1907
(Routledge, 26 July 2022)Body height and body mass index (BMI) are associated with later life outcomes in present and historical populations. We examine the case study of the Swiss Alpine canton of Glarus, which was highly industrialised at the ...