The Outbreaks of Oporinia Autumnata Bkh. and Operophthera Spp. (Lep., Geometridae)
Author: O. Tenow
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 126
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Author: O. Tenow
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 126
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alan A. Berryman
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-06-29
Total Pages: 608
ISBN-13: 1489907890
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInsects multiply. Destruction reigns. There is dismay, followed by outcry, and demands to Authority. Authority remembers its experts or appoints some: they ought to know. The experts advise a Cure. The Cure can be almost anything: holy water from Mecca, a Government Commis sion, a culture of bacteria, poison, prayers denunciatory or tactful, a new god, a trap, a Pied Piper. The Cures have only one thing in common: with a little patience they always work. They have never been known entirely to fail. Likewise they have never been known to prevent the next outbreak. For the cycle of abundance and scarcity has a rhythm of its own, and the Cures are applied just when the plague of insects is going to abate through its own loss of momentum. -Abridged, with insects in place of voles, from C. Elton, 1924, Voles, Mice and Lemmings, with permission of Oxford University Press This book is an enquiry into the "natural rhythms" of insect abundance in forested ecosystems and into the forces that give rise to these rhythms. Forests form unique environ ments for such studies because one can find them growing under relatively natural (pri meval) conditions as well as under the domination of human actions. Also, the slow growth and turnover rates of forested ecosystems enable us to investigate insect popula tion dynamics in a plant environment that remains relatively constant or changes only slowly, this in contrast to agricultural systems, where change is often drastic and frequent.
Author: Frans E. Wielgolaski
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2006-01-12
Total Pages: 379
ISBN-13: 3540265953
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis work analyzes vegetation and soils, and investigates the influence of climate change, insect pests, grazing pressure by sheep and reindeer, construction of roads and other consequences of increasing tourism in the Nordic mountain birch forests.
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Published: 1981
Total Pages: 340
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kari Viken Olsen
Publisher: Nordic Council of Ministers
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9789291207466
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Frans Emil Wielgolaski
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 3642662765
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnimals are important components of any ecosystem and it is impossible to describe structure and funCtioning of the Fennoscandian tundra ecosystems without including this part of the system. However, the strong diversity between functionally highly different fauna groups makes it impossible to study all groups in great detail with the funds and expertise available in Fennoscandia. Relatively few productivity studies were carried out on animals in Fenno scandian tundra regions before the IBP projects started in 1969-1970. Within IBP, more fauna groups have been investigated in the Norwegian tundra project than in the other countries, due to better financial support. Even in Norway, however, only a limited number of invertebrate and vertebrate taxons is studied. General lack of information on the same animals in various parts of the Fennoscandian tundra makes it more difficult to present structural and functional comparisons of fauna for the whole region than in plants and microorganisms (see Part 1 of Fennoscandian Tundra Ecosystems). Brief surveys on faunal problems within the area are given in the introduction to the animal section, and general aspects are also discussed in the four first papers of the volume.
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Publisher: Museum Tusculanum Press
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Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9788763512046
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kirsi Latola
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2017-06-15
Total Pages: 303
ISBN-13: 3319575325
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis open access book presents the most current research results and knowledge from five multidisciplinary themes: Vulnerability of Arctic Environments, Vulnerability of Arctic Societies, Local and Traditional Knowledge, Building Long-term Human Capacity, New Markets for the Arctic, including tourism and safety. The themes are those discussed at the first ever UArctic Congress Science Section, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 2016. The book looks at the Arctic from a holistic perspective; how the environment (both marine and terrestrial) and communities can adapt and manage the changes due to climate change. The chapters provide examples of the state-of-the-art research, bringing together both scientific and local knowledge to form a comprehensive and cohesive volume. Except where otherwise noted, this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Author: Bozzano G Luisa
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2012-12-02
Total Pages: 593
ISBN-13: 0323138748
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFROM THE PREFACE: The abundance of insects can change dramatically from generation to generation; these generational changes may occur within a growing season or over a period of years. Such extraordinary density changes or "outbreaks" may be abrupt and ostensibly random, or population peaks may occur in a more or less cyclic fashion....The goal of this book is to update and advance current thinking on the phenomenon of insect outbreaks. The contributors have reviewed relevant literature in order to generate a synthesis providing new concepts and important alternatives for future research. More importantly, they have presented new ideas or syntheses that will stimulate advances in thinking and experimentation.