insect population
1Population dynamics — is the branch of life sciences that studies short term and long term changes in the size and age composition of populations, and the biological and environmental processes influencing those changes. Population dynamics deals with the way… …
2population explosion — noun An explosive, i.e. extremely fast, population growth A locust plague starts when exceptionally propiscious circumstances combine to trigger an insect population explosion, which literally dies down as the conditions worsen and the food… …
3Insect winter ecology — entails the overwinter survival strategies of insects, which are in many respects more similar to those of plants than to many other animals, such as mammals and birds. This is because unlike those animals, which can generate their own heat… …
4Insect migration — is the seasonal movement of insects, particularly those by species of dragonflies, beetles, butterflies and moths. The distance can vary from species to species, but in most cases these movements involve large numbers of individuals. In some… …
5Population genomics — is the large scale comparison of DNA sequences of populations. Population genomics is a neologism that is associated with population genetics. ee also* Genomics * Personal genomicsReferences* [http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/10/20/2… …
6insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… …
7Insect wing — Original veins and wing posture of a dragonfly. Hoverflies hovering to mate …
8Insect — For the Breed 77 album, see Insects (album). Insect Temporal range: 396–0 Ma …
9Insect repellent — Mosquito on a bottle of herbal mosquito repellent. An insect repellent is a substance applied to skin, clothing, or other surfaces which discourages insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. There are also… …
10Insect indicators of abuse or neglect — Entomological evidence is legal evidence in the form of insects or related artifacts and is a field of study in forensic entomology. Such evidence is used particularly in medicolegal and medicocriminal applications. Insect evidence is customarily …
