Is there any study or research paper that deals with the disturbances faced by insects in the natural conditions?

There are countless research papers dealing with the menace and destructive nature of insects. In a way, insects are unfortunately deemed as detrimental organisms of the planet as there are...

06 July 2018 278 2 View

Is there a standard protocol to look for the parts of insects in the faecal matter of insectivorous birds?

The reliance of birds over insects for nutrition is an interesting ecological phenomenon. The reliance varies from being obligatory to facultative, but the major chunk of bird population are some...

05 June 2018 8,024 3 View

When can a species be redescribed? Is there a specific time frame for a species to be redescribed from its former description date?

Redescription of insects are getting popular day by day. Redescribing IMO should bring in many more distinctive features to the species, if I find the description of the species is not robust,...

03 April 2018 2,788 4 View

Can anyone teach me Maxent ecological software?

Spatial distribution of insects is a good area to study. Please help me with the software.

03 April 2018 2,561 2 View

I am confused with Insect morphological parts. Could anybody share some material so that I can learn the parts of insects belonging to varied taxa?

Diversity of insects is less likely to reach asymptotic mode even centuries later. Such a diverse organism has diverse array of body parts. Please share some material to make me understand about...

03 April 2018 7,498 4 View

Which type of spectrotometry method is apt for analysing the pesticide trace contents in insects?

Rapid usage of pesticides in agriculture has gained its way into the body of insects. I intend to check the content present from my personal collection of insects like grasshoppers and beetles...

02 March 2018 3,877 8 View

Is there an Android application that could work as a Range finder on field to help people working on Ecology?

GPS device could be ably replaced by an Android application called GPS essentials. I just need to know if there is an Android application that could replace Range finder on field?

01 February 2018 2,536 7 View

What makes a manuscript get published in a high impact journal?

Basically, I am an entomologist working on the diversity aspects of insects. Diversity as such does not sound glossy, it just describes the king of organisms that lives in particular habitat....

31 December 2017 684 8 View

Guidelines for survey (question type) analysis?

Hi. Please tell me what guidelines should i need to follow for questionaries' type research work in India. It is not hospital based work, we are conduction basic institutional based qualitative...

03 March 2021 2,037 3 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

After a reference from Int J Body Compos Res, can any body help?

Hi, I am after the reference below, my library says it cannot obtain a copy either locally or internationally, any help appreciated! Chris Wang ZM, Heshka S, Wielopolski L, Pi-Sunyer FX, Pierson...

03 March 2021 6,193 1 View

What techniques can I use to determine the miscibility of polymer blends?

The term miscibility refers to the single-phase state in thermodynamics. I do not mean the compatibility of different components. To determine the miscibility I know several techniques such as...

03 March 2021 4,107 4 View

How to access MSCI KLD Stats and Sustainalytics?

Hello all, I'm currently working on my undergraduate thesis and I'm having difficulties trying to access KLD Stats and Sustainalytics because my campus Airlangga University and apparently other...

02 March 2021 8,525 1 View

Ideas for Phd's Thesis on pricing (Marketing)?

Hi everyone, I'm studying Marketing and I would like to write my PhD thesis on the topic of pricing. Any specific ideas?

02 March 2021 9,706 5 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

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02 March 2021 932 1 View

How to repeat an operation on an atom selection for multiple times in PyMol?

Hi, I am trying to construct a multi-layer fibril structure from a single layer in PyMol by translating the layer along the fibril axis. For now, I am able to use the Translate command in PyMol...

02 March 2021 4,569 4 View

APA 7th In-Text citations with two references with three authors with the same surname, but four different author?

I have an issue with APA 7th in-text citation. II have two papers where the first three authors are the same, and the fourth is different. I am using the Mendeley desktop app, and automatically it...

02 March 2021 790 3 View