Ciaran Pollard

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Can anyone help with the temporal relationship of insects?

Temperature influences the premating period of insects. However many studies stop short and fail to account for both post-diapause adult emergence and 1st generation adult emergence, when...

01 May 2014 7,604 3 View

Is there an alternative modelling approach to describe time-specific insect oviposition pattern instead of the standard and broad one function method?

I am attempting to account for blue willow beetle (Phratora vulgatissima) reproduction in a temperature-dependent stage emergence/phenology model (under construction). I wish to describe the...

11 January 2014 8,881 9 View

Is there a known minimum temperature threshold for budburst to occur for willow (salix) species (particularly S. viminalis) in Ireland or the UK?

I am conducting a research project looking at the development of temperature-dependent life-history models for blue and brown willow beetle species in Ireland. As part of this research, I am...

02 November 2012 216 7 View