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Status and Protection of Globally Threatened Species in the Caucasus
STATUS AND PROTECTION OF GLOBALLY THREATENED SPECIES IN THE CAUCASUS CEPF Biodiversity Investments in the Caucasus Hotspot 2004-2009 Edited by Nugzar Zazanashvili and David Mallon Tbilisi 2009 The contents of this book do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of CEPF, WWF, or their sponsoring organizations. Neither the CEPF, WWF nor any other entities thereof, assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, product or process disclosed in this book. Citation: Zazanashvili, N. and Mallon, D. (Editors) 2009. Status and Protection of Globally Threatened Species in the Caucasus. Tbilisi: CEPF, WWF. Contour Ltd., 232 pp. ISBN 978-9941-0-2203-6 Design and printing Contour Ltd. 8, Kargareteli st., 0164 Tbilisi, Georgia December 2009 The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) is a joint initiative of l’Agence Française de Développement, Conservation International, the Global Environment Facility, the Government of Japan, the MacArthur Foundation and the World Bank. This book shows the effort of the Caucasus NGOs, experts, scientific institutions and governmental agencies for conserving globally threatened species in the Caucasus: CEPF investments in the region made it possible for the first time to carry out simultaneous assessments of species’ populations at national and regional scales, setting up strategies and developing action plans for their survival, as well as implementation of some urgent conservation measures. Contents Foreword 7 Acknowledgments 8 Introduction CEPF Investment in the Caucasus Hotspot A. W. Tordoff, N. Zazanashvili, M. Bitsadze, K. Manvelyan, E. Askerov, V. Krever, S. Kalem, B. Avcioglu, S. Galstyan and R. Mnatsekanov 9 The Caucasus Hotspot N. -
Temperature-Dependent Phenology and Predation in Arthropod Systems
ecological modelling 196 (2006) 471–482 available at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ecolmodel Temperature-dependent phenology and predation in arthropod systems J. David Logan a,∗, William Wolesensky b, Anthony Joern c a Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0130, Unites States b Program in Mathematics, College of St. Mary, Omaha, NE 68134, Unites States c Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, Unites States article info abstract Article history: A central issue in ecology is to determine how environmental variations associated with Received 22 April 2005 global climate change, especially changing temperatures, affect trophic interactions in var- Received in revised form 14 ious ecosystems. This paper develops a temperature-dependent, stage-based, discrete, co- December 2005 hort model of the population dynamics of an insect pest under pressure from a predator. Accepted 9 February 2006 Guided by experimental data, the model is applied specifically to predation of grasshoppers Published on line 17 April 2006 by rangeland lycosid spiders. The development rate of insect arthropods is strongly affected by temperature, and these temperature-dependent phenological effects couple with shifts in Keywords: the daily activity periods for both prey and predator, thereby increasing or decreasing oppor- Predator–prey models tunities for interaction. The model addresses these effects quantitatively by introducing a Temperature temperature-dependent, joint-activity factor that enters the predator’s functional response. Phenology The model also includes a prey mortality rate that is temperature-dependent through the Grasshoppers prey development rate. The model is parameterized using field and experimental data for Lycosid spiders spiders and grasshoppers. -
State-Of-The-Art on Use of Insects As Animal Feed
State-of-the-art on use of insects as animal feed Harinder P.S. Makkar1, Gilles Tran2, Valérie Heuzé2 and Philippe Ankers1 1 Animal Production and Health Division, FAO, Rome 2 Association Française de Zootechnie, Paris, France Full reference of the paper: Animal Feed Science and Technology, Volume 197, November 2014, pages 1-33 Link: http://www.animalfeedscience.com/article/S0377-8401(14)00232-6/abstract http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2014.07.008 Abstract A 60-70% increase in consumption of animal products is expected by 2050. This increase in the consumption will demand enormous resources, the feed being the most challenging because of the limited availability of natural resources, ongoing climatic changes and food-feed-fuel competition. The costs of conventional feed resources such as soymeal and fishmeal are very high and moreover their availability in the future will be limited. Insect rearing could be a part of the solutions. Although some studies have been conducted on evaluation of insects, insect larvae or insect meals as an ingredient in the diets of some animal species, this field is in infancy. Here we collate, synthesize and discuss the available information on five major insect species studied with respect to evaluation of their products as animal feed. The nutritional quality of black soldier fly larvae, the house fly maggots, mealworm, locusts- grasshoppers-crickets, and silkworm meal and their use as a replacement of soymeal and fishmeal in the diets of poultry, pigs, fish species and ruminants are discussed. The crude protein contents of these alternate resources are high: 42 to 63% and so are the lipid contents (up to 36% oil), which could possibly be extracted and used for various applications including biodiesel production. -
Managing Weta Damage to Vines Through an Understanding of Their Food, Habitat Preferences, and the Policy Environment
Lincoln University Digital Thesis Copyright Statement The digital copy of this thesis is protected by the Copyright Act 1994 (New Zealand). This thesis may be consulted by you, provided you comply with the provisions of the Act and the following conditions of use: you will use the copy only for the purposes of research or private study you will recognise the author's right to be identified as the author of the thesis and due acknowledgement will be made to the author where appropriate you will obtain the author's permission before publishing any material from the thesis. Managing weta damage to vines through an understanding of their food, habitat preferences, and the policy environment A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Applied Science at Lincoln University by Michael John Smith Lincoln University 2014 Abstract of a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Applied Science. Abstract Managing weta damage to vines through an understanding of their food, habitat preferences, and the policy environment by Michael John Smith Insects cause major crop losses in New Zealand horticulture production, through either direct plant damage or by vectoring disease Pugh (2013). As a result, they are one of the greatest risks to NZ producing high quality horticulture crops (Gurnsey et al. 2005). The main method employed to reduce pest damage in NZ horticulture crops is the application of synthetic pesticides (Gurnsey et al. 2005). However, there are a number of negative consequences associated with pesticide use, including non–target animal death (Casida & Quistad 1998) and customer dissatisfaction. -
FIELD OBSERVATIONS of TROPIDACRIS COLLARIS (ORTHOPTERA: ROMALEIDAE) Christopher K
FIELD OBSERVATIONS OF TROPIDACRIS COLLARIS (ORTHOPTERA: ROMALEIDAE) Christopher K. Starr Dep't of Life Sciences, University of the West Indies,St Augustine, Trinidad & 'Ibbago cstarr{jj}centre.uwi.tt Tropidacris i s a neotropi c al genus of three known s peci es aggregation close to the ground on a small shrub c lose along that include the largest g r asshoppers in the world (Carbone ll side the gulch. I netted a sampl e of these, which disturbance 19 86). Two species, T. collaris and T. crisrata, have very caused the remai nin g individuals to scatter. Some time later broad ranges that include mos t of South America north of the I returned to that spot and found th e aggregation re-formed southern cone . The former is the species found on Margarita in a s imilar s ituation less than a meter from where I had first Is land, wh il e the range of the latter inc ludes Tri nidad and found it. Although I did not attempt to quantify ad ult densi Tobago. The two are readily distingui s hed by the fo llowing ty in any part of the gulch, they appeared to be most concen adult characters (Carbonell 1984.1986): a) a nte nnae enti rely trated within a very few meters of the aggregation of hoppers. yellow in T. collaris, basal two segments brown to black in T. I tas ted one hopper and found it to be very biller. approx cristata, b) dorsa l crest of pronotum continu ing o nto posteri imately like an adu lt mo narch butterfly (Danaus plexippus). -
Elements for the Sustainable Management of Acridoids of Importance in Agriculture
African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 7(2), pp. 142-152, 12 January, 2012 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJAR DOI: 10.5897/AJAR11.912 ISSN 1991-637X ©2012 Academic Journals Review Elements for the sustainable management of acridoids of importance in agriculture María Irene Hernández-Zul 1, Juan Angel Quijano-Carranza 1, Ricardo Yañez-López 1, Irineo Torres-Pacheco 1, Ramón Guevara-Gónzalez 1, Enrique Rico-García 1, Adriana Elena Castro- Ramírez 2 and Rosalía Virginia Ocampo-Velázquez 1* 1Department of Biosystems, School of Engineering, Queretaro State University, C.U. Cerro de las Campanas, Querétaro, México. 2Department of Agroecology, Colegio de la Frontera Sur, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México. Accepted 16 December, 2011 Acridoidea is a superfamily within the Orthoptera order that comprises a group of short-horned insects commonly called grasshoppers. Grasshopper and locust species are major pests of grasslands and crops in all continents except Antarctica. Economically and historically, locusts and grasshoppers are two of the most destructive agricultural pests. The most important locust species belong to the genus Schistocerca and populate America, Africa, and Asia. Some grasshoppers considered to be important pests are the Melanoplus species, Camnula pellucida in North America, Brachystola magna and Sphenarium purpurascens in northern and central Mexico, and Oedaleus senegalensis and Zonocerus variegatus in Africa. Previous studies have classified these species based on specific characteristics. This review includes six headings. The first discusses the main species of grasshoppers and locusts; the second focuses on their worldwide distribution; the third describes their biology and life cycle; the fourth refers to climatic factors that facilitate the development of grasshoppers and locusts; the fifth discusses the action or reaction of grasshoppers and locusts to external or internal stimuli and the sixth refers to elements to design management strategies with emphasis on prevention. -
Grasshoppers and Locusts (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Palestinian Territories at the Palestine Museum of Natural History
Zoology and Ecology ISSN: 2165-8005 (Print) 2165-8013 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tzec20 Grasshoppers and locusts (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Palestinian territories at the Palestine Museum of Natural History Mohammad Abusarhan, Zuhair S. Amr, Manal Ghattas, Elias N. Handal & Mazin B. Qumsiyeh To cite this article: Mohammad Abusarhan, Zuhair S. Amr, Manal Ghattas, Elias N. Handal & Mazin B. Qumsiyeh (2017): Grasshoppers and locusts (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Palestinian territories at the Palestine Museum of Natural History, Zoology and Ecology, DOI: 10.1080/21658005.2017.1313807 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21658005.2017.1313807 Published online: 26 Apr 2017. Submit your article to this journal View related articles View Crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=tzec20 Download by: [Bethlehem University] Date: 26 April 2017, At: 04:32 ZOOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, 2017 https://doi.org/10.1080/21658005.2017.1313807 Grasshoppers and locusts (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Palestinian territories at the Palestine Museum of Natural History Mohammad Abusarhana, Zuhair S. Amrb, Manal Ghattasa, Elias N. Handala and Mazin B. Qumsiyeha aPalestine Museum of Natural History, Bethlehem University, Bethlehem, Palestine; bDepartment of Biology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan ABSTRACT ARTICLE HISTORY We report on the collection of grasshoppers and locusts from the Occupied Palestinian Received 25 November 2016 Territories (OPT) studied at the nascent Palestine Museum of Natural History. Three hundred Accepted 28 March 2017 and forty specimens were collected during the 2013–2016 period. -
The Taxonomy of Utah Orthoptera
Great Basin Naturalist Volume 14 Number 3 – Number 4 Article 1 12-30-1954 The taxonomy of Utah Orthoptera Andrew H. Barnum Brigham Young University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn Recommended Citation Barnum, Andrew H. (1954) "The taxonomy of Utah Orthoptera," Great Basin Naturalist: Vol. 14 : No. 3 , Article 1. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/gbn/vol14/iss3/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Western North American Naturalist Publications at BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Great Basin Naturalist by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. IMUS.COMP.ZSOL iU6 1 195^ The Great Basin Naturalist harvard Published by the HWIilIijM i Department of Zoology and Entomology Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah Volum e XIV DECEMBER 30, 1954 Nos. 3 & 4 THE TAXONOMY OF UTAH ORTHOPTERA^ ANDREW H. BARNUM- Grand Junction, Colorado INTRODUCTION During the years of 1950 to 1952 a study of the taxonomy and distribution of the Utah Orthoptera was made at the Brigham Young University by the author under the direction of Dr. Vasco M. Tan- ner. This resulted in a listing of the species found in the State. Taxonomic keys were made and compiled covering these species. Distributional notes where available were made with the brief des- criptions of the species. The work was based on the material in the entomological col- lection of the Brigham Young University, with additional records obtained from the collection of the Utah State Agricultural College. -
An Illustrated Key of Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of the Indian Subcontinent Region
Zootaxa 4895 (3): 381–397 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) https://www.mapress.com/j/zt/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2020 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4895.3.4 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EDD13FF7-E045-4D13-A865-55682DC13C61 An Illustrated Key of Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of the Indian Subcontinent Region SUNDUS ZAHID1,2,5, RICARDO MARIÑO-PÉREZ2,4, SARDAR AZHAR AMEHMOOD1,6, KUSHI MUHAMMAD3 & HOJUN SONG2* 1Department of Zoology, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan 2Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA 3Department of Genetics, Hazara University, Mansehra, Pakistan �[email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4425-4742 4Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA �[email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0566-1372 5 �[email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8986-3459 6 �[email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4121-9271 *Corresponding author. �[email protected]; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6115-0473 Abstract The Indian subcontinent is known to harbor a high level of insect biodiversity and endemism, but the grasshopper fauna in this region is poorly understood, in part due to the lack of appropriate taxonomic resources. Based on detailed examinations of museum specimens and high-resolution digital images, we have produced an illustrated key to 21 Pyrgomorphidae genera known from the Indian subcontinent. This new identification key will become a useful tool for increasing our knowledge on the taxonomy of grasshoppers in this important biogeographic region. Key words: dichotomous key, gaudy grasshoppers, taxonomy Introduction The Indian subcontinent is known to harbor a high level of insect biodiversity and endemism (Ghosh 1996), but is also one of the most poorly studied regions in terms of biodiversity discovery (Song 2010). -
Insect Classification Standards 2020
RECOMMENDED INSECT CLASSIFICATION FOR UGA ENTOMOLOGY CLASSES (2020) In an effort to standardize the hexapod classification systems being taught to our students by our faculty in multiple courses across three UGA campuses, I recommend that the Entomology Department adopts the basic system presented in the following textbook: Triplehorn, C.A. and N.F. Johnson. 2005. Borror and DeLong’s Introduction to the Study of Insects. 7th ed. Thomson Brooks/Cole, Belmont CA, 864 pp. This book was chosen for a variety of reasons. It is widely used in the U.S. as the textbook for Insect Taxonomy classes, including our class at UGA. It focuses on North American taxa. The authors were cautious, presenting changes only after they have been widely accepted by the taxonomic community. Below is an annotated summary of the T&J (2005) classification. Some of the more familiar taxa above the ordinal level are given in caps. Some of the more important and familiar suborders and families are indented and listed beneath each order. Note that this is neither an exhaustive nor representative list of suborders and families. It was provided simply to clarify which taxa are impacted by some of more important classification changes. Please consult T&J (2005) for information about taxa that are not listed below. Unfortunately, T&J (2005) is now badly outdated with respect to some significant classification changes. Therefore, in the classification standard provided below, some well corroborated and broadly accepted updates have been made to their classification scheme. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions about this classification. -
Morphology and Development of Oocyte and Follicle Resorption Bodies in the Lubber Grasshopper, Romalea Microptera (Beauvois)
S.V. SUNDBERG, M.H. LUONG-SKOVMANDJournal of Orthoptera AND D.W. Research, WHITMAN June 2001, 10 (1): 39-5139 Morphology and development of oocyte and follicle resorption bodies in the Lubber grasshopper, Romalea microptera (Beauvois) STEVEN V. SUNDBERG, MY HANH LUONG-SKOVMAND AND DOUGLAS W. WHITMAN [SVS, DWW] Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, & Systematic Section, 4120 Department of Biological Sciences, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4120, USA e-mail: [email protected] [MHLS] CIRAD, Centre de Cooperation Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Developpement (Prifas) BP 5035 - 34032 Montpellier cedex 1 - France e-mail: [email protected] Abstract We describe the development and appearance of Follicle Resorption ovocyte, produisent un corps de régression de couleur jaune orangé. Bodies (FRBs) and Oocyte Resorption Bodies (ORBs) in the Le nombre de traces de ponte est égal au nombre d’oeufs pondus et grasshopper Romalea microptera (= guttata), and demonstrate that le nombre de corps de régression au nombre d’ovocytes ayant these structures can be used to determine the past ovipositional and régressé. Les R. microptera en bonne santé et nourris en abondance environmental history of females. In R. microptera, one resorption résorbent environ le quart de leur ovocytes en croissance. La privation body is deposited at the base of each ovariole following each de nourriture ou le stress physiologique entrainent une gonotropic cycle. These structures are semi-permanent, and remain augmentation du taux de régression ovocytaire et par conséquent distinct for at least 8 wks and two additional ovipositions. Ovarioles du nombre de corps de régression (ORB). Si l’on compte les traces that ovulate a mature, healthy oocyte, produce a cream-colored de ponte et les corps de régression dans chaque ovariole, on obtient FRB. -
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Wyoming_________________________________________________________________________________________ Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 912 • Species Fact Sheet Slantfaced Pasture Grasshopper Orphulella speciosa (Scudder) Distribution and Habitat Examination of crop contents of grasshoppers collected in the tallgrass prairie of eastern Kansas revealed that the The slantfaced pasture grasshopper ranges widely in North American grasslands from east of the Rocky Mountains common plants ingested were blue grama, sideoats grama, to the Atlantic Coast and from southern Canada to northern Kentucky bluegrass, little bluestem, and big bluestem. Mexico. The species is most abundant in upland areas of short Because this grasshopper prefers to inhabit areas of short grasses in the tallgrass and southern mixedgrass prairies. In the grasses, mowed fields, and heavily grazed pastures, a large shortgrass prairie of Colorado and New Mexico, it inhabits proportion of crops, 16 to 27 percent, contained blue grama mesic swales. Generally preferring mesic habitats, its center of and Kentucky bluegrass. Fragments of other grasses distribution appears to be in the tallgrass prairie where its detected in crops included buffalograss, hairy grama, populations often become numerically dominant. In eastern prairie junegrass, western wheatgrass, tall dropseed, sand states this grasshopper occurs principally in relatively dry dropseed, Leibig panic, Scribner panic, switchgrass panic, upland and hilly pastures with sandy loam soil and often prairie sandreed, reed canarygrass, prairie threeawn, becomes abundant and the dominant species. stinkgrass, and yellow bristlegrass. Fragments of three species of sedges were also found: Penn sedge, needleleaf sedge, and fieldclustered sedge. Unidentified fungi were present in 6 percent of the crops of grasshoppers from Kansas and 8 percent from North Dakota. A few crops contained forbs and arthropod parts.