Integrated Pest Management in the Southern United States of America: Changing Technology and Infrastructure—Implications for the Future

This contribution presents the analysis of the position of the Portuguese language within two Portuguese communities located in North America: in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America. Enrollments are decreasing within the communitarian schools of the two communities, and some actors within these institutions are mobilizing discourses about the power of Portuguese as a global language of the future, a language of business. Thanks to our ethnographic approach, we observed discourses promoted by these institutions not anymore as a Heritage Language (HL), but ‘selling’ Portuguese as a new language for the future. Moreover, we realized how the nationalist paradigm in which one language is equal to one nation or community, and this refers to one norm, is maintained to support this new position. Due to a qualitative methodology, mixing interactional observation and semi-structured interviews, we aimed to articulate discursive analysis and analysis of language practices, mainly focusing on the perception and the identification of what is perceived as the ‘good’ Portuguese. Speakers continue to interrogate mixed or hybrid practices according to their repertoires and considering each context or situation. This may help questioning the complex ideology of ‘purity’ of a language.

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Integrated Pest Management in Vegetables and Ornamentals in the Western United States

Insect Pest Management ◽

10.1007/978-3-662-07913-3_11 ◽

2004 ◽

pp. 279-299 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

M. W. Johnson ◽

N. C. Toscano ◽

J. Palumbo ◽

H. Costa

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Integrated Pest Management ◽

Pest Management ◽

Western United States

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Geographic variation in ectoparasitic mites diversity in Tadarida Brasiliensis (Chiroptera, Molossidae)

Iheringia Série Zoologia ◽

10.1590/1678-476620141044451456 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 104 (4) ◽

pp. 451-456

Author(s):

Tatiana C. Pesenti ◽

Sâmara N. Gomes ◽

Ana M. Rui ◽

Gertrud Müller

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

South America ◽

United States Of America ◽

Its Region ◽

Southern United States ◽

Lower Prevalence ◽

Southern Brazil ◽

Tadarida Brasiliensis ◽

Southern South America ◽

Prevalent Species

Tadarida brasiliensis (Geoffroy, 1824), the Brazilian free-tailed bat, is an insectivorous bat that occurs from southern United States of America to southern South America. In this study we present the first data on diversity of ectoparasitic mites of T. brasiliensis in Brazil. A compilation and analysis of the studies of mite diversity conducted in different points the geographic distribution this bat species are provided. The mites were collected from March 2010 to November 2011 on 160 T. brasiliensis adult bats captured in southern Brazil. Four species of mites have been found: Chiroptonyssus robustipes (Ewing, 1925), Ewingana longa (Ewing, 1938), Ewingana inaequalis (Radford, 1948), and specimens of Cheyletidae. Chiroptonyssus robustipes was the most prevalent species (100%), followed by E. longa (20%), E. inaequalis (10%), and specimens of Cheyletidae (1.25%). The data currently available show that C. robustipes parasitizes T. brasiliensis throughout its region of occurrence, and this mite is highly prevalent and abundant. The two species of Ewingana accompany the geographical distribution of T. brasiliensis, but with much lower prevalence and abundance.

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Threatened and Endangered Species of Plants in the Americas and Their Significance in Ecosystems Today and in the Future; a Symposium in Commemoration of the Bicentennial of the United States of America, held at the New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, 10–13 May 1976

Environmental Conservation ◽

10.1017/s0376892900018774 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 235-236

Author(s):

Ghillean T. Prance

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

New York ◽

Endangered Species ◽

United States Of America ◽

York Botanical ◽

Botanical Garden ◽

The United States ◽

Threatened And Endangered Species ◽

The Future ◽

New York Botanical Garden

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Insect Pest Management in Postharvest Ecosystems in the United States of America

Outlooks on Pest Management ◽

10.1564/20dec10 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 20 (6) ◽

pp. 279-284 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Frank H. Arthur ◽

Judy A. Johnson ◽

Lisa G. Neven ◽

Guy J. Hallman ◽

Peter A. Follett

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Pest Management ◽

United States Of America ◽

Insect Pest ◽

The United States ◽

Insect Pest Management

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