The photomechanic infrared receptor for the detection of forest fires in the beetle Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

1998 ◽  
Vol 182 (5) ◽  
pp. 647-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Schmitz ◽  
H. Bleckmann
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fires ◽  
Infrared Receptor ◽  
Melanophila Acuminata

Perception of Infrared Radiation from Forest Fires by Melanophila Acuminata de Geer (Buprestidae, Coleoptera)

Ecology ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 1061-1065 ◽  
Author(s):  
William G. Evans
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fires ◽  
Infrared Radiation ◽  
Melanophila Acuminata

THE INFRARED RECEPTIVE FIELDS OF MELANOPHILA ACUMINATA (COLEOPTERA: BUPRESTIDAE)

1980 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. G. Evans ◽  
J. E. Kuster
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fires ◽  
Infrared Radiation ◽  
Solid Angle ◽  
Receptive Fields ◽  
Point Sources ◽  
Melanophila Acuminata

AbstractReceptive fields of the infrared receptors located in sensory pits adjacent to the mesocoxal cavities of Melanophila acuminata were measured using a goniometric apparatus and plotted on a Mollweide homolographic projection. The receptive fields extend mainly in a lateral and ventral direction. The total receptive area in units of solid angle is 5.80 steradians but the simultaneous field of perception of infrared radiation of all the sensilla in a pit is only 0.42 steradian. Based on these findings and on other evidence we believe that the infrared-sensitive sensilla function during flight and are used by these beetles for detecting point sources of heat, such as forest fires, from long distances.

Beetles sniff out forest fires

Nature ◽  
1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry Gee
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fires

A Study on Vulnerability Assessment for Forest Fires according to Climate Change in Jeju-si and Seogwipo-si

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-223
Author(s):  
Chaehyun Lim ◽  
◽  
Changyoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Vulnerability Assessment

Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of the Effect of Radiation and Combined Heat Transfer on Initiation and Spread of Ground Forest Fires

2002 ◽  
Vol 33 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
A. M. Grishin ◽  
A. A. Dolgov ◽  
V. P. Zima ◽  
A. N. Subbotin ◽  
R. Sh. Tsvyk
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Theoretical Investigation ◽  
Forest Fires ◽  
Combined Heat Transfer

FOREST FIRES IN ZABAYKALSKY KRAI: ANALYSIS AND FORECAST OF FIRE HAZARDS

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
Yuri Sosnovchik ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Forest Fires ◽  
Fire Hazards
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