scholarly journals Clear-cuts are temporary habitats, not matrix, for endangered grassland burnet moths (Zygaena spp.)

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 269-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl-Olof Bergman ◽  
Joseph Burman ◽  
Dennis Jonason ◽  
Mattias C. Larsson ◽  
Nils Ryrholm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Sex Pheromones ◽  
Pheromone Trap ◽  
Work Effort ◽  
Southern Sweden ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Inert Matrix ◽  
Temporary Habitats ◽  
Trap Catches ◽  
Better Than

AbstractBurnet moths (Zygaena spp.) are day-flying Lepidoptera considered indicative of species-rich grasslands. In the present study, our aim was to clarify whether clear-cuts are habitat, supporting habitat or matrix for three species of Zygaena. We did so by sampling these species with sex pheromones on 48 clear-cuts, varying in amount of host and nectar plants, in southern Sweden. To compare the efficiency of such sampling, we also conducted transect walks on these clearcuts. Overall, host-plants on clear-cuts best explained the abundance of Zygaena spp. recorded, better than nectar-plants or connectivity with nearby grasslands. These results indicate that clear-cuts with an abundance of host plants are used as a fully functional habitat, and not a supporting habitat in the sense of only providing nectar. There is no support in these results for considering clear-cuts as an inert matrix. With about half the work-effort, pheromone traps recorded 100 times more Zygaena spp. as transect walks. The poor correspondence between observations during transects walks and pheromone trap catches suggest Zygaena spp. being difficult to monitor by transect walks. In contrast to grasslands, clear-cuts are short-term in nature requiring repeated recolonization, indicating the importance of permanent grasslands. However, clear-cuts are important temporary insect habitats due to their great acreage, and suitable management can increase the time they remain a habitat.

scholarly journals Pheromone trap and crop infestation monitoring of mealybug species in Nelson apple orchards

2011 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
pp. 291-291
Author(s):  
P.W. Shaw ◽  
D.R. Wallis
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromones ◽  
Species Abundance ◽  
Pheromone Trap ◽  
Flight Activity ◽  
Leaf Sample ◽  
Gradual Decline ◽  
Pheromone Trapping ◽  
Pseudococcus Calceolariae ◽  
Potential Applications ◽  
Trap Catches

Potential applications for synthetic sex pheromones for two troublesome mealybug species found in New Zealand Pseudococcus calceolariae (citrophilus) and P longispinus (longtailed) are ongoing The aim of this pilot study was to compare the results of seasonlong pheromone trapping for both species with crop infestation assessments at harvest A total of four traps of each species was monitored in three commercial Nelson orchard blocks between September 2010 and April 2011 Trapping indicated a sharp peak in male citrophilus mealybug flight activity in mid February with a gradual decline thereafter Longtailed mealybug flight activity increased during March and peaked in late April when trapping ceased Higher numbers of citrophilus mealybug males (36764) were trapped than longtailed mealybug (693) At harvest mealybugs were identified on 357 infested fruit and 295 infested leaves to determine mealybug species composition and relative abundance The dominant species was longtailed mealybug identified on 92 of infested fruit Citrophilus and obscure mealybugs (P viburni) were identified on 3 and 5 of infested fruit respectively From the leaf sample 410 longtailed 4 obscure and no citrophilus mealybugs were identified These results indicate pheromone trap catches do not reflect species abundance in the crop Possible reasons for these results are discussed

scholarly journals A Novel LSTM Model with Interaction Dual Attention for Radar Echo Extrapolation

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
Chuyao Luo ◽  
Xutao Li ◽  
Yongliang Wen ◽  
Yunming Ye ◽  
Xiaofeng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Weather Forecast ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Learning Techniques ◽  
Radar Echo ◽  
Hidden States ◽  
Better Than

The task of precipitation nowcasting is significant in the operational weather forecast. The radar echo map extrapolation plays a vital role in this task. Recently, deep learning techniques such as Convolutional Recurrent Neural Network (ConvRNN) models have been designed to solve the task. These models, albeit performing much better than conventional optical flow based approaches, suffer from a common problem of underestimating the high echo value parts. The drawback is fatal to precipitation nowcasting, as the parts often lead to heavy rains that may cause natural disasters. In this paper, we propose a novel interaction dual attention long short-term memory (IDA-LSTM) model to address the drawback. In the method, an interaction framework is developed for the ConvRNN unit to fully exploit the short-term context information by constructing a serial of coupled convolutions on the input and hidden states. Moreover, a dual attention mechanism on channels and positions is developed to recall the forgotten information in the long term. Comprehensive experiments have been conducted on CIKM AnalytiCup 2017 data sets, and the results show the effectiveness of the IDA-LSTM in addressing the underestimation drawback. The extrapolation performance of IDA-LSTM is superior to that of the state-of-the-art methods.

The influence of behaviour modifying chemicals on mating success of the red bollworm Diparopsis castanea Hmps. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Malawi

1976 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 279-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Marks
Keyword(s):  
Sex Pheromone ◽  
Sexual Attraction ◽  
Practical Method ◽  
Pheromone Trap ◽  
Cotton Field ◽  
Field Cage ◽  
Synthetic Sex Pheromone ◽  
Trap Catches ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

AbstractThe synthetic sex pheromone (dicastalure) of the red bollworm of cotton, Diparopsis castanea Hmps., in Central and Southern Africa, and an inhibitor of male sexual attraction (trans-9-dodecenyl acetate,=IIA), were used in an enclosed 0·2 ha cotton field-cage to reduce successful female matings. Over one month dicastalure at 21·0 and 42·3 g/ha produced average reductions in mating of 47·9% and 72·5% respectively and 37·9 g IIA/ha produced an overall reduction in mating of 71·5%, or 79·5% in released moth populations, over the same period. The proportion of virgin females present in disruption situations was significantly greater than in untreated populations and was density-independent for moth populations of up to 2 200/ha. The proportion of fertile eggs in disruption situations was correspondingly reduced to 30·2% from an average of 67·9% in control cycles. Reduction in sex pheromone trap catches is an unsatisfactory indicator of the extent to which males are prevented from inseminating females and considerably over-estimates the true degree of disruption. This is the first time that a naturally occurring inhibitor has been used successfully to disrupt mating in a field population of insects and it indicates the potential of the method for the control of high density pest populations in cotton. However, use of polyethylene dispensing mechanisms similar to those used in the field-cage disruption experiments would be unsuitable as a practical method of dispensing behaviour modifying chemicals and it is suggested that, for suitably controlled release of such chemicals, currently available microencapsulation technology offers the best prospects.

scholarly journals Temporal mixture ensemble models for probabilistic forecasting of intraday cryptocurrency volume

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nino Antulov-Fantulin ◽  
Tian Guo ◽  
Fabrizio Lillo
Keyword(s):  
Econometric Models ◽  
Gradient Boosting ◽  
Point Estimate ◽  
Order Book ◽  
Probabilistic Forecasting ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Ensemble Models ◽  
Gradient Boosting Machine ◽  
Different Sources ◽  
Better Than

AbstractWe study the problem of the intraday short-term volume forecasting in cryptocurrency multi-markets. The predictions are built by using transaction and order book data from different markets where the exchange takes place. Methodologically, we propose a temporal mixture ensemble, capable of adaptively exploiting, for the forecasting, different sources of data and providing a volume point estimate, as well as its uncertainty. We provide evidence of the clear outperformance of our model with respect to econometric models. Moreover our model performs slightly better than Gradient Boosting Machine while having a much clearer interpretability of the results. Finally, we show that the above results are robust also when restricting the prediction analysis to each volume quartile.

scholarly journals Is pre-fracture functional status better than cognitive level in predicting short-term outcome of elderly hip fracture patients?

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 115-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilija Dubljanin-Raspopović ◽  
Ljiljana Marković-Denić ◽  
Dragana Matanović ◽  
Mirko Grajić ◽  
Nevena Krstić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hip Fracture ◽  
Functional Status ◽  
Cognitive Level ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Outcome ◽  
Short Term Outcome ◽  
Better Than

SYNTHETIC PHEROMONES DISRUPT MALE DIORYCTRIA SPP. MOTHS IN A LOBLOLLY PINE SEED ORCHARD

2000 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-351 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary L. DeBarr ◽  
James L. Hanula ◽  
Christine G. Niwa ◽  
John C. Nord
Keyword(s):  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sex Pheromones ◽  
Mating Disruption ◽  
Seed Orchard ◽  
Control Treatment ◽  
Tetradecenyl Acetate ◽  
Lepidoptera Pyralidae ◽  
Trap Catches ◽  
Large Scale Tests

AbstractSynthetic sex pheromones released in a loblolly pine, Pinus taeda L. (Pinaceae), seed orchard interfered with the ability of male coneworm moths, Dioryctria Zeller spp. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), to locate traps baited with sex pheromones or live females. Pherocon 1C® traps baited with synthetic pheromones or live conspecific females were hung near the center of two 1.2-ha circular plots during emergence of Dioryctria amatella (Hulst), Dioryctria disclusa (Heinrich), and Dioryctria merkeli (Mutuura and Munroe). In a paired design, trap catches for the mating-disruption treatment with synthetic pheromone dispensers consisting of three polyvinyl chloride rods placed in every tree were compared with the control treatment. Treatments were alternated at intervals of 2–3 d. Trap catches of D. amatella were reduced by 91% when plots were treated with 2.5 g/ha of Z-11-hexadencenyl acetate. Catches were reduced by 99.5% for D. disclusa and by 97% for D. merkeli when plots were treated with 12.5 g/ha of Z-9-tetradecenyl acetate, whereas catches of D. amatella were unaffected by this mating-disruption treatment. Daily disappearance of Z-9-tetradecenyl acetate from the dispensers averaged 0.46 g/ha or less. Manually placing dispensers on nylon lines in the tops of trees was an effective method for releasing synthetic Dioryctria pheromones in the orchard. These data suggest it may be feasible to prevent mating of Dioryctria spp. in pine seed orchards by using synthetic pheromones for mating disruption, but large-scale tests will be required to demonstrate cone protection.

The Relationship between Goal Proximity and Specificity in Bowling: A Field Experiment

1990 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven H. Frierman ◽  
Robert S. Weinberg ◽  
Allen Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Level Of Confidence ◽  
Goal Condition ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Better Than

The purpose of this investigation was twofold: to determine if individuals who were assigned specific, difficult goals perform better than those assigned “do your best” goals, and to examine the importance of goal proximity (longterm vs. short-term) on bowling performance. Subjects were 72 students enrolled in two beginning bowling courses at a 4-year university. They were matched according to baseline bowling averages and then randomly assigned to one of four goal-setting conditions. A 4 × 5 (Goal Condition × Trials) ANOVA with repeated measures on the last factor revealed a significant goal condition main effect, with the long-term goal group improving more than the do-your-best group. No other performance comparisons reached significance. Questionnaire data revealed that subjects in all three numerical goal conditions rated their level of confidence significantly higher than the do-your-best goal group in Week 1, but the long-term goal group displayed a significantly higher level of confidence than the other three goal groups in Week 4. All other questions indicated that all groups tried hard and were committed to and accepted their goals.

School Phobia: A Therapeutic Trial with Clomipramine and Short-Term Outcome

1981 ◽  
Vol 138 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Berney ◽  
I. Kolvin ◽  
S. R. Bhate ◽  
R. F. Garside ◽  
J. Jeans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
School Refusal ◽  
Therapeutic Trial ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Neurotic Disorder ◽  
Double Blind ◽  
Term Outcome ◽  
School Phobia ◽  
Short Term Outcome ◽  
Rapid Relief ◽  
Better Than

SummaryA double-blind trial failed to demonstrate any significant short-term effects of clomipramine in doses recommended for use in general practice (in addition to the usual range of psychotherapeutic help) in the treatment of children with school refusal and neurotic disorder. Patterns of improvement were also studied for the sample as a whole irrespective of treatment. Neither age nor sex were significantly related to improvement, except on one behavioural measure where girls initially did better than boys. In addition, it was found that there was a rapid relief of depression but neurotic symptomatology tended to persist.

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