Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Pest control is the regulation or management of a species defined as a pest; such as any animal, plant or fungus that impacts adversely on human activities or environment. [1] The human response depends on the importance of the damage done and will range from tolerance, through deterrence and management, to attempts to completely eradicate the ...
Pronghorn. Discovered (for the first time by European Americans): Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus); Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea); Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
Biological control or biocontrol is a method of controlling pests, whether pest animals such as insects and mites, weeds, or pathogens affecting animals or plants by using other organisms. [1] It relies on predation , parasitism , herbivory , or other natural mechanisms, but typically also involves an active human management role.
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, founded by S. J. Clarke (1842–1930), was a self-publishing firm in Chicago that sold subscription histories of communities from the 1890s until the 1930s. [1]
Patrick Gass (June 12, 1771 – April 2, 1870) served as sergeant in the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806). He was important to the expedition because of his service as a carpenter, and he published the first journal of the expedition in 1807, seven years before the first publication based on Lewis and Clark's journals.
A logbook (or log book) is a record used to record states, events, or conditions applicable to complex machines or the personnel who operate them. Logbooks are commonly associated with the operation of aircraft, nuclear plants, particle accelerators, and ships (among other applications).
Insects with population trends documented by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, for orders Collembola, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Odonata, and Orthoptera. A 2020 meta-analysis found that globally terrestrial insects appear to be declining in abundance at a rate of about 9% per decade, while the abundance of freshwater insects appears to be increasing by 11% per decade.
One proposed solution was labeled "pest control," with sparrows identified by Mao as pests. In response to the CCP's directive, local governments nationwide mobilized people to combat these birds. When the campaign against sparrows was eventually halted in April 1960, the unchecked proliferation of insects in the fields resulted in significant ...