Search for dissertations about: "insekter"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 78 swedish dissertations containing the word insekter.

  1. 11. Small biotopes: Landscape and management effects on pollinators

    Author : Annika Söderman; Biodiversitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Agri-environmnetal scheme; management; agriculture; landscape complexity; heterogeneity; landscape scale; mall biotopes; field boundaries; pollinating insects; pollination; bumblebees; solitary bees; hoverflies;

    Abstract : The intensification of agriculture during the second half of the twentieth century, has caused sever declines of farmland biodiversity, where loss of semi-natural habitats is one of the major drivers. To halt further loss of habitat and biodiversity, agri-environmental schemes (AES) are used to compensate farmers to use methods less harmful to the environment. READ MORE

  2. 12. Power and Wake Dynamics of Hawkmoth Flight

    Author : Kajsa Warfvinge; Evolutionär ekologi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Insect flight; Aerodynamics; Wind tunnel; Particle Image Velocimetry PIV .; tomo-PIV; Power; Manduca sexta; Macroglossum stellatarum; Hawkmoth;

    Abstract : Aerodynamic theory states that the power required to fly is related to flight speed with a ∪-shaped curve. This has been shown in vertebrates, but insects have been proposed to have a flat, or J-shaped power curve. READ MORE

  3. 13. Movements in the dark : flying, landing and walking in insects

    Author : THERESE REBER; Funktionell zoologi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; insect; vision; light intensity; bumblebee; retina; behavioural adaptation; flight; landing; dung beetle; nocturnal adaptation; sky compass; straight-line orientation;

    Abstract : Flying, as well as walking insects rely on vision to regulate locomotion, even in the dark when the visual system is much less reliable. To manage visual control of these behaviours at low light intensities, many insects have evolved optical adaptations, such as larger facet lenses and wider rhabdoms, and neural adaptations, such as spatial and temporal summation, to increase their visual sensitivity. READ MORE

  4. 14. Neurons against Noise : Neural adaptations for dim light vision in hawkmoths

    Author : Anna Stöckl; Funktionell zoologi; []
    Keywords : vision; insect; hawkmoth; motion vision; spatial and temporal summation; dim light; neural processing;

    Abstract : All animals perceive the world through their senses, which form the basis for their decisions and motor actions. However, when these all-important senses reach their limit and cease to provide reliable information, the animal’s survival is threatened. READ MORE

  5. 15. Food selection and fitness optimisation in insects

    Author : Helene Bracht Jörgensen; Biologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; food preference; nested PCR; fungal DNA; växtparasitologi; plant parasitology; Entomology; Entomologi; fungi; seeds; ground beetles; collembolans;

    Abstract : To optimise fitness is a continuous process which assists species survival in changing environments. Choosing an optimal diet is an essential part of the optimisation process and a key element of optimal foraging theory. READ MORE