FEEDING ECOLOGY OF PINE SHOOT BEETLES (TOMICUS SPP.) IN TREE CROWNS OF SCOTS PINE (PINUS SYLVESTRIS L.) STANDS UNDER ONE-YEAR OUTBREAK

Feeding ecology of pine shoot beetles (Tomicus spp.) in tree crowns of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) stands under one-year outbreak

Studies were carried out in southern Poland during 2002-2006 in Scots pine stands under the effect of an chocolate chip cookie purse outbreak of pine shoot beetles.The qualitative aspects of beetle feeding in tree crowns, studied on the basis of fallen shoots collected on experimental plots, are presented in this paper.The beetle numbers affected t

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Financial and Performance Analyses of Microcontroller Based Solar-Powered Autorickshaw for a Developing Country

This paper presents a case study to examine the economic viability and performance analysis of a microcontroller based solar powered battery operated autorickshaw (m-SBAR), for the developing countries, which is compared with different types of rickshaws such as pedal rickshaw (PR), battery operated autorickshaw (BAR), and solar-powered battery ope

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Model-stable universality of the air shower electromagnetic component: An approach to solving the mass composition problem

On the basis of the scaling approach and CORSIKA simulations data the radial scale factor of the lateral distribution of electrons in extensive air showers is confirmed as a potentially effective primary mass estimator, and its sensitivity to hadronic interaction model is investigated.It is shown that improved composition results doughlish both on

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