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Download or read book Locust written by Jeffrey A. Lockwood and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the nineteenth century, swarms of locusts regularly swept across the continent, turning noon into dusk, demolishing farm communities, and bringing trains to a halt as the crushed bodies of insects greased the rails. In 1876, the U.S. Congress declared the locust "the single greatest impediment to the settlement of the country." From the Dakotas to Texas, from California to Iowa, the swarms pushed thousands of settlers to the brink of starvation, prompting the federal government to enlist some of the greatest scientific minds of the day and thereby jumpstarting the fledgling science of entomology. Over the next few decades, the Rocky Mountain locust suddenly -- and mysteriously -- vanished. A century later, Jeffrey Lockwood set out to discover why. Unconvinced by the reigning theories, he searched for new evidence in musty books, crumbling maps, and crevassed glaciers, eventually piecing together the elusive answer: A group of early settlers unwittingly destroyed the locust's sanctuaries just as the insect was experiencing a natural population crash. Drawing on historical accounts and modern science, Locust brings to life the cultural, economic, and political forces at work in America in the late-nineteenth century, even as it solves one of the greatest ecological mysteries of our time.
Book Synopsis The Year of the Locust by : Terry Hayes
Download or read book The Year of the Locust written by Terry Hayes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terry Hayes, author of the #1 global bestseller I Am Pilgrim, returns with this terrifying and eagerly awaited instant bestseller. If, like Kane, you’re a Denied Access Area spy for the CIA, then boundaries have no meaning. Your function is to go in, do whatever is required, and get out again—by whatever means necessary. You know when to run, when to hide—and when to shoot. But some places don’t play by the rules. Some places are too dangerous, even for a man of Kane’s experience. The badlands where the borders of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan meet are such a place—a place where violence is the only way to survive. Kane travels there to exfiltrate a man with vital information for the safety of the West—but instead he meets an adversary who will take the world to the brink of extinction. A frightening, clever, vicious man with blood on his hands and vengeance in his heart...
Book Synopsis Time of the Locust by : Morowa Yejide
Download or read book Time of the Locust written by Morowa Yejide and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " . . . A novel about an autistic boy whose drawings represent something much deeper than even the doctors who study can grasp; his father, serving 25 to life for murder; his mother, trying to hold herself together and fix her broken child. It's a supernatural journey of crime and punishment, retribution and redemption that ultimately leads to a father saving his son, a mother connecting with her child, and an American family reclaiming itself"--
Book Synopsis The Locust Effect by : Gary A. Haugen
Download or read book The Locust Effect written by Gary A. Haugen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An urgent call-to-action in support of ending violence against the world's poor reveals how in addition to hunger and disease, impoverish populations have become increasingly subject to assault, forced labor and other physical abuses, outlining recommendations for implementing workable solutions and overcoming corruption.
Book Synopsis The Day of the Locust by : Nathanael West
Download or read book The Day of the Locust written by Nathanael West and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Day of the Locust" by Nathanael West. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book The Locusts written by Jesse Lenz and published by . This book was released on 2020-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Locusts is the first monograph by photographer and publisher Jesse Lenz. His images transport the reader to rural Ohio where his children run wild in the fields, build forts in the attic, and fall asleep surrounded by lightsabers and superheroes. The microcosmic worlds of plants, insects, animals, and children create a brooding landscape where dichotomies of nature play out in front of his growing family. The backyard becomes a labyrinth of passages as the children experience the cycles of birth and death in the changing seasons. The Locusts depicts a world in which beautiful and terrible things will happen, but offers grace and healing within the brokenness and imperfection of life.
Book Synopsis White Poplar, Black Locust by : Louise Wagenknecht
Download or read book White Poplar, Black Locust written by Louise Wagenknecht and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a member of the U.S. Forest Service, recalls life in a Northern California town that is undergoing a transformation from lumber town to modern town and describes the dying years of a unique way of life. (Biography)
Book Synopsis New Strategies in Locust Control by : S. Krall
Download or read book New Strategies in Locust Control written by S. Krall and published by Birkhäuser. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late eighties large-scale control operations were carried out to control a major desert locust upsurge in Africa. For the first time since the banning of organochlorine pesticides these operations relied mainly on non-persistent pesticides such as organophosphates and pyrethroids. The amount of pesticides sprayed and the area covered were probably the highest in the history of locust control and raised criticism with respect to efficacy, economic viability and environmental impact. As a consequence, applied research into the problem was intensified, both at the national and the international level, with the goal of finding new and environmentally sound approaches and solutions to locust and grasshopper control. Emphasis was laid on developing new control agents and techniques.
Download or read book Locust written by Jeffrey Alan Lockwood and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2004-05-11 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scientist reconstructs the disappearance of the dreaded locust from American shores, diving into the historical record for evidence of the role of early settlers in destroying this legendary creature.
Download or read book Shipmast Locust written by Oran Raber and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Growing Black Locust Trees by : Wilbur Reed Mattoon
Download or read book Growing Black Locust Trees written by Wilbur Reed Mattoon and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Desert Locust Plagues by : Colin Everard
Download or read book Desert Locust Plagues written by Colin Everard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For thousands of years, humans have found themselves vulnerable to plagues of desert locusts. Some fifty countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia have been ravaged, at one time or another, by huge, devouring swarms of locusts. With the consequent, often total, destruction of crops and grazing, widespread hunger and starvation ensued. Colin Everard's book takes as its geographical focus the Horn of Africa, an area which throughout history has suffered catastrophically from locust plagues. Based on his own extensive experience in the region, Everard describes one of the greatest (albeit unsung) triumphs of the twentieth century, namely, how the desert locust scourge has, at last, been virtually brought under control.
Author :Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Publisher :Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 13 :9251362343 Total Pages :41 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (513 download)
Book Synopsis Technical guidance on desert locust – Early warning system and sustainable management of transboundary pests, with special reference to desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria [Forskål]) in South Asia by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Technical guidance on desert locust – Early warning system and sustainable management of transboundary pests, with special reference to desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria [Forskål]) in South Asia written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although locusts are a type of grasshopper, they differ physiologically and in their behaviour. When environmental conditions allow, locusts multiply rapidly so that billions of them can aggregate and migrate vast distances devouring every growing green thing in their path. Plagues of locusts have occured for a long time and are even referenced in the Old Testament of the Bible. The magnitude of damage and crop loss that they can cause is enormous and beyond imagination. They have been the cause of starvation across continents in the past. The desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål) is the most widespread and destructive of all locust species. When they invade they can cover about 30 million square kilometres and can include all or parts of 64 countries in the northwest and east of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and central Asia, including Afghanistan, India, the Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan, among others.
Book Synopsis East African Desert Locust Threat Increasing by : National Foreign Assessment Center (U.S.)
Download or read book East African Desert Locust Threat Increasing written by National Foreign Assessment Center (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys conditions in Red Sea area, East Africa, the Sahara, Arabian Peninsula and South Asia.
Author :Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Publisher :Food & Agriculture Org. ISBN 13 :9251337276 Total Pages :35 pages Book Rating :4.2/5 (513 download)
Book Synopsis Real-time evaluation of FAO’s response to desert locust upsurge 2020-2021 - Phase I by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Real-time evaluation of FAO’s response to desert locust upsurge 2020-2021 - Phase I written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2020-12-14 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the course of 2020, the most devastating Desert Locust upsurge of the past 25 years has spread across parts of the Middle East, the greater Horn of Africa, and southwest Asia. The upsurge poses an unprecedented risk to livelihoods and food security in some of the most food insecure countries in the world. FAO and its partners have mobilized more than USD 163 million since January 2020. The response includes three key pillars: (1) curbing the spread of desert locusts (including surveillance) (2) safeguarding livelihoods and promoting recovery and (3) coordination and preparedness of the rapid surge support. In this context, the FAO Office of Evaluation (OED) has been requested by the Director-General to conduct a real time evaluation (RTE), conducted across three phases spread over one year. Each phase will cover specific aspects of the response. Phase 1 focuses on leadership, management and coordination of the response and was conducted from June to October 2020. The findings, conclusions and recommendations of this phase 1 have been presented to a wide range of stakeholders and are developed in the Phase 1 report. Phase 2 focuses on results as well as management and operations at country level. Phase 3 will complete the RTE process drawing lessons for future operations and FAO’s work on desert locust in the region.
Book Synopsis Desert Locusts in the Caribbean by : Barry Stemshorn
Download or read book Desert Locusts in the Caribbean written by Barry Stemshorn and published by IICA Biblioteca Venezuela. This book was released on 1988 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Monitoring of Desert Locust in Africa and Asia by : Yingying Dong
Download or read book Monitoring of Desert Locust in Africa and Asia written by Yingying Dong and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-04 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the topic on remote sensing monitoring of desert locust in Africa and Asia. Remote sensing monitoring of the occurrence and damage of desert locust is conducted by integrating cutting-edge technologies and methods in cross-disciplinary fields in remote sensing science, geographic information science, agronomy, plant protection, agricultural meteorology, mathematics, and computer science. The main contents include spatio-temporal data analysis and processing, desert locust breeding areas monitoring, pest migration path analysis and damage monitoring. Moreover, a desert locust remote sensing monitoring system is constructed and applied in the region of Africa and Asia countries. This book not only provides technical reference for remote sensing monitoring and application of desert locust but also serves as a research reference for scholars and graduate students engaged in agricultural remote sensing, agricultural information technology, plant protection and other related field. It will help to improve remote sensing monitoring and application of desert locust.
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