Browsing Biological & Environmental Sciences by Publisher "BioMed Central"

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    • Coffee and its waste repel gravid Aedes albopictus females and inhibit the development of their embryos 

      Satho, Tomomitsu; Dieng, Hamady; Ahmad, Muhammad Hishamuddin Itam; Ellias, Salbiah Binti; Hassan, Ahmad Abu; ... more authors ( BioMed Central , 2015 , Article)
      Background Dengue is a prevalent arboviral disease and the development of insecticide resistance among its vectors impedes endeavors to control it. Coffee is drunk by millions of people daily worldwide, which is associated ...

    • A spherical-plot solution to linking acceleration metrics with animal performance, state, behaviour and lifestyle 

      Wilson, Rory P.; Holton, Mark D.; Walker, James S.; Shepard, Emily L.C.; Scantlebury, D. Mike; ... more authors ( BioMed Central , 2016 , Article)
      Background We are increasingly using recording devices with multiple sensors operating at high frequencies to produce large volumes of data which are problematic to interpret. A particularly challenging example comes from ...