The cost of compound feed is a constraint in intensive fish and poultry farming, contributing
60-80% of the total production costs, 70% of which is due to fish and soy meal used as …

Livestock may impact habitat quality for grasshoppers by reducing food availability and by
altering microclimate and potential oviposition sites. A 5-year study was conducted to create …

Vegetation and grasshopper community variables were monitored on the natural steppes
grazed by livestock in Inner Mongolia, China. The sites sampled belong to 3 vegetation …

The diversity patterns, the ecological structure and the typical species of the orthopteran
assemblage in the Dadia reserve are investigated. The reserve was designed to protect the …

Orthoptera species and assemblages vary enormously in biology, abundance, population
variability and geographic range. This means that some are major pests but others are …

Insect herbivory can produce a pulse of mineral nitrogen (N) in soil from the decomposition
of frass and cadavers. In this study, we examined how diet quality affects rates of N and …

The human impact on the African savanna is parcelling large native mammals into game
reserves, with cattle and other livestock replacing these native mammals in the matrix …

Parasitic wasps of the genus Scelio play an important role in the regulation of orthopteran
populations and are implicated in suppressing numbers of numerous pest locusts and …

About 20% of the natural grasslands in Sub-Saharan Africa have been converted to
cropland and 80% of the converted area is managed by small-scale farmers. Despite the …

A native California perennial grassland was sampled for grasshopper populations. The
grassland is managed for the preservation of the native perennial bunchgrass, Nassetta …