Big Brother is Watching: Studying Insect Predation in the Age of Digital Surveillance

American Entomologist

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 172-182

  Grieshop, Matthew J ^a   Werling, Benjamin P ^a   Buehrer, Krista ^a   Perrone, Julia ^a   Isaacs, Rufus ^a   Landis, Doug ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Blueberry; Corn; Digital video recorder; DVR; Formicidae; Insect behavior; Prairie; Video; Videography

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883614995     PISSN: 10462821     EISSN: 21559902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ae/58.3.172     Document Type: Article

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