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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2021

A Review of Insect Monitoring Approaches with Special Reference to Radar Techniques.

Alexey Noskov, Joerg Bendix, Nicolas Friess

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Controlling plant pests with lasers.Precision agriculture · 2025
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  5. Continental-scale patterns in diel flight timing of high-altitude migratory insects.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024
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  13. Insects · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alexey NoskovFaculty of Geography, Philipps University of Marburg, Deutschhausstraße 12, 35032 Marburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0503-6558
Joerg BendixFaculty of Geography, Philipps University of Marburg, Deutschhausstraße 12, 35032 Marburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6559-2033
Nicolas FriessFaculty of Geography, Philipps University of Marburg, Deutschhausstraße 12, 35032 Marburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0517-3798

Funding

Hessen State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts, Germany; LOEWE priority project Nature 4.0 - Sensing Biodiversity LOEWE priority project Nature 4.0 - Sensing Biodiversity
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drastic declines in insect populations are a vital concern worldwide. Despite widespread insect monitoring, the significant gaps in the literature must be addressed. Future monitoring techniques must be systematic and global. Advanced technologies and computer solutions are needed. We provide here a review of relevant works to show the high potential for solving the aforementioned problems. Major historical and modern methods of insect monitoring are considered. All major radar solutions are carefully reviewed. Insect monitoring with radar is a well established technique, but it is still a fast-growing topic. The paper provides an updated classification of insect radar sets. Three main groups of insect radar solutions are distinguished: scanning, vertical-looking, and harmonic. Pulsed radar sets are utilized for all three groups, while frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) systems are applied only for vertical-looking and harmonic insect radar solutions. This work proves the high potential of radar entomology based on the growing research interest, along with the emerging novel setups, compact devices, and data processing approaches. The review exposes promising insect monitoring solutions using compact radar instruments. The proposed compact and resource-effective setups can be very beneficial for systematic insect monitoring.

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InsectaRadarAnimalsEntomologyconservationFMCW radarinsect radarlight trapremote sensingUGV

Identifiers

PMID33672508
PMCPMC7923785

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