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Tree misting calls for an accurate aim and precise timing. The idea is to collect only a sample of the canopy insects. What' s the value in studying insects? Well, insects are incredibly diverse. For example the beetles and the group that I' m studying, there are 4, 000 species in the UK, and the flies that Erica' s working on, there are 7, 000. So altogether that' s 11, 000 species of insect, compared to just a few species of mammal or a few species of bird. And so when you' ve got that many species you can see much much more detail about the habitat. You' re looking at much much better resolution. This improved resolution is like zooming in to the individual pixels of the habitat, helping us understand how it works. Max hopes the tree misting will uncover more of this fine detail. I' ve got no idea what' s gonna be up here in the canopy. We could be finding something very very interesting that generations of entomologists haven' t found here before. And that' s pretty exciting, I think. |
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zhè zhǒng pēn wù yāo qiú dìng wèi zhǔn, shí jiān jīng zhǔn, mù biāo shì shōu jí dào shù guān dǐng bù kūn chóng de yàng běn. yán jiū kūn chóng yǒu shén me yì yì ne? kūn chóng de zhǒng lèi jí qí fán duō, jiù ná wǒ yán jiū de jiǎ chóng lái shuō. zài yīng guó jiù yǒu sì qiān duō zhǒng, ài ruì kǎ zhèng zài yán jiū de fēi chóng, yǒu qī qiān zhǒng, jiā qǐ lái jiù yī wàn yī qiān zhǒng le. xiāng bǐ zhī xià, niǎo lèi hé bǔ rǔ dòng wù zhǒng lèi jiù shǎo dé duō. yán jiū zhè me duō de wù zhǒng, nǐ jiù néng fā xiàn tā men qī xī dì de gèng duō xì jié, néng gèng jīng xì dì guān chá yán jiū qī xī dì. jiè zhù kūn chóng xìn xī, wǒ men néng gòu shēn rù dào qī xī dì de měi gè jiǎo luò, liǎo jiě qī xī dì de shēng tài zhuàng kuàng. mài kè sī xī wàng jiè pēn wù shí yàn, fā xiàn gèng duō xì jié. wǒ wán quán bù zhī dào shàng miàn shì shén me yàng zi. xìng yùn de huà, wǒ men huì zhǎo dào, jǐ dài kūn chóng xué jiā dōu méi fā xiàn de shén qí xìn xī, zhè lìng wǒ fēi cháng xīng fèn. |