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DEET Blocks Bugs From Smelling Humans as “Food”
Brian Handwerk
for National Geographic News
March 13, 2008
The popular bug spray known as DEET blocks insects from picking up the smells on humans that would otherwise register as “food,” a new study says.
DEET temporarily destroys an insect’s sense of smell by hindering the function of certain odor receptors.
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To Feed the Birds, First Feed the Bugs - New York Times Annotated
OXFORD, Pa
(This Saturday: Native Plant Symposium All Stars-Douglas Tallamy, Darrel Morrison, Dick Lighty, Ian Caton)

Doug Tallamy
Dogwood

DOUG TALLAMY and his wife, Cindy, built their house seven years ago in the middle of 10 acres of former […]

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Scientific American: Plants Don’t Like Greenhouse Effect Annotated

Fossil remains indicate that insects actually eat more plant material when the planet is warmer. Karen Hopkin reports.

According to a new study, published in the February 12 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…

plants, too, are likely to face problems as the earth heats […]

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In Life’s Web, Aiding Trees Can Kill Them - New York Times Annotated
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instead of thriving, acacia trees that were protected from leaf-eating elephants and giraffes were withering and dying.
 

Dr. Palmer and his colleagues investigated. Their findings, reported in Friday’s issue of the journal Science, add to the mounting evidence that relationships between plant […]

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