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n. 昆虫14 次
Climate change is also expected to alter relationships between trees, insects, diseases and other forest species.
气候变化预计还会改变树木、昆虫、病害和其他森林物种之间的关系。
“Insects that today are a minor problem may become a major problem if they can produce three or four generations in a year,” says forest ecologist John Stanturf.
森林生态学家约翰·斯坦图夫说：“如今只是小问题的昆虫，如果一年能繁殖三四代，就可能变成大问题。”
Butterflies may not pollinate as many plants as wild bees and hoverflies, but because British butterflies are the best-studied group of insects in the world, they are an extremely useful indicator of the wider declines in flying insects.
蝴蝶授粉的植物也许不如野蜂和食蚜蝇那么多，但由于英国蝴蝶是世界上被研究得最透彻的昆虫类群，它们是反映飞行昆虫更大范围减少的一个极其有用的指标。
Butterflies may not pollinate as many plants as wild bees and hoverflies, but because British butterflies are the best-studied group of insects in the world, they are an extremely useful indicator of the wider declines in flying insects.
蝴蝶授粉的植物也许不如野蜂和食蚜蝇那么多，但由于英国蝴蝶是世界上被研究得最透彻的昆虫类群，它们是反映飞行昆虫更大范围减少的一个极其有用的指标。
Peters likes to photograph butterflies in a landscape, celebrating the beauty of their surroundings as well as the insects themselves.
彼得斯喜欢拍摄风景中的蝴蝶，既赞美这些昆虫本身，也赞美它们周围环境之美。
It’s incredibly difficult to get that close to a skittish sun-warmed insect.
要如此靠近一只被太阳晒暖、容易受惊的昆虫，难度大得令人难以置信。
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Unlike some photographers, who “cheat” by keeping insects in a fridge to slow them down, Peters refuses to tamper with wild butterflies.
有些摄影师会“作弊”，把昆虫放进冰箱让它们行动变慢，而彼得斯与他们不同，他拒绝摆弄野生蝴蝶。
The industry also claims that people who lay fake grass spend an average of £500 on trees or shrubs for their garden, which provides habitat for insects.
该行业还声称，铺设假草坪的人平均会花500英镑为花园购买树木或灌木，这为昆虫提供了栖息地。
the challenges of insect habitat protection.
保护昆虫栖息地面临的挑战。
Healthy trees are also better able to fend off insects.
健康的树木也更能抵御虫害。
Already, since 2010, drought and insects have killed over 100 million trees in California, most of them in 2016 alone, and wildfires have burned hundreds of thousands of acres.
自2010年以来，干旱和虫害已经导致加州超过1亿棵树木死亡，其中大部分仅在2016年就已死亡，而野火已烧毁了数十万英亩土地。
find more effective ways to kill insects.
寻找更有效的杀虫方法。
Subsequent experiments reproduced this effect with other stimuli, [such as] the sound of fingernails on a chalkboard and photographs of disgusting insects.
后续实验用其他刺激再现了这一效应，比如指甲划黑板的声音和令人恶心的昆虫照片。
Ants keep predatory insects away from where their aphids feed; Gmail keeps the spammers out of our inboxes.
蚂蚁让捕食性昆虫远离蚜虫进食的地方；Gmail则把垃圾邮件发送者挡在我们的收件箱之外。