Search for a dissertation topic in entomology, ecology and geography

a PhD thesis made in 10-20 years will also not make science. Unless it leaves a small brick in it.

They convinced me once again that I was right.

To make a revolution in science, you need to come up with something like a pocket sequencer! To put two egg yolks in there, click on the button - and that's it, and it's immediately clear whether these are types or subspecies

To make a revolution in science, you need to come up with something like a pocket sequencer! To put two egg yolks in there, press the button - and that's it, and it's immediately clear whether these are types or subspecies

In order to make a revolution in science, it is necessary to correctly determine the direction of the apple's fall, and not the mechanism for removing the apple.

Now I was looking through the book Shulaev N. V., Petrov N. G., Shulaev M. V. " Bulavous lepidoptera of Tatarstan. Annotated list of species."The brochure was written as a result of a survey of 31 districts of the Republic of Tatarstan (out of 43) for 9 years. But even then, with only half a season of fishing behind me on weekends, I don't find connections at 5-6 points.
Erynnis tages is listed as a very rare species in Tatarstan, although I only caught a dozen of them near Kazan and stopped there.
Hesperia comma was never found by researchers at all, although it is quite common in the vicinity of the Mokhovoe protected area near Kazan.
Polyommatus coridon-listed as a rare species in the Republic of Tatarstan, although resting in a village in the Mamadyshsky district, I observed a mass accumulation of up to 200-300 specimens near the stream.
All this suggests that with 10 years of searching behind you, the list will not be completely complete. But despite this, work on any squad, sub-squad, or family needs to start, and if not you, then others will be able to finally complete it.

kasumov eldar, do not say Well, in general, to make a revolution in science, it turns out that you need to be in the right place at the right time!
But about removing the apple-correctly determine the direction of falling - this is a theory, but the impact on the process of falling(removal)- this is ALREADY practice, and practice is MORE important

a PhD thesis made in 10-20 years will also not make science. Unless it leaves a small brick in it.

The essence of knowledge lies in building. Made of bricks. A general picture of nature. Perhaps only Jehovah's Witnesses or some Society of Brothers in Christ can learn everything at once.

Bureaucracy, system... I, for example, am not settled down - and I can do without it. Because the only real indicator of success in this world is the amount of money earned, in the scientist - the number of publications and their citation. A dissertation in this case is of little help. Moreover, it will pay off with the candidate's salary of 10 years .

The message was edited rhopalocera.com - 03.02.2012 14: 04

Can I ask for a scan?

The scanner isn't available right now. But there is a course work on the Internet that is almost completely rewritten from this brochure.
http://www.turboreferat.ru/zoology/bulavou...6087-page2.html

niyaz
Permanent participant
Kazan, Tatarstan



yesterday, 23: 32 URL #121

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

... Initially, I was going to bet on different-moustached butterflies, because mace-moustached butterflies are studied quite well in the Republic (Shulaev N. V., Petrov N. G.)..
..I agree that the number of species and specimens will go to thousands, but this is the point of interest that we will have to systematize them all. And in biology, taxonomy is the most attractive area for me. As for the definition of types, the most difficult ones will have to be taken to the ZIN, in addition, forum participants will also be able to help. In general, I'm going to catch butterflies, study them for the rest of my life,...
---------------------------------------------------------------
In general, the dissertation for you may not be so much a help as an obstacle in learning about butterflies - it is unlikely that you will be allowed to do it in the way you would like. Stay both an athlete (as advised above, it is probably much more profitable to be a fitness coach than an associate professor, and there will be more time), and at the same time a butterfly lover - like me, for example, and most of the forum members. It is better to identify complex butterflies not from the pictures on the forum, but from specialists. Collect, study literature, get acquainted, collaborate, write papers - and do not get distracted by the dissertation And start with diaries - I have not heard that they would be well studied by you, rather even from the facts you have indicated-on the contrary.

I read with interest how to make a dissertation and how to work in general. Well, it is clear how many people, so many opinions. BUT let me, as a person directly involved in this matter, not agree with everything. First, entomology should not stagnate. And it should not be "aged". If the article has been in the editorial office for only 2 years(!! what 10 years are there???), it is becoming hopelessly outdated. Well, we are just talking about articles that are taxonomic, nomenclatural, and partly ecological and faunal. It is clear that monitoring (that's another buzzword) can be carried out for years. But there are diaries for that. And in articles, the most important thing is relevance and freshness. That's why we look for those magazines that publish quickly.
I would be careful, being a non-specialist in the group, to choose" more efficient " keys based on the color of the determinant. Books are written, as A. Kupriyanov said, not to be read, but to be thought about. With qualifiers and directories, this is especially important to remember. And the way a specialist interprets this taxon-subspecies, species, synonym - so you need to be an expert to understand and accept it. And if 2 subspecies are found on the same territory, then these are independent species, this is almost an axiom...
The approach to choosing a topic is discussed in a strange way. It is in the first year that I can give a student a topic and chew it for 4 years-5 years, until the student becomes an expert on it. Then he will choose a topic for himself - a specific topic, I mean. And in our case, I see the best option for a different plan. Year (next season) to travel, posobirat, autumn-winter to determine. And then either the soul will fall to something, or the topic itself will be determined, or the desire will pass. As a southern neighbor of Tatarstan, the topic of impoverishment (?)seems interesting to me species composition of lepidoptera on the southern borders of the taiga, which just stretches across Tatarstan.
But the main thing is that dissertation is not an end in itself. And you can do it effortlessly, in a plan, with interest and pleasure. Kolya Shulaev is an enthusiast there. Why not talk to him? Moreover, KSU keeps the Eversmann collection in the Butlerov collection. You can see what changes in the population of lepidoptera have occurred over these 175 years, but here you need to approach with a clear understanding of what is being done and how. But if you like it, you just need to do it (I'm talking about entomology). A dissertation - if it comes, it will come, no-you should not worry. A good person is not defined by dissertation. And certainly not a specialist.

This post was edited by dim-va-03.02.2012 23: 43

And in our case, I see the best option for a different plan. Year (next season) to travel, posobirat, autumn-winter to determine. And then either the soul will fall to something, or the topic itself will be determined, or the desire will pass.

Good idea. It is better to really study the fauna seriously for a year. And only next year, if there is a desire, go on a bow to the teacher.

This post was edited by niyaz - 23.01.2013 22: 27

He is not just an enthusiast, but also a candidate of sciences. Defended his degree in ecology. In my opinion, he even has the position of deputy dean at the faculty.

You can be an enthusiast both by being a doctor and by being just an amateur - this is such a (positive) lifestyle. But positions are all fake and temporary, you never need to focus on them. As they say, if only the person was good)))
niyaz, you will be passionate and will be active-many will help you. You can ask anyone from the forum for help or advice. So it's just about you and your desire to actually do something.

In the Republic of Tatarstan, there is someone to identify butterflies, whether they are Far Eastern, Koryak or from Madagascar and Indonesia. In general, we have people working productively in other departments as well.

I consider the rest of the criticism incorrect and unfair, and irrelevant.

I propose to write a dissertation on pryamoptera of the Penza region and the Volga region will finally find another EXCELLENT SPECIALIST in your person

Those who really understand in their field never "blurt out", but rather work on the problem at hand. You can't scare them away by shutting down their councils and making their requirements tougher. It all depends on the person.

In the Republic of Tatarstan, there is someone to identify butterflies, whether they are Far Eastern or Koryak

Uv. Inessa! Koryakia is a part of the Far East.
And then you will get caught as your fellow countryman Misha Mokrousov, who poured an extra glass for the collar bet with me on a box of vodka that the Nizhny Novgorod region is 5 times larger in area than the Khabarovsk Territory.
The next day, he would roll his eyes and say that the devil had confused him and that he had never seen so much money (for a box of vodka) in his life.

Otherwise you'll get caught like your fellow countryman Misha Mokrousov

They are not exactly fellow countrymen-Inessa is from Kazan, and Misha is from Nizhny Novgorod

They are not exactly fellow countrymen - Inessa is from Kazan, and Misha is from Nizhny Novgorod

well, this is clearly closer than Vladivostok from Palana

I consider the rest of the criticism incorrect and unfair, and irrelevant.

I suggest you write a dissertation on pryamoptera of the Penza region and the Volga region will finally find another EXCELLENT SPECIALIST in your person...

- thanks. I remembered a funny case from a long time ago...
After graduating from the university, I was already working at the department, when the authorities invited us to the faculty of large practitioners with sanitary and epidemiological problems to give a lecture to students, and for accuracy they asked us to attend this event. After the lecture, as always asked to ask questions, well, I asked a couple of examples - the lecture lasted another hour in an interesting and very useful discussion on parasites dangerous to humans (fish and ticks)... Then I was already told that the sanepidem specialists wanted to lure me to them with an eye to protection, but they popularly explained that he was an entomologist and a field scientist, and would hardly be interested in your topic...

In my opinion, all groups of butterflies and beetles are very poorly studied in Kazan. There is a huge legacy of Butlerov and Eversman. Have the results of their activities been summed up? Are there adequate entomologists today? Is there at least a list of species? There's something I might not know. I know that the territory of the Kazan province is systematically processed by our Woodmurts, I will not mention their last names. Tatars do not see THEM or do not want THEM. What we mourn!))) Publications are already underway. In particular, there are a lot of route plans for this summer. Moreover, field work is being carried out very actively! While YOU-Niyaz-are thinking publicly about what to do...

I like the INTERNET lately-both as a good reference book and as a communication tool that allows you to exchange opinions and facts in real time.

I like the INTERNET lately-both as a good reference book and as a communication tool that allows you to exchange opinions and facts in real time.

Oleg! Are you swearing or are you really happy?

Slava, I am absolutely sincerely happy! Well, how else would niyaz have been able to find out about the invasion of the Entomo-Woodmoorts on their khaganate?..

Slava, I am absolutely sincerely happy! Well, how else would niyaz have been able to find out about the invasion of the Entomo-Woodmoorts on their khaganate?..

I'm a bit of a Tatar by the way

.. Do you remember that A. S. Pushkin wrote:
- "If you rub a Russian thoroughly, then there will definitely be a Tatar" ...

I propose to write a dissertation on pryamoptera of the Penza region and the Volga region will finally find another EXCELLENT SPECIALIST in your person

Thank you, but right-wingers are still far from my capabilities and knowledge in entomology. By the way, I only found out this year who is the gray grasshopper and who is the green one. For earlier the green form of a gray grasshopper was taken for an independent form)) In the future, I will try to get to the pryoptera, especially the pryoptera fauna of the North Caucasus attracts me. It remains to get a strong reliable net for mowing.

I know that the territory of the Kazan province is systematically processed by our Woodmurts, I will not mention their last names. Tatars do not see THEM or do not want THEM. What we mourn!))) Publications are already underway. In particular, there are a lot of route plans for this summer. Moreover, field work is being carried out very actively! While YOU-Niyaz-are thinking publicly about what to do...

Well, the former Kazan province is huge in size, so I think there will be enough work for everyone. By the way, I'm also not going to sit idle, if everything goes smoothly, I'll start my field season on April 20. I will collect material, and then I will sit down to study the literature on fauna. I built and thought out 3 routes for myself, on average, each for a month in duration.

The season is coming soon. Take a look at this area of Tatarstan: http://www.plantarium.ru/page/landscapes/point/17.html. There are caragans (Caragana frutex). And this is a high chance of finding a pigeon rhymnus. It is almost everywhere where there is this plant. Years in the second half of May. There will be a new type of butterfly for your region!

http://www.plantarium.ru/page/landscape/id/5945.html

Settled rocky slope. White flowers - Ippolit's holly, pink-Gmelin's penny, purple-some kind of astragalus. Feather grass-hairy and many other things.
- with the presence of a penny, there can be VERY interesting pigeons...
And they seem to have already found Rimna, but for some reason they are silent...

The season is coming soon. Take a look at this area of Tatarstan: http://www.plantarium.ru/page/landscapes/point/17.html. There are caragans (Caragana frutex). And this is a high chance of finding a pigeon rhymnus. It is almost everywhere where there is this plant. Years in the second half of May. There will be a new type of butterfly for your region!

In the Bavlinsky district along the route I have one point - this is Salikhovskaya Mountain. We'll watch this pigeon run. In general, I have compiled an approximate list of daytime bull whiskers that are NOT found in Tatarstan, but live in border regions. I will put special emphasis on them. Here is the list:

Muschampia cribrellum Trellis
whitehead Thymelicus action Piebald
whitehead Pontia daplidice Rapeseed
whitefly Synchloe callidice Callidice
whitefly Leiptidea morsei Eastern
pea whitefly Leptidea reali Pea whitefly
Colias alfacariensis Southern
jaundice Neolycaena rhymnus Coal
bluefly Lycaena helle Chervonets bluish
Lycaena thersamon Chervonets brilliant
Athamantia japhetica Athamantia Japhetica Callophrys butlerovi
Butlerov
's greenfinch Lampides boeticus Long-tailed
pigeon Pseudophilotes bavius Bayberry
Maculinea nausithous Pigeon blackish
Plebejus cyane Cyanopod
Plebejus maracandicus samarkandopod Plebejides
pylaon pylaonopod
Aricia nicias Pylaonopod Aricia nicias
Polyommatus boisduvalii Boisduval's
pigeon Polyommatus elena elena
's pigeon Polyommatus dorylas sweetbush
Polyommatus erotides
erotides Neolysandra coelestinus sky
pigeon Agrodiaetus damocles Dove damocles
Agrodiaetus damone Dove damone
Apatura metis Iridescent metis
Euphydryas orientalis Draughtsman orientalis
Melitaea arduinna Mountain
draughtsman Melitaea trivia Draughtsman southern
Euphydryas ichnea Ichneumon draughtsman
Clossiana eunomia Swamp mother
of pearl Clossiana selenis
Mother of pearl selenida Clossiana thore Mother of pearl Thora
Clossiana freija Mother of pearl freya
Clossiana frigga Mother of pearl phrygian
Brenthis hecate Mother of pearl hecate
Arginnis pandora Mother of pearl pandora
Esperarge climene Brown-eyed Climene
Lasiommata megera Brown-eyed megera
Coenonympha leander Sennitsa leander
Coenonympha oedippus Hog's haystack
Coenonympha amaryllis Amaryllis
Triphysa phryne Phryne
's haystack Hyponephele lupine Wolf
's large eye Erebia euryale Euryale
's black eye Erebia embla Chernushka embla
Erebia polaris Chernushka polaris
Proterebia afra Chernushka afrika
Oeneis jutta Marigold Jutta
Brintesia circe Marigold circe
Hipparchia alcyone Marigold alcyone

Hipparchia fagi Marigold bukharnikova Hipparchia pellucida Marigold openwork
Hipparchia statilinus Iron satyr
Chazara persephone Marigold persephone Pseudochazara hippolyte Hippolyte marigold Lopinga deidamia Stony
eye

Clossiana selenis Eversmann, 1837-Eastern mother-of-pearl.
"Oh, my God... it is described as a view from your territory...

Clossiana selenis Eversmann, 1837-Eastern mother-of-pearl.
"Oh, my God... it is described as a view from your territory...

Why exactly with ours? When Eversmann described it, there was no such subject as the Republic of Tatarstan. That is, it is not a fact that this happened exactly within the borders of modern RT.

.. so PLEASE find out from which part of the Kazan province Eversmann described this species from a series of butterflies!?? We hope very much for you!!!

... so PLEASE find out from which part of the Kazan province Eversmann described this species from a series of butterflies!?? We hope very much for you!!!

Possibly (but not necessarily) on the territory of the modern Chuvash Republic. For A. A. Lastukhin found Clossiana selenis in Chuvashia.

My assumptions on the list, on the jump, without thinking. There are more serious software specialists than I am. I judge by biotopes. which I passed by by car on the way to Orenburg:
Muschampia cribrellum-its natural range?
Thymelicus action - no!
Synchloe callidice-locally definitely there is
Leiptidea morsei - definitely there is
Leptidea reali-dominates in the mass, the very first one flies out in the spring
Colias alfacariensis - definitely not
Neolycaena rhymnus-definitely there is
Lycaena helle - definitely
there is Lycaena thersamon - there is
Athamantia japhetica - you give a damn! no
Callophrys butlerovi-there is
Lampides boeticus-50 years ago found in Sarapul, now ?
Pseudophilotes bavius-there is a kind
of Maculinea nausithous-how is it still not caught?
Plebejus cyane-unlikely
Plebejus maracandicus Samarkand
blue pigeon Plebejides pylaon - unlikely
Aricia nicias-look better
Polyommatus boisduvalii-should be
Polyommatus elena-all icarus Stradomsky-will
be Polyommatus dorylas - where?
Neolysandra coelestinus-mass species
of Agrodiaetus damocles - ?
Agrodiaetus damone -?
Apatura metis - +-
Euphydryas orientalis ?( the nearest Kungur)
Melitaea arduinna must be
Melitaea trivia-no
Euphydryas ichnea-no
Clossiana eunomia-yes (one form wet meadows with highlanders - in swamps second form)
Clossiana selenis-there are (locally pine forests)
Clossiana thore - 100 poods yes
Clossiana freija - no
Clossiana frigga -
no Brenthishecate - possibly
Arginnis pandora - no
Esperarge climene - no
Lasiommata megera - no
Coenonympha leander - must be
Coenonympha oedippus no
Coenonympha amaryllis - no
Triphysa phryne - no-+
Hyponephele lupine - yes
Erebia euryale - definitely not
Erebia embla - doubtful
Erebia polaris (medusa) no
Proterebia afra - yes
Oeneis jutta - years hw year most likely no
Brintesia circe-no
Hipparchia alcyon - must
Hipparchia fagi possible
Hipparchia pellucida - no
Hipparchia statilinus - no
chazara persephone - no
Pseudochazara hippolyte - possible locally
Lopinga deidamia no

It is impossible to say that there is definitely no Colias alfacariensis. A forage plant is present in Tatarstan. http://www.plantarium.ru/page/image/id/35322.html. Stations in that place (Bavly) are suitable. It may well be.

  
Athamantia japhetica - you give a damn! no

Just in the neighboring Orenburg region there is, maybe it will fly to us. http://www.urral.ru/vid/414.htm

Just in the neighboring Orenburg region there is, maybe it will fly to us. http://www.urral.ru/vid/414.htm

Do you have a curly hair? in abundance. In our time, you can not be sure of something, maybe there is. In Udmurtia, such species as eretusa and korydon are described by one-piece finds - this does not mean that we have them. Also efetka in Orenburg

It is impossible to say that there is definitely no Colias alfacariensis. A forage plant is present in Tatarstan. http://www.plantarium.ru/page/image/id/35322.html. Stations in that place (Bavly) are suitable. It may well be.

At one time I was tired of them, but I was not lucky enough to catch them at home(Perm, Udmurtia, Bashkiria, Orenburg). Caught accidentally in the Crimea (Alushta).

Do you have a curly hair? in abundance.

In three southeastern regions, it grows along the southern slopes. But not in abundance - in the Red Book.

Here is another dubious find in Tatarstan Saturnia pyri. http://www.ssc.smr.ru/media/journals/samlu...009/18_2_23.pdf
I want to know your opinion on this issue. Incorrect definition or inference? And in general, how is it 100% proven that such and such a butterfly species is present in this region?

In general, many of Niyaz's list live very, very far from Tatarstan - no closer to Kazakhstan, and even some of them live in Asia Minor. But all the same, the front of work is planned, God grant you good luck.
By the way, I still haven't found anything up-to-date on the diaries of Tatarstan (Gordienko certainly doesn't count, it's not science). Shulaev is too shy to send me their work. So it remains to judge the fauna according to Krulikovsky, with individual references taken from somewhere in Lvovsky - Blinker (not always plausible).

Here is another dubious find in Tatarstan Saturnia pyri. http://www.ssc.smr.ru/media/journals/samlu...009/18_2_23.pdf
I want to know your opinion on this issue. Incorrect definition or inference? And in general, how is it 100% proven that such and such a butterfly species is present in this region?

Blah, it's just TIN


FAUNA OF THE HIGHER NIGHT CHESHUECRYLYH
OF NATIONAL PARK «BOTTOM KAMA»
© 2009 D.V. Zhukov
The list of 110 kinds in night cheshuecrylyh of national park «Bottom Kama»
is resulted
Key words: night cheshuecrylye, national park «Bottom Kama

Okay, let's leave out the grammar , but what's the vocabulary?

Cool, here's a Google translation

NIGHT ON THE FAUNA OF HIGHER Lepidoptera
National Park "Lower Kama"

The list of 110 species of nocturnal Lepidoptera national
Park "Lower Kama"
Key words: nocturnal moths, the National Park "Lower
Kama. "

Cool
A night spent among the fauna of hefty (nocturnal?)animals. butterflies, National Park "Lover Kama")))