Interesting also, that Ehrlich was not an economist, agronomist or even demographer but rather an etymologist, an expert in insect biology.

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The topics include civil engineering, insect genetics, invasion biology, fish population dynamics, and toxic chemical exposures, among others.

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The findings appear in Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

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The secret, the researchers report in the open access journal Plos Computational Biology, is in their ability to take cues from one another - just like an insect swarm.

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