Maps of the Midwest (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Maps of the Midwest

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Simplified landscapes, with lots of cropland and little natural habitat, promote crop pests. These maps of the Midwest show landscape simplification on left and relative insecticide use on right.

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Tim Meehan/UW-Madison

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