A simulation model of wind-driven dispersal of Helicoverpa moths

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 145-150

  Dillon, Martin L ^a   Fitt, Gary P ^a   Hamilton, J Graeme ^b   Rochester, Wayne A ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Helicoverpa; Migration; Wind

Indexed keywords

MODELLING; WIND SPEED;

HELICOVERPA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 0030469601     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(95)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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