Small-scale processes in desert locust swarm formation: How vegetation patterns influence gregarization

Oikos

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 652-662

  Despland, E ^a   Collett, M ^a   Simpson, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; LOCUST; PATCHINESS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SWARMING; VEGETATION COVER;

ACRIDIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0034058677     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.880322.x     Document Type: Article

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