Brown locust outbreaks and climate variability in southern Africa

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-42

  Todd, Martin C ^a   Washington, Richard ^b   Cheke, Robert A ^c   Kniveton, Dominic ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ENSO; Kalman filter; Population dynamics; Seasonal forecasting; Seasurface temperatures

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO; LOCUST; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA;

ACRIDIDAE; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 0036197442     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2002.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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