The habitat functions of vegetation in relation to the behaviour of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål) (Acrididae: Orthoptera) - a study in Mauritania (west Africa)

Phytocoenologia

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 645-664

  Culmsee, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acacio panicion; Behaviour; Habitat preference; Semi desert

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; LOCUST; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

MAURITANIA;

ACACIA; ACACIA EHRENBERGIANA; ACRIDIDAE; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; EUPHORBIA BALSAMIFERA; ORTHOPTERA; PANICUM; PANICUM TURGIDUM; SALVADORA PERSICA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; ZYGOPHYLLUM; ZYGOPHYLLUM WATERLOTII;

EID: 0036926924     PISSN: 0340269X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0340-269X/2002/0032-0645     Document Type: Article

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