Density-dependent accumulation of phase characteristics in a natural population of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-31

  Bouaichi A ^b   Simpson, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Ctr Natl de Lutte Antiacridienne   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Desert locust; Maternal effect; Phase change; Phenotypic plasticity; Population density; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; LOCUST; MATERNAL EFFECT; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ACRIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0242416987     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2003.00317.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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