Grasshopper population dynamics and meteorological parameters - Lessons from a case study

Ecography

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-212

  Köhler, Günter ^a   Perner, Jörg ^a   Schumacher, Jens ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; GRASSHOPPER; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

GERMANY;

EUTHYSTIRA BRACHYPTERA; GOMPHOCERUS RUFUS; ORTHOPTERA; STENOBOTHRUS LINEATUS;

EID: 0344026160     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1999.tb00469.x     Document Type: Article

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