Modelling the movement and survival of the root-feeding clover weevil, Sitona lepidus, in the root-zone of white clover

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 190, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 133-146

  Zhang, Xiaoxian ^a   Johnson, Scott N ^b   Gregory, Peter J ^b   Crawford, John W ^a   Young, Iain M ^a   Murray, Philip J ^c   Jarvis, Steve C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Lattice Boltzmann; Modelling; Sitona lepidus; White clover

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CHEMOTAXIS; LARVAL SURVIVAL; LATTICE BOLTZMANN; MICHEALIS-MENTEN KINETICS; MODELING; SITONA LEPIDUS; WHITE CLOVER; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

VEGETATION;

BEETLE; CHEMOTAXIS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MOVEMENT; ROOT SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

SITONA LEPIDUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 27844473327     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.01.063     Document Type: Article

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