On the origin of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål) (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1548, 2004, Pages 1641-1648

  Song, Hojun ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Locust swarm; Phylogeny; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; LOCUST; PHYLOGENETICS;

ARTICLE; LOCUST; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACRIDIDAE; CYRTACANTHACRIDINAE; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 3242892119     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2758     Document Type: Article

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