Forecasting suitable breeding conditions for the red-billed quelea Quelea quelea in southern Africa

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 523-533

  Cheke, Robert A ^a   Venn, Jon F ^a   Jones, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bird pest control; Forecast; Migration; Model; Quelea; Rainfall; Satellite

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; FORECASTING METHOD; MIGRATION; PASSERINE; PEST CONTROL; RAINFALL; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; QUELEA; QUELEA QUELEA;

EID: 33847004155     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01295.x     Document Type: Article

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