Desert locust outbreaks in the Sahel: Resource competition, predation and ecological effects of pest control

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 323-329

  Sánchez Zapata, José A ^a   Donázar, José A ^b   Delgado, Antonio ^c   Forero, Manuela G ^b   Ceballos, Olga ^b   Hiraldo, Fernando ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Conservation; Generalist predators; Pesticides; Primary consumers; Pulsed resources; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GENERALIST; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LOCUST; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PEST CONTROL; PEST OUTBREAK; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; HEXAPODA; MILVUS; MILVUS MIGRANS; ORTHOPTERA; POACEAE; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 33947320581     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01279.x     Document Type: Article

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