Relationships of pest grasshopper populations in Alberta, Canada to soil moisture and climate variables

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 144, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 73-84

  Powell, L R ^a   Berg, A A ^a   Johnson, D L ^b   Warland, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Grasshopper abundance; Soil moisture and climate

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORRELATION; GRASSHOPPER; PEST SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; SOIL MOISTURE;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34047180418     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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