Development of a model for evaluating the effects of environmental temperature and thermal behaviour on biological control of locusts and grasshoppers using pathogens

Agricultural and Forest Entomology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-199

  Klass, Justine I ^a   Blanford, Simon ^a   Thomas, Matthew B ^a,b  

^a NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body temperature model; Calliptamus italicus Chortoicetes terminifera; Dociostaurus maroccanus; Environmental temperature; Locustana pardalina; Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum; Nomadacris septemfasciata; Oedaleus senegalensis; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

CALLIPTAMUS ITALICUS; CHORTOICETES TERMINIFERA; DOCIOSTAURUS MAROCCANUS; FUNGI; LOCUSTANA PARDALINA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE VAR. ACRIDUM; NOMADACRIS; OEDALEUS SENEGALENSIS; ORTHOPTERA; ZONOCERUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 34447503430     PISSN: 14619555     EISSN: 14619563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2007.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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