Autumn migration of Mythimna separata (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) over the Bohai Sea in Northern China

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 774-781

  Feng, Hong Qiang ^a,b   Zhao, Xin Cheng ^a   Wu, Xian Fu ^a   Wu, Bo ^a   Wu, Kong Ming ^a   Cheng, Deng Fa ^a   Guo, Yu Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Autumn migration; Flight behavior; Light trapping; Mythimna separata; Radar observation

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; IMMIGRATION; MIGRATION; MOTH; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; RADAR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; FLYING; LIGHT; MALE; MOTH; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEA; SEASON; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CHINA; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; LIGHT; MALE; MOTHS; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORIENTATION; RADAR; SEASONS;

BOHAI SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

LEPIDOPTERA; MYTHIMNA SEPARATA; NOCTUIDAE;

EID: 46849103626     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[774:AMOMSL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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