Historical evidence for population dynamics of tibetan migratory locust and the forecast of its outbreak*

Insect Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-145

  Chen, Yonglin ^a   Zhang, De'er ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Historic evidence; Locust outbreak; Tibetan migratory locust

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049137968     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.1999.tb00160.x     Document Type: Article

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