Simulation studies of Senegalese grasshopper ecosystem interactions II: The role of egg pod predators and birds

International Journal of Pest Management

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-112

  Axelsen, Jørgen Aagaard ^a   Petersen, Bo Svenning ^b   Maiga, Idrissa Halidou ^c   Niassy, Abdoulaye ^d   Badji, Kemo ^d   Ouambama, Zakaria ^e   Sønderskov, Mette ^a   Kooyman, Christiaan ^f  

^a Department of Inland Fisheries   (Denmark)

^b ORBICON   (Denmark)

^c Directorate of Crop Protection   (Niger)

^d Directorate of Crop Protection (DPV)   (Senegal)

^e Centre Regional Agrhymet   (Niger)

^f INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

Author keywords

Bird predation; Ecosystem modelling; Grasshopper control; Natural enemies; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIRD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EGG PREDATION; GRASS; GRASSHOPPER; HATCHING; NATURAL ENEMY; PEST CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSECT;

AFRICA; NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AVES; BOMBYLIIDAE; BOS; BUBULCUS; PLOCEUS CUCULLATUS; TENEBRIONIDAE; TOCKUS ERYTHRORHYNCHUS;

EID: 67650337618     PISSN: 09670874     EISSN: 13665863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09670870802617171     Document Type: Article

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