Phase polyphenism and preventative locust management

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 949-957

  Sword, Gregory A ^a   Lecoq, Michel ^b   Simpson, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Desert locust; Distribution patterns; Gregarization; Host plants; Phase change; Resources; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HOST PLANT; LOCUST; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSHOPPER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSHOPPERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEST CONTROL; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 77954314098     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2010.05.005     Document Type: Review

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