The Acridian plagues, a new Holocene and Pleistocene palaeoclimatic indicator

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 318-320

  Meco, Joaquín ^a   Petit Maire, Nicole ^b   Ballester, Javier ^a   Betancort, Juan F ^a   Ramos, Antonio J G ^c  

^a Campus Universitario de Tafira   (Spain)

^b University of Aix Marseille i   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acridian plagues; Canary Islands; Holocene; Palaeoclimatic indicator; Pleistocene

Indexed keywords

ACRIDIAN PLAGUES; CANARY ISLANDS; HOLOCENE; PALAEOCLIMATIC INDICATOR; PLEISTOCENE;

RAIN;

CALCIFICATION; DUNE; HOLOCENE; HUMIDITY; INFECTIVITY; INSECT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CANARY ISLANDS; FUERTEVENTURA; LANZAROTE; LAS PALMAS; SAHARA; SPAIN;

HEXAPODA; OOTHECA;

EID: 77957266897     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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