Upsurges of desert locust populations in Mauritania: Body coloration, behavior and morphological characteristics

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 641-652

  Tanaka, Seiji ^a   Maeno, Koutaro ^a   Ould Mohamed, Sid'Ahmed ^b   Ould Ely, Sidi ^b   Babah Ebbe, Mohamed Abdallahi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b National Locust Control Center (NLCC)   (Mauritania)

Author keywords

Body color; Desert locust; Egg size; Maternal effects; Outbreaks

Indexed keywords

ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 78650078591     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: 1347605X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.2010.641     Document Type: Article

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