Insects as weapons of war, terror, and torture

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2012, Pages 205-227

  Lockwood, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod borne disease; Asymmetrical warfare; Crop destruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INSECT; WEAPON;

ANIMALS; BIOTERRORISM; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INSECTS; WEAPONS;

EID: 83455168902     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120710-100618     Document Type: Article

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