Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 478 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
ISBN:
9780511470875
Content:
Migration is a key process in the population dynamics of many insects, including some of the most damaging pests. Multidisciplinary research into the importance of migration, in recent decades, has produced many new insights. This book reviews current understanding of the ecological, behavioural, physiological and genetic bases of insect migration. The first part describes migration systems in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and America, with an emphasis on the role of regional weather and climate. The second part considers insects adaptation to migration; it covers: aerodynamics and energetics; the integration of migration in insect life cycles; environmental and genetic regulation of migratory potential; and the evolutionary implications of habitat heterogeneity and variability. The book then addresses the application of this knowledge to operational pest forecasting
Content:
pt. 1. Insect migration in relation to weather and climate. 1. Long-range insect migration in relation to climate and weather: Africa and Europe / D.E. Pedgley, D.R. Reynolds and G.M. Tatchell. 2. Insect migration in North America: synoptic-scale transport in a highly seasonal environment / S.J. Johnson. 3. Migration of the Brown Planthopper Nilaparvata lugens and the White-backed Planthopper Sogatella furcifera in East Asia: the role of weather and climate / R. Kisimoto and K. Sogawa. 4. Migration of the Oriental Armyworm Mythimna separata in East Asia in relation to weather and climate. I. Northeastern China / R.-L. Chen, Y.J. Sun, S.-Y. Wang, B.-P. Zhai and X.-Y. Bao. 5. Migration of the Oriental Armyworm Mythimna separata in East Asia in relation to weather and climate. II. Korea / J.-H. Lee and K.-B. Uhm. 6. Migration of the Oriental Armyworm Mythimna separata in East Asia in relation to weather and climate. III. Japan / K. Hirai
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521440004
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521018531
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521440004
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511470875
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