V. Alistair Drake / A. Gavin Gatehouse (eds.)

Insect Migration

Tracking Resources Through Space and Time
Herausgeber: Drake, V. Alistair; Gatehouse, A. Gavin

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a comprehensive account of insect migration, including some of the most serious pests. Migration is considered in its ecological and evolutionary context, with an emphasis on weather and climate factors. Problems of forecasting and its importance to integrated pest management are discussed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 500
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 758g
• ISBN-13: 9780521018531
• ISBN-10: 0521018536
• Artikelnr.: 21264265

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. 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; 7. Insect
migration in an arid continent. I. The common armyworm Mythimna convecta in
eastern Australia G. McDonald; 8. Insect migration in an arid continent.
II. Helicoverpa spp. in eastern Australia P. C. Gregg, G. P. Fitt, M. P.
Zalucki and D. A. H. Murray; 9. Insect migration in an arid continent. III.
The Australian Plague Locust Chortoicetes terminifera and the native
budworm Helicoverpa punctigera in Western Australia K. J. Walden; Part II.
Adaptions for Migration: 10. Migratory potential in insects: variation in
an uncertain environment A. G. Gatehouse and X. -X. Zhang; 11. Insect
migration in heterogeneous environments K. Wilson; 12. The regulation of
migration in Helicoverpa armigera J. Colvin; 13. Physiological integration
of migration in Lepidoptera J. N. McNeil, M. Cusson, J. Delisle, I. Orchard
and S. S. Tobe; 14. Aerodynamics, energetics and reproductive constraints
of migratory flight in insects R. Dudley; Part III. Forecasting Migrant
Pests: 15. Operational aspects of forecasting migrant insect pests R. K.
Day and J. D. Knight; 16. Geographic information systems and remotely
sensed data for determining the seasonal distribution of habitats of
migrant insect pests T. P. Robinson; 17. Forecasting systems for migrant
pests. I. The brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens in China B. -H. Zhou, H.
-K. Wang and X. -N. Cheng; 18. Forecasting systems for migrant pests. II.
The rice planthoppers Nilaparvata lugens and Sogatella furcifera in Japan
T. Watanabe; 19. Forecasting systems for migrant pests. III. Locusts and
grasshoppers in West Africa and Madagascar M. Lecoq; Part IV. Overview and
Synthesis: 20. Forecasting migrant insect pests J. I. Magor; 21. Insect
migration: a holistic conceptual model V. A. Drake, A. G. Gatehouse and R.
A. Farrow; Index.