Radar Entomology: Observing Insect Flight and Migration - Couverture rigide

Drake, Alistair; Reynolds, Don

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 184593556X ISBN 13 : 9781845935566

Editeur : CABI Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Many of the world's most serious agricultural pests are highly migratory. Through the use of special-purpose radars we are provided with insights into their movement and how they learn about and navigate through their environment. This text examines the behaviour and regional variations of these species, as well as the altitude of migration, concentration of insects in layers and how they respond to large and small-scale wind systems. The book relates radar observation of insect movement to complementary and competing methodologies and surveys its capabilities and limitations. It also deals with the applications of these findings in the management and forecasting of both pest and beneficial insects, and will be an essential reference for those working in agricultural entomology and pest management. It is suitable for researchers and practitioners in agricultural entomology and pest management, ecologists, animal behaviourists, and radar meteorologists and ornithologists.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

V. Alistair Drake is at The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy and Institute of Applied Ecology, Australia.

Don R. Reynolds is at the University of Greenwich, UK and Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CABI Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184593556X
• ISBN 13: 9781845935566
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible