Locusts and grasshoppers: behavior, ecology, and biogeography

1Department of Renewable Resources, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Avenue, Laramie, WY 82071, USA 2School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia 3Department of Entomology, Faculty of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Heep Building, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77842-2475, USA 4Department of General Biology and Ecology, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova Street, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia 5Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 11 Frunze Street, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia 6Division Entomologia, Museo de La Plata, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Paseo del Bosque S/N,1900 La Plata, Argentina 7CIRAD Bioagresseurs, TA A-106/D, Campus International de Baillarguet, 34398 Montpellier cedex 5, France

• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Psyche

• Publication date

  2011-04-06

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1155/2011/578327
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