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Persistence and migration of Chortoicetes terminifera (Walker) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

P. M. Symmons  and
L. McCulloch
P. M. Symmons
Affiliation:
Australian Plague Locust Commission, Department of Primary Industry, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
L. McCulloch
Affiliation:
Australian Plague Locust Commission, Department of Primary Industry, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
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Abstract

Examples of the persistence of adult infestations of Chortoicetes terminifera (Wlk.) in Australia were contrasted with ones where mass displacement took place. Migration occurred if sufficient rain had fallen at the nymphal stage to produce green pasture; persistence was associated with drought.

Type
Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 70 , Issue 2 , June 1980 , pp. 197 - 201
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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