Predicting insect migration density and speed in the daytime convective boundary layer.

Insect migration needs to be quantified if spatial and temporal patterns in populations are to be resolved. Yet so little ecology is understood above the flight boundary layer (i.e. >10 m) where in north-west Europe an estimated 3 billion insects km(-1) month(-1) comprising pests, beneficial inse...

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Main Authors: James R Bell, Prabhuraj Aralimarad, Ka-Sing Lim, Jason W Chapman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3554750?pdf=render