Insects Collected by Airplane over the Imperial Valley, California1
Autor: | E. H. Ilcken, J. B. Kreasky, Wm. M. Rogoff |
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Rok vydání: | 1972 |
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Zdroj: | Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 65:1431-1432 |
ISSN: | 1938-2901 0013-8746 |
DOI: | 10.1093/aesa/65.6.1431 |
Popis: | The possibility that the annual cricket invasion of desert communities in southern California is the result of mass dispersal of these insects is consistent with their sudden appearance in such areas as Salton City, Desert Hot Springs, and Palm Springs, which have little or no adjacent agriculture suitable for cricket breeding. However, little is known about the flight capabilities of these insects, and reports of sampling airborne organisms by airplane over California are few, if any. In other geographical regions, important publications include those of Glick (1939, 1960, 1965) on collections in the Mississippi Valley and Mexico, and of White (1970) on collections in South Australia. In general, knowledge of the kinds and numbers of insects and other arthropods to be found in the atmosphere 50 ft or more above the earth's surface is relatively meager though knowledge of the nature and mechanisms of insect dispersal is of high importance for understanding insect pest distribtion. |
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