Dispersal and Movement of Insect Pests

Until recently, the study of insect dispersal and movement received little attention. Even 50 years ago, many ecologists considered studies of movement to be trivial or even worthless exercises. Although this view is no longer held, as late as 1972, Headley wrote that "agricultural pest control...

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Published in:Annual review of entomology 1983-01, Vol.28 (1), p.319-335
Main Authors: Stinner, R E, Barfield, C S, Stimac, J L, Dohse, L
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Until recently, the study of insect dispersal and movement received little attention. Even 50 years ago, many ecologists considered studies of movement to be trivial or even worthless exercises. Although this view is no longer held, as late as 1972, Headley wrote that "agricultural pest control is still handled as though pests were immobile..." Since the publication of Southwood's review and Johnson's monographic work, the study of insect movement has received increasing attention. Numerous symposia and reviews on various aspects of insect movement have been published. The authors' purpose in this review is not to present an exhaustive list of references; rather, they wish to compare views and approaches based on their own, admittedly biased, selection of key references. With few exceptions, they have limited their review to those works published since Johnson.
ISSN:0066-4170
1545-4487
DOI:10.1146/annurev.en.28.010183.001535