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How do es the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria behave in its environment? - A study within the Zygophyllum waterlotii-vegetation complex in proximity to the Atlantic Ocean in Mauritania (West-Africa)

Authors:
Culmsee H.
Publication: Bocconea
Pages: 517-521
Article history:
  1. Published online

Abstract

In proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, the dune-wadi ecosystem of south-westem Mauritania is characterized by the Zygophyllum waterlotii-vegetation complex. Within this habitat, the feeding and migration behaviour of the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria is investigated.