Abstract

The dynamics of a local population of the Italian locust is characterized for an area near the northeastern boundary of its range. In this area, the situation during the Italian locust outbreak is quite different from patterns in dry steppes and semideserts (which are optimal territories for the species): hopper bands occupy small plots and migrate in short distances. This character of the dynamics is likely to be determined by sufficient food quantity and heterogeneity of local anthropogenic landscapes. As a result, the efficacy of the prospective technology for population management of locusts — barrier treatment — is extremely low.

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