Evidence for a causal relationship between the solar cycle and locust abundance

• Published in: Agronomy
• Main Authors: Cheke, Robert A., Young, Stephen, Wang, Xia, Tratalos, Jamie A., Tang, Sanyi, Cressman, Keith
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2020
• Subjects: S Agriculture (General); Indian; Soi; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/30765/; http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/30765/7/30765%20CHEKE_Evidence_for_a_Causal_Relationship_%28OA%29_2020.pdf; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11010069

Time series of abundance indices for Desert Locusts Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål 1775) and Oriental Migratory Locusts Locusta migratoriamanilensis (Meyen 1835) were analysed independently and in relation to measures of solar activity and ocean oscillation systems. Data were compiled on the numbers...