The potential effects of climatic change on agricultural insect pests

• Published in: Agricultural and forest meteorology Vol. 57; no. 1; pp. 221 - 240
• Main Authors: Porter, J.H., Parry, M.L., Carter, T.R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 1991; Oxford Elsevier; New York, NY
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; CAMBIO CLIMATICO; CLIMATIC CHANGE; CONDICIONES ATMOSFERICAS; CONDITIONS METEOROLOGIQUES; EUROPA; EUROPE; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; INSECTE NUISIBLE; INSECTOS DANINOS; Invertebrates; METEOROLOGICAL ELEMENTS; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; PEST INSECTS; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; Protozoa. Invertebrates; Records, symptoms, damages, economic importance, population surveys; TEMPERATURA; TEMPERATURE; VARIATION DU CLIMAT; Life history; Population survey; Pest; Geographic distribution; Arthropoda; Insecta; Population dynamics; Invertebrata; Climate modification

Climate and weather can substantially influence the development and distribution of insects. Anthropogenically induced climatic change arising from increasing levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases would, therefore, be likely to have a significant effect on agricultural insect pests. Current best es...