Climate change expected to improve digestive rate and trigger range expansion in outbreaking locusts

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• locust 100%
• range expansion 92%
• climate change 42%
• rate 24%
• temperature effect 10%
• agricultural pest 7%
• climate 7%
• defecation 7%
• crop 7%
• distribution 7%
• food availability 5%
• generalist 5%
• pest 5%
• loss 5%
• food security 5%
• agricultural production 4%
• energy 4%
• digestion 4%
• insect 4%
• South America 4%
• population growth 4%
• global climate 4%
• modeling 4%
• consumption 3%
• food 3%
• monitoring 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• locusts 85%
• climate change 61%
• mechanistic models 18%
• crop losses 11%
• climate 11%
• Schistocerca 7%
• Hymenaea courbaril 7%
• defecation 6%
• energy 5%
• heat 5%
• food availability 4%
• food security 4%
• insect pests 4%
• population growth 4%
• herbivores 4%
• geographical distribution 3%
• digestion 3%
• pests 3%
• monitoring 3%