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100 1 _aDrake, V. Alistair,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aRadar entomology :
_bobserving insect flight and migration /
_cV. Alistair Drake, School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences, The University of New South Wales at the Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia, and Institute of Applied Ecology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia, Don R. Reynolds,Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, Chatham Maritime, Kent, UK, and Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts, UK.
264 1 _aWallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :
_bCABI,
_c2012.
264 4 _c©2012
300 _a1 online resource (xviii, 489 pages) :
_billustrations, charts
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
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520 3 _aThis book (10 chapters) covers radar entomology and its application in the study and monitoring of insect flight and migration. Chapter 1 provides a general introduction to both radar and the biological phenomena that entomologists have studied with radars. An outline of alternative and complementary methods for studying insect movement and a brief historical account of developments in the field are included. Chapter 2 introduces the fundamentals of remote sensing and briefly summarizes some entomological applications of it that do not involve radio technology. The technique and theory underlying radar entomology are covered in chapters 3-8, whereas the principal biological findings that have resulted from the use of radar technology are discussed in chapters 9-14. This book is intended primarily for entomologists, although this publication may also be useful to behaviourists, ecologists, biometeorologists, radar ornithologists and radar meteorologists.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 433-472) and index.
505 0 _aRemote sensing and insect observation -- Radar principles -- Insects as radar targets -- Entomological radar designs -- Observing insects with radar I: Performance, surveillance, and target characterization -- Observing insects with radar II: Quantitative estimation and parameter retrieval -- Additional radar, radar-like, and radio technologies for insect observation -- Insect migration, its quantification, and the role of the atmosphere -- Insect migratory flight I: Principal features -- Insect migratory flight II: Concentrations and disturbances -- Insect migration, population movements, and pest management -- Migrations of pest and beneficial insects -- Insect foraging movements -- Insect echo on meteorological radars -- Radar entomology: perspectives and prospects.
506 _aAccess limited to subscribing institution.
530 _aAlso available in print format.
588 _aTitle from PDF title page (viewed July 30, 2013).
650 0 _aInsects
_xMigration.
650 0 _aEntomology.
650 0 _aRadar in agriculture.
650 4 _aPlant Pests, (New March 2000)
650 4 _aAutomation and Control.
650 4 _aBehaviour (Wild Animals), (New March 2000)
650 4 _aTechniques and Methodology.
650 7 _aInsects.
_2cabt
650 7 _aDispersal.
_2cabt
650 7 _aFlight.
_2cabt
650 7 _aInsect pests.
_2cabt
650 7 _aMigration.
_2cabt
650 7 _aMonitoring.
_2cabt
650 7 _aMovement.
_2cabt
650 7 _aPlant pests.
_2cabt
650 7 _aRadar.
_2cabt
650 7 _aRadio waves.
_2cabt
650 7 _aRemote sensing.
_2cabt
650 7 _aSurveillance.
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655 0 _aElectronic books.
690 _aFF620
690 _aNN050
690 _aYY500
690 _aZZ900
700 1 _aReynolds, D. R.
_q(Donald Russell),
_d1947-
_eauthor.
710 2 _aC.A.B. International,
_eissuing body.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aDrake, V. Alistair.
_tRadar entomology.
_dWallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, c2012.
_z9781845935566
_w(DLC)2011047926
856 4 0 _uhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845935566.0000
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