Will global warming affect the distribution and abundance of the sweetpotato butterfly Acraea acerata Hew. in Africa?
In tropical Africa, the sweetpotato butterfly Acraea acerata, is a major endemic pest of sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam). Outbreaks of A. acerata are reported by farmers in Uganda to be more frequent than in the past 10 years. We therefore hypothesise that global warming may be responsible fo...
| Autores principales: | , , , |
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| Formato: | Poster Abstract |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/68888 |
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