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Locusts

Known as: Locust 
National Institutes of Health

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AcrididaeOrthoptera
Grasshoppers

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Cannibalism can drive the evolution of behavioural phase polyphenism in locusts.
During outbreaks, locust swarms can contain millions of insects travelling thousands of kilometers while devastating vegetation… Expand
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2012
2012
The Olfactory Co-receptor Orco from the Migratory Locust (Locusta migratoria) and the Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria): Identification and Expression pattern
In locusts, olfaction plays a crucial role for initiating and controlling behaviours, including food seeking and aggregation with… Expand
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Reconstruction of a 1,910-y-long locust series reveals consistent associations with climate fluctuations in China
It is becoming increasingly clear that global warming is taking place; however, its long-term effects on biological populations… Expand
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2007
2007
Estimating Firing Rates from Calcium Signals in Locust Projection Neurons in Vivo
Combining intracellular electrophysiology and multi-photon calcium imaging in vivo, we studied the relationship between calcium… Expand
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Effects of sensory stimuli on the behavioural phase state of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria.
The nature of stimuli, emanating from other locusts, which are effective in inducing gregarization in the desert locust was… Expand
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Collision avoidance of flying locusts: steering torques and behaviour
Summary 1. Obstacles approaching in the flight path trigger postural and wing kinematic adjustments in tethered flying locusts… Expand
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1979
1979
Activity of an identified wind interneurone in a flying locust
LOCUST flight has been intensively studied by behavioural physiologists. The basic flight rhythm seems to be generated within the… Expand
1952
1952
A Roundabout for Studying Sustained Flight of Locusts
A roundabout technique is described which makes it possible to study the flight performance of a small ‘swarm’ of locusts (up to… Expand
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1951
1951
A New Biometrical Phase Character in Locusts
THE solitary and the swarming phases of the same species of locusts can be distinguished by coloration and by biometrical… Expand
Highly Cited
1949
Highly Cited
1949
An Aerodynamic Sense Organ Stimulating and Regulating Flight in Locusts
IT is a curious fact that nearly all insects, even the best flyers, lack static organs, which are so highly developed in other… Expand
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