Radar entomology
Subtitle: observing insect flight and migration
By: [Alistair Drake and Don R. Reynolds]
Contributors: Reynolds, D. R. (Donald Russell), 1947-; C.A.B. International
Publisher: CABI
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9781845935566
Subjects: Insects; Entomology; Migration; Radar in agriculture
Description: This 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Remote sensing and insect observation; title: Radar principles; title: Insects as radar targets; title: Entomological radar designs; title: Observing insects with radar: I. Performance, surveillance, and target characterization; title: Observing insects with radar. II. Quantitative estimation and parameter retrieval; title: Additional radar, radar-like, and radio technologies for insect observation; title: Insect migration, its quantification, and the role of the atmosphere; title: Insect migratory flight I: Principal features; title: Insect migratory flight II: Concentrations and disturbances; title: Insect migration, population movements, and pest management; title: Migrations of pest and beneficial insects; title: Insect foraging movements; title: Insect echo on meteorological radars; title: Radar entomology: perspectives and prospects.