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Radar studies on the high-altitude movement of aphid predators

Reference	D15558
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Mr Ian Woiwod
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Dr Jason Chapman, Professor Joseph Riley
Institution	Rothamsted Research
Department	Agro-Ecology
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	286,104
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	01/11/2001
End date	01/11/2004
Duration	36 months

Abstract

We propose to use two automatically operating, vertical- looking radars (VLRs) to observe continuously the abundance and movement of insects migrating over southern England. The accumulated radar-derived information will be used to investigate the flight behaviour of selected taxa of aphid predators, to characterise the role of airborne transport in their population movements, and relate these to the spatio-temporal dynamics of pest aphid populations. The database will also be used to determine how VLR can best complement existing approaches to quantifying the migration behaviour of insects of agricultural importance. A key factor in the research will be optimisation of VLR to assign the insect targets to functional groups.

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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