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CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE DISTRIBUTION OF INSECTS IN THE FREE ATMOSPHERE: PART II: SURFACE AND UPPER WINDS*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. G. Wellington
Affiliation:
Meteorological Service of Canada, Toronto, Ont.

Extract

The atmosphere as a distribution medium for insects has been the subject of extensive investigations, through trapping by kite and by aircraft. It has been found that insects are present at heights in excess of four kilometers, where the temperature is at freezing or below.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1945

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