Future Risks of Pest Species under Changing Climatic Conditions.

ABSTRACT: Most agricultural pests are poikilothermic species expected to respond to climate change. Currently, they are a tremendous burden because of the high losses they inflict on crops and livestock. Smallholder farmers in developing countries of Africa are likely to suffer more under these changes than farmers in the developed world because more severe climatic changes are projected in these areas. African countries further have a lower ability to cope with impacts of climate change through the lack of suitable adapted management strategies and financial constraints. In this study we are predicting current and future habitat suitability under changing climatic conditions for Tuta absoluta, Ceratitis cosyra, and Bactrocera invadens, three important insect pests that are common across some parts

SUBMITTER: Biber-Freudenberger L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4824351 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature