I wonder if that landscape shown in the video is former rainforest. I saw on a nature program recently that Madagascar has lost 80 percent of its original forest cover. It's not hard to believe that could have something to do with locust population dynamics.
Martin M. Meiss 2013/3/28 David Inouye <ino...@umd.edu> > Here's an example of a current events science news story that I'll use at > the beginning of my intro ecology/evolution course next week. Particularly > appropriate as we're starting to talk about population growth. I find that > students respond well to hearing a few minutes at the start of each lecture > about some current science news story, often new since the last lecture, as > it helps reinforce the point that what they are learning in this course has > applications outside the classroom. > > http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/27/**world/africa/madagascar-** > locusts/index.html<http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/27/world/africa/madagascar-locusts/index.html> > > Some impressive footage of an ongoing locust swarm in Madagascar, with a > link to some similar video of the one in Israel and Egypt. > > David > > > > Dr. David W. Inouye, Professor > Associate Chair, Director of Graduate Studies > Dept. of Biology > University of Maryland > College Park, MD 20742-4415 > > Rocky Mtn. Biological Laboratory > PO Box 519 > Crested Butte, CO 81224 > > ino...@umd.edu > 301-405-6946 > > 2013-14 President-elect, Ecological Society of America
