The incredible boom and bust of the Rocky Mountain locust

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Created by Henry Reich, with Alex Reich, Peter Reich, Emily Elert, and Rose Eveleth. Music by Nathaniel Schroeder http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder Thanks to ScienceAlert for support - http://www.sciencealert.com Thanks to Dr. Jeffrey Alan Lockwood for his expert consultation.

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REFERENCES

Lockwood , J. A. and L. D. DeBrey. 1990. A solution for the sudden and unexplained extinction of the Rocky Mountain locust, Melanoplus spretus (Walsh). Environmental Entomology 19, 1194 - 1205.

Lockwood , J. A. 2010. The fate of the Rocky Mountain locust, Melanoplus spretus Walsh: implications for conservation biology. Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews 3,129--160