The locust Schistocerca sp. (Orthoptera: Acridae) plague and its relationship with the Mega Niño of 1877-1878 in Costa Rica
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| Format: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Publikationsdatum: | 2019 |
| Beschreibung: | Introduction: locust plagues have been recorded for thousands of years and were feared by many societies. Objective: to assess if the locusts that affected Costa Rica in the 19th century were related with the Mega-Niño of 1877-1878. Methods: we checked files in the Costa Rican Congress, Governance, Municipalities and Police Force. Results: clouds of locusts were reported from Guanacaste in June 1876 and in the following months the reports spread to a large part of the country, with a lesser extent in Limón. The plague affected mainly the Central American Dry Corridor (CADC) while the Mega-Niño was developing. Conclusion: meteorological data support the hypothesis that conditions generated by the Mega-Niño favored the propagation of locusts that significant damaged agriculture. The pest was combated by the army and, by the church, with prayers, until it moved to Colombia. |
| Land: | Portal de Revistas UNED |
| Institution: | Universidad Estatal a Distancia |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UNED |
| Sprache: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/2200 |
| Online Zugang: | https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/2200 |
| Stichwort: | Costa Rica history climate El Niño environment agriculture locusts. historia clima medio ambiente agricultura langostas. |