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Drivers of global Scolytinae invasion patterns
(Ecological Society of America, 2020-07)
Biological invasions are affected by characteristics of invading species, strength of pathway connectivity among world regions and habitat characteristics of invaded regions. These factors may interact in complex ways to ...
Population ecology and classical biological control of forest insect pests in a changing world
(Elsevier, 2022-09-15)
Forests are important for climate regulation and provide wood and fiber to an increasing human population. Forest systems encompass a large part of the world’s land surface area and they are increasingly threatened by ...
Landscape Diversity Influences Dispersal and Establishment of Pest with Complex Nutritional Ecology
(Springer, 2014-07-01)
We studied the effects of landscape structure on species with resource nutritional partition between the immature and adult stages by investigating how food quality and spatial structure of a landscape may affect the ...
Out of the forest: past and present range expansion of a parthenogenetic weevil pest, or how to colonize the world successfully
(John Wiley and Sons Ltd, 2016-08)
Previous research revealed complex diversification patterns in the parthenogenetic weevil Naupactus cervinus. To understand the origin of clonal diversity and successful spreading of this weevil, we investigated its ...
Conducta de recolección de alimento en Vespula Germanica: Implicancias para el control de avispas sociales invasoras en la Patagonia
(Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2019)
Durante la búsqueda de alimentos los individuos necesitan resolver si explotar un recurso dado o continuar buscando nuevos sitios de alimentación, que posiblemente sean mejores. Esta decisión se basa principalmente en la ...
Wheat curl mite, Aceria tosichella, and transmitted viruses: an expanding pest complex affecting cereal crops
(Springer, 2013-02)
The wheat curl mite (WCM), Aceria tosichella, and the plant viruses it transmits represent an invasive mite-virus complex that has affected cereal crops worldwide. The main damage caused by WCM comes from its ability to ...
First report of Bemisia tabaci Mediterranean (Q biotype) species in Brazil
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2015-04-01)
BACKGROUND: The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is amajor cosmopolitan pest and comprises a complex of more than 36 cryptic species that cause serious damage to agricultural crops worldwide. In this study, the Mediterranean species ...