Invasive and endangered species reflect opposite ends of a spectrum of ecological success,
yet they experience many similar eco-evolutionary challenges including demographic …

1. One of the main challenges faced by ecologists today is to understand and predict how
species interactions will respond to the current environmental change. It is likely that these …

Host range evolution is a central issue for pest management, particularly for invasive
species of agricultural importance. The invasive tomato leaf miner, Tuta absoluta Meyrick …

Accidental introductions of biological weed control (BWC) agents (i) offer opportunities to
assess host use of agents with a potentially broader fundamental host‐range than those …

Highlights•Evolutionary change is a key uncertainty associated with the importation of
classical biocontrol agents (BCAs).•The deliberate importation of BCAs offers a unique …

Species distribution models can predict the suitable climatic range of a potential biological
control agent (BCA), but they provide little information on the BCA's potential impact. To …

Geographic variation in the traits of a species is shaped by variation in abiotic conditions,
biotic interactions, and evolutionary history of its interactions with other species. We studied …

Dectes texanus is an important coleopteran pest of soybeans and cultivated sunflowers in
the Midwestern United States that causes yield losses by girdling stems of their host plants …

Although biological control agents (BCAs) are an effective tool for limiting the impact of
invasive alien plants (IAPs), mismatch between the BCA and IAP, exacerbated by future …

Cosmopolitan pests can consist of geographic populations that differ in their current host
ranges or in their ability to colonize a novel host. We compared the responses of cowpea …