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 …
B Augustinus, Y Sun, C Beuchat… - Ecological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …
FJ Messina, AM Lish, Z Gompert - Environmental entomology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
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 …