We review key issues, available approaches and analyses to encourage and assist
practitioners to develop sound plans to evaluate the effectiveness of weed biological control …

There has been considerable debate on risks associated with biological control, and partly
resulting from this, research has addressed a number of questions which have subsequently …

Invasive alien species are a major and growing threat to biodiversity worldwide. The
transport of organisms through increased levels of trade and tourism is leading to the …

Practitioners of classical biological control of invasive weeds are confronted with a dual
expectation: to achieve successful control of plant invaders and to avoid damage to …

Climate change may shift interactions of invasive plants, herbivorous insects and native
plants, potentially affecting biological control efficacy and non‐target effects on native …

Parthenium hysterophorus L.(Asteraceae), commonly known as parthenium, is a weed of
global significance (Navie et al., 1996; Fig. 15.1). Parthenium is a major weed in Australia …

The southern tip of North America coalesces into one of the world's largest freshwater
wetlands, the Everglades, Florida, USA. Though this region is much like an island, home to …

Various factors can influence the population dynamics of phytophages post introduction, of
which climate is fundamental. Here we present an approach, using a mechanistic modelling …

Considerable progress has been made towards the successful classical biological control of
many of Australia's exotic weeds over the past decade. Some 43 new arthropod or pathogen …

Modern biological control practitioners must increasingly demonstrate a level of rigor that
can only be achieved through use of effective methodological tools such as modeling …