The development of biological control methods for exotic invasive pest species has become
more challenging during the last decade. Compared to indigenous natural enemies, species …

Background We challenge the oft-repeated claim that the beetles (Coleoptera) are the most
species-rich order of animals. Instead, we assert that another order of insects, the …

Society is confronted by interconnected threats to ecological sustainability. Among these is
the devastation of forests by destructive non-native pathogens and insects introduced …

Invasive pathogens that cause stem cankers and wilts of trees, and insects that bore into
bark and wood have proven extremely destructive to the world's forests and particularly …

Many factors can affect the success and failure of classical biological control. However,
these factors have mainly been studied independently of each other, which leaves their …

Chemical insecticides have been an important tool in the management of forest insect pests
in Canadian forests. Aerial application of insecticides began in the 1920s and expanded …

To control non-native species, resource managers may import and introduce biocontrol
agents. Like accidentally introduced insects, biocontrol agents must overcome several …

Chapter 16 Page 1 http://dx.doi.org/10.19103/AS.2019.0057.19 Published by Burleigh Dodds
Science Publishing Limited, 2020. Chapter 16 Advances in understanding and managing …

Plant interactions with herbivores and pathogens are among the most widespread
ecological relationships, and show many congruent properties. Despite these similarities …

The emerald ash borer (EAB, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) is
devastating ash trees in its invaded range of North America and spreading rapidly towards …