Abstract The Asian vinegar fly Drosophila suzukii (spotted wing Drosophila [SWD]) has
emerged as a major invasive insect pest of small and stone fruits in both the Americas and …

There is considerable debate about whether community ecology will ever produce general
principles. We suggest here that this can be achieved but that community ecology has lost its …

Twenty five years after its first enunciation, IPM is recognized as one of the most robust
constructs to arise in the agricultural sciences during the second half of the twentieth …

Understanding the functioning of ecosystems requires the understanding of the interactions
between consumer species and their resources. How do these interactions affect the …

This paper presents a simple model of preindustrial population dynamics, one that brings
together the theoretical insights of Thomas Robert Malthus and Ester Boserup. Central to the …

Ratio—dependent models of predators and prey are approximations of the biology of
resource acquisition and allocation and their consequences for population birth and death …

The Mediterranean Basin is a climate and biodiversity hot spot, and climate change
threatens agro-ecosystems such as olive, an ancient drought-tolerant crop of considerable …

The life history of the oriental latrine fly, Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius), was studied at
26° C in the laboratory. The raw data were analyzed based on the age–stage, two-sex life …

Background Cotton with coevolving pests has been grown in India more than 5000 years.
Hybrid cotton was introduced in the 1970s with increases in fertilizer and in insecticide use …

MATHEMATICAL ECOLOGY Population ecologists study how births and deaths affect the
dynamics of populations and communities, while ecosystem ecologists study how species …