Aulacaspis yasumatsui Delivers a Blow to International Cycad Horticulture

TE Marler, AJ Lindström, GW Watson - Horticulturae, 2021 - mdpi.com
The literature covering the biology, invasion chronology, host plant responses, and control
efforts of the armored scale Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi (Hempitera: Diaspididae) is …

Leaf elemental concentrations, stoichiometry, and resorption in Guam's coastal karst forests

TE Marler - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
Greater knowledge concerning the interspecific diversity of the plant leaf ionome is required
to effectively understand the spatiotemporal dynamics of biogeochemistry, but Micronesia …

[PDF][PDF] Typhoon Mawar enables an assessment of Cycas micronesica conservation plans

A Lindström, I Terry, B Deloso, W Tang… - J. Geogr. Nat …, 2023 - researchgate.net
ABSTRACT Typhoon Mawar damaged Guam's northern forests on 24 May 2023. This
disturbance was the first major typhoon to test the island's Cycas micronesica population …

Biotic Threats to Cycas micronesica Continue to Expand to Complicate Conservation Decisions

BE Deloso, LI Terry, LS Yudin, TE Marler - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Effective conservation of endangered plant species requires identifying
their greatest threats to formulate management protocols. Invasive species are a result of …

Height increment of Cycas micronesica informs conservation decisions

TE Marler, MP Griffith… - Plant Signaling & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Growth dynamics of pachycaulous stems of arborescent cycad plants are not well
understood, and most observations have been made in cultivated garden plants. We studied …

Infestations of Aulacaspis yasumatsui Reduce Asexual Propagation and Transplantation Success of Cycas revoluta Plants

TE Marler - Horticulturae, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cycad transplantation and asexual propagation by stem cuttings are highly successful
horticultural procedures because the manoxylic stems contain copious nonstructural …

Perennial trees associating with nitrogen-fixing symbionts differ in leaf after-life nitrogen and carbon release

TE Marler - Nitrogen, 2020 - mdpi.com
Plants that enter symbiotic relationships with nitrogen (N)-fixing microbes contribute some of
their N to the community through leaf litter decomposition and mineralization processes. The …

Cycas micronesica Megastrobilus Traits Respond to Chronic Herbivory by Aulacaspis yasumatsui

TE Marler, LI Terry - Ecologies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi invaded Guam in 2003 and caused the widespread mortality
of the indigenous Cycas micronesica KD Hill population. The regeneration of the surviving …

Decades of IUCN recommendations for biocontrol of invasive pest on the Guam cycad: you can lead policy-makers to conservation proposals but you cannot make …

TE Marler, AJ Lindström, LI Terry… - Journal of Threatened …, 2024 - threatenedtaxa.org
Guam's cycad known as Cycas micronesica has been threatened by a coalition of invasive
herbivore species, and the armored scale Aulacaspis yasumatsui has emerged as the …

How does N mineral fertilizer influence the crop residue N credit?

R Ferraz-Almeida, NL da Silva, B Wendling - Nitrogen, 2020 - mdpi.com
In no-tillage systems, there is an accumulation of crop residues (CR), which plays an
essential role in the availability of soil-N. A study was set up to provide information regarding …