Understanding long-term fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) population dynamics: implications for areawide management

M Aluja, M Ordano, L Guillén… - Journal of Economic …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are devastating agricultural pests worldwide but studies on
their long-term population dynamics are sparse. Our aim was to determine the mechanisms …

Generation separation in simple structured life cycles: Models and 48 years of field data on a tea tortrix moth

T Yamanaka, WA Nelson, K Uchimura… - The American …, 2012 - journals.uchicago.edu
Population cycles have fascinated ecologists since the early nineteenth century, and the
dynamics of insect populations have been central to understanding the intrinsic and extrinsic …

Using a population growth model to simulate response of Plodia interpunctella Hübner populations to timing and frequency of insecticide treatments

EA Fontenot, FH Arthur, JR Nechols, JE Throne - Journal of pest science, 2012 - Springer
Management strategies for urban and stored-product pests are chosen for a variety of
attributes including cost, efficacy, and human safety. Insect growth regulators, which are low …

The evolutionary ecology of antiviral resistance in insects

H Tidbury - 2012 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
Infectious disease is ubiquitous and potentially devastating to individual hosts and
populations as a whole. Understanding host resistance is therefore a key challenge. More …