Vector-borne diseases remain a major contributor to the global burden of disease, while
climate change is expected to exacerbate their risk. Characterising vector development rate …

Pest risk maps are powerful visual communication tools to describe where invasive alien
species might arrive, establish, spread, or cause harmful impacts. These maps inform …

Simple Summary Phenological maps can depict the development and seasonal activities
(phenology) of invasive insects at area-wide scales, such as counties, states, or entire …

Originating from the Andean region and co-evolved with its food plant, the potato (Solanum
sp.), the potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) has become an invasive potato …

The common cutworm, Spodoptera litura, has become a major pest of soybean (Glycine
max) throughout its Indian range. With a changing climate, there is the potential for this …

Insect phenology models are widely used for decision support in pest management and
more recently in phytosanitary risk assessments. The development of generic and flexible …

The so‐called BIOCLIM variables have played a central role in the advancement of
ecologicalmodellingmethods for correlative species distribution modelling. We propose to …

Climatic conditions are key determining factors of whether plant pests flourish. Models of
pest response to temperature are integral to pest risk assessment and management, helping …

This chapter undertakes a selective review of published work on insect pest monitoring
using sex pheromone and light traps, and forecasting using pest simulation models and …

The intensity and area of occurrence of pest species are strongly determined by the overall
climate conditions of a locality and the weather pattern within a given season in combination …