Environmental disturbances seem to be increasing in frequency and impact, yet we have
little understanding of the belowground impacts of these events. Soil fauna, while widely …

Abstract 1 The western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte is a major insect
pest of field maize, Zea mays L. Larvae can cause substantial injury by feeding on maize …

In response to herbivore attack, plants mobilize chemical defenses and release distinct
bouquets of volatiles. Aboveground herbivores are known to use changes in leaf volatile …

Wireworms (Coleoptera: Elateridae) are important soil dwelling pests worldwide causing
yield losses in many crops. The progressive restrictions in the matter of efficient synthetic …

We apply the double‐nested unbalanced panel data model developed by Antweiler [J.
Econometrics 101 (2001) 295] to estimate a damage function for western corn rootworm …

Characterizing the composition of pest communities across variable cropping landscapes is
critical for developing integrated management programs due to variation across species in …

The identity and impact of trophic linkages within subterranean arthropod communities are
challenging to establish, a fact that hinders the development of conservation biological …

A large-scale survey was carried out in 336 French fields to investigate the influence of soil
characteristics, climate conditions, the presence of wireworms and the identity of …

The western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, Coleoptera:
Chrysomelidae) is an invasive maize (Zea mays L.) pest in Europe. Crop yield is significantly …

Studying the association between organismal morphology and environmental conditions
has been very useful to test hypothesis regarding the influence of climate on shape. It has …