Nonnative insects and pathogens pose major threats to forest ecosystems worldwide,
greatly diminishing the ecosystem services trees provide. Given the high global diversity of …

Non-native invasive arthropod species threaten biodiversity and food security worldwide,
resulting in substantial economic, environmental, social and cultural costs. Classical …

Alternative host plants are among the key factors influencing the spread of invasive pests
because they are utilized as a food source and provide shelter in unfavorable conditions …

Assessing species establishment risk is an important task used for informing biosecurity
activities aimed at preventing biological invasions. Propagule pressure is a major contributor …

New Zealand has fewer numbers of herbicide-resistant crop weeds than many other highly
developed economies, yet these numbers are likely to increase in the future. A clear …

The biosecurity risks from many plant-parasitic nematode (PPN) species are poorly known
and remain a major challenge for identifying potentially invasive species. A self organising …

Pest risk assessment (PRA) comprises a set of quantitative and qualitative tools to protect
productive ecosystems from the impacts of unwanted biological invasions., Self-organizing …

Pest risk maps illustrate where invasive alien arthropods, molluscs, pathogens, and weeds
might become established, spread, and cause harm to natural and agricultural resources …

Self organizing maps for pest profile analysis (SOM PPA) is a quantitative filtering tool aimed
to assist pest risk analysis. The main SOM PPA outputs used by risk analysts are species …

Bark beetles have been recognized as the main insects that threaten forests worldwide.
Several years of research related to evaluating the potential establishment of beetles have …