Drastic declines in insect populations are a vital concern worldwide. Despite widespread
insect monitoring, the significant gaps in the literature must be addressed. Future monitoring …

The economic threshold for an invertebrate pest of an arable crop is the population density
at which control measures should be implemented to prevent economic damage. It is a …

Biological invasions are increasingly commonplace, driven primarily by the accidental
human transport of exotic species via shipping or trade. The economic impacts can be …

The intensification of agriculture and the development of synthetic insecticides enabled
worldwide grain production to more than double in the last third of the 20th century …

Even though the effects of insect pests on global agricultural productivity are well
recognised, little is known about movement and dispersal of many species, especially in the …

Male and female moths communicate in complex ways to search for and to select a mate. In
a process termed calling, females emit small quantities of pheromones, generating plumes …

The most reliable estimates of the population abundance of ground‐dwelling arthropods are
obtained almost entirely through trap counts. Trap shape can be easily controlled by the …

Insects are amongst the greatest pests of agriculture, horticulture and forestry worldwide,
inflicting damage and economic costs both directly and by transmitting plant viruses. Many …

Characterization of patterns of animal movement is a major challenge in ecology with
applications to conservation, biological invasions and pest monitoring. Brownian random …

Background Random walks (RWs) have proved to be a powerful modelling tool in ecology,
particularly in the study of animal movement. An application of RW concerns trapping which …