Approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) in practice

K Csilléry, MGB Blum, OE Gaggiotti… - Trends in ecology & …, 2010 - cell.com
Understanding the forces that influence natural variation within and among populations has
been a major objective of evolutionary biologists for decades. Motivated by the growth in …

Approximate Bayesian computation in evolution and ecology

MA Beaumont - Annual review of ecology, evolution, and …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
In the past 10years a statistical technique, approximate Bayesian computation (ABC), has
been developed that can be used to infer parameters and choose between models in the …

The invasive South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta, continues to spread in Afro-Eurasia and beyond: the new threat to tomato world production

N Desneux, MG Luna, T Guillemaud, A Urbaneja - Journal of pest science, 2011 - Springer
The economic and ecological effects of invasive species, notably pests (Mack et al. 2000;
Suckling and Brockerhoff 2010; Ragsdale et al. 2011), are now widely recognized (Thomas …

Reconstructing routes of invasion using genetic data: why, how and so what?

A Estoup, T Guillemaud - Molecular ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Detailed knowledge about the geographical pathways followed by propagules from their
source to the invading populations—referred to here as routes of invasion—provides …

Global Invasion History of the Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta

MS Ascunce, CC Yang, J Oakey, L Calcaterra, WJ Wu… - Science, 2011 - science.org
The fire ant Solenopsis invicta is a significant pest that was inadvertently introduced into the
southern United States almost a century ago and more recently into California and other …

Bridgehead effect in the worldwide invasion of the biocontrol harlequin ladybird

E Lombaert, T Guillemaud, JM Cornuet, T Malausa… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Recent studies of the routes of worldwide introductions of alien organisms suggest that
many widespread invasions could have stemmed not from the native range, but from a …

Inferring population history with DIY ABC: a user-friendly approach to approximate Bayesian computation

JM Cornuet, F Santos, MA Beaumont, CP Robert… - …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Genetic data obtained on population samples convey information about their evolutionary
history. Inference methods can extract part of this information but they require sophisticated …

The Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans originated in central Mexico rather than the Andes

EM Goss, JF Tabima, DEL Cooke… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Phytophthora infestans is a destructive plant pathogen best known for causing the disease
that triggered the Irish potato famine and remains the most costly potato pathogen to …

The global spread of Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae): distribution, dispersal and routes of invasion

PMJ Brown, CE Thomas, E Lombaert, DL Jeffries… - BioControl, 2011 - Springer
Released as a biological control agent of aphids and coccids, Harmonia axyridis
(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) has spread from Asia to four additional continents. Since 1988 …

Crossing frontiers in tackling pathways of biological invasions

F Essl, S Bacher, TM Blackburn, O Booy, G Brundu… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Substantial progress has been made in understanding how pathways underlie and mediate
biological invasions. However, key features of their role in invasions remain poorly …