The life table is a type of research tool that is frequently used in many studies involving
population and community ecology. They are the basis for many comprehensive studies in …

Fungal entomopathogens have been proposed as environmentally friendly alternatives to
chemical control. Unfortunately, their effectiveness continues to be limited by their …

Plants protect themselves with a vast array of toxic secondary metabolites, yet most plants
serve as food for insects. The evolutionary processes that allow herbivorous insects to resist …

Recent reports of dramatic declines in insect abundance suggest grave consequences for
global ecosystems and human society. Most evidence comes from Europe, however, leaving …

Primary consumers are under strong selection from resource ('bottom‐up') and consumer
('top‐down') controls, but the relative importance of these selective forces is unknown. We …

Forests in virtually all regions of the world are being affected by invasions of non-native
insects. We conducted an in-depth review of the traits of successful invasive forest insects …

We provide a synthesis of the literature describing biochemical interactions between
microorganisms and insects by way of microbial volatile organic compound (MVOC) …

The Colorado potato beetle is one of the most challenging agricultural pests to manage. It
has shown a spectacular ability to adapt to a variety of solanaceaeous plants and variable …

Terrestrial arthropods comprise the most species‐rich communities on Earth, and grassland
flowers provide resources for hundreds of thousands of arthropod species. Diverse …

It is thought that species abundance is correlated with environmental suitability and that
environmental variables, scale, and type of model fitting can confound this relationship. We …