Simple Summary The past decade has seen Africa being invaded by an invasive and
destructive insect pest of tomato, the South American tomato pinworm. To date, the pest …

Management strategies to address the challenges associated with invasive species are
critical for effective conservation. An increasing variety of mathematical models offer insight …

The factors that determine patterns of non-native species richness and abundance are
context dependent in both time and space. Global change has significantly boosted plant …

Tuta absoluta is an invasive insect that originated from South America and has spread to
Europe Africa and Asia. Since its detection in Spain in 2006, the pest is continuing to expand …

Fruit flies are a major pest worldwide for fruit producing industries. Incursions into fly free
areas usually occurs via infested fruit; however, little is reported about the size of a …

A large body of literature has recently recognized the role of microclimates in controlling the
physiology and ecology of species, yet the relevance of fine-scale climatic data for modeling …

Thermal biologists are interested in generating paired data on development rates and
temperatures, but they are in need of automated tools to accurately analyse this data. 2. Fed …

Invasive species are increasing in number, extent and impact worldwide. Effective invasion
management has thus become a core socio-ecological challenge. To tackle this challenge …

The study of how people acquire and diffuse information among heterogeneous populations
has a rich history in the social sciences. However, few approaches have been developed to …

Attractant-based trap networks are important elements of invasive insect detection, pest
control and basic research programs. We present a landscape-level, spatially explicit model …