Population responses of hymenopteran parasitoids to the emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in recently invaded areas in north central United States

JJ Duan, LS Bauer, KJ Abell, R van Driesche - BioControl, 2012 - Springer
Populations of hymenopteran parasitoids associated with larval stages of the invasive
emerald ash borer (EAB) Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) were …

[HTML][HTML] Spectral identification of lighting type and character

CD Elvidge, DM Keith, BT Tuttle, KE Baugh - Sensors, 2010 - mdpi.com
We investigated the optimal spectral bands for the identification of lighting types and the
estimation of four major indices used to measure the efficiency or character of lighting. To …

Use of shrubs as nurse plants: a new technique for reforestation in Mediterranean mountains

J Castro, R Zamora, JA Hódar… - Restoration ecology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Common techniques currently used for afforestation in the Mediterranean basin consider the
pre‐existing vegetation (mainly shrubs) as a source of competition for trees, and …

Responses of High Arctic wet sedge tundra to climate warming since 1980

GB Hill, GHR Henry - Global Change Biology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The global climate is changing rapidly and Arctic regions are showing responses to recent
warming. Responses of tundra ecosystems to climate change have been examined primarily …

Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus availability on fine‐root dynamics in Hawaiian montane forests

R Ostertag - Ecology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Although it is often assumed that root dynamics are similar to leaf dynamics in relation to
nutrient availability, this hypothesis is rarely tested. Using sequential soil coring and a …

Measuring the impact of biotic factors on populations of immature emerald ash borers (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

JJ Duan, MD Ulyshen, LS Bauer, J Gould… - Environmental …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Cohorts of emerald ash borer larvae, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, were experimentally
established in July of 2008 on healthy green ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica) trees in two …

Factors Affecting Mortality and Resistance to Damage Following Hurricanes in a Rehabilitated Subtropical Moist Forest1

R Ostertag, WL Silver, AE Lugo - Biotropica: The Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to resist hurricane damage is a property of both individuals and communities, and
can have strong effects on the structure and function of many tropical forests. We examined …

Occurrence of emerald ash borer (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) and biotic factors affecting its immature stages in the Russian Far East

JJ Duan, G Yurchenko, R Fuester - Environmental Entomology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Field surveys were conducted from 2008 to 2011 in the Khabarovsk and Vladivostok regions
of Russia to investigate the occurrence of emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire …

Quantitative Trait Loci Affecting Components of Wing Shape in Drosophila melanogaster

E Zimmerman, A Palsson, G Gibson - Genetics, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Two composite multiple regression-interval mapping analyses were performed to identify
candidate quantitative trait loci (QTL) affecting components of wing shape in Drosophila …

Pea in rotation with wheat reduced uncertainty of economic returns in southwest Montana

PR Miller, A Bekkerman, CA Jones… - Agronomy …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Pea (Pisum sativum L.) is increasingly being rotated with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in
Montana. Our objective was to compare economic net returns among wheat‐only and pea …