Is the biological control of insects a natural phenomenon?

BA Hawkins, NJ Mills, MA Jervis, PW Price - Oikos, 1999 - JSTOR
Classical biological control (natural enemy introductions) has long served as a paradigm for
the role of predators and parasitoids in insect herbivore population dynamics, and it is …

Density-dependent dispersal and its consequences for population dynamics

RF Denno, MA Peterson - Population dynamics: new …, 1995 - books.google.com
A fundamental concern in insect ecology has been to determine the forces that dictate the
temporal and spatial fluctuations of populations. This endeavor has engendered heated …

Cooperation, games, and ecological feedback: some insights from Bali

JS Lansing, JH Miller - Current Anthropology, 2005 - journals.uchicago.edu
Cooperation, Games, and Ecological Feedback: Some Insights from Bali1 | Current
Anthropology: Vol 46, No 2 Skip to main content University of Chicago Press Journals logo …

Reproductive and developmental biology of Gonatocerus ashmeadi (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of Homalodisca coagulata (Hemiptera …

LJ Pilkington, MS Hoddle - Biological Control, 2006 - Elsevier
The reproductive and developmental biology of Gonatocerus ashmeadi Girault, a parasitoid
of the glassy-winged sharpshooter Homalodisca coagulata (Say), was determined at five …

Seeing green: phototactic responses for management of Rove beetle Paederus fuscipes

WF Zuharah, M Sufian, N Fadzly - Journal of Taibah University for …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Paederus fuscipes Curtis (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) is a medical pest due to its attraction
to bright light sources from human residential premises. This study aims to investigate the …

Notes on two West African Hemiptera injurious to cocoa

GC Dudgeon - Bulletin of Entomological Research, 1910 - cambridge.org
The insect of which drawings are given here (PI. VIII, figs. 1 & 2) is one belonging to the
genus Helopeltis (family Capsidæ), which contains a large number of extremely injurious …

[图书][B] Against the grain: the Vayda tradition in human ecology and ecological anthropology

BB Walters - 2008 - books.google.com
To rise to the increasingly urgent challenge of understanding the relationship between
human beings and the environment, scholars need to step back and re-evaluate their basic …

Development of a rice tungro epidemiological model for seasonal disease risk management in the Philippines

KH Kim, AD Raymundo, CM Aikins - European Journal of Agronomy, 2019 - Elsevier
Through an integration of seasonal climate forecasts (SCF) and rice disease
epidemiological models, a potential risk for rice disease epidemics can be predicted even …

Areawide rice insect pest management: a perspective of experiences in Asia.

JA Litsinger - 2008 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Rice constitutes the primary staple food for more than two billion people in Asia, where it
supplies half of their diet and 80% of the caloric intake (IRRI, 1985). Of the total 145 million …

Tethered flight activity of Nephotettix virescens (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in the Philippines

RJ Cooter, D Winder, TCB Chancellor - Bulletin of entomological …, 2000 - cambridge.org
The flight potential of Nephotettix virescens (Distant), the most important vector of rice tungro
virus disease, was assessed using tethered flight techniques. Most individuals tested were …