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View article: Potential use of vibrational playbacks for management of pear psylla
Potential use of vibrational playbacks for management of pear psylla Open
Integrated pest management programs often use pesticides alongside behavioral tactics, such as mating disruption, to manage pests. Pest management using biotremology, the study of vibrations produced by organisms, is gaining attention but …
View article: Meta‐analysis reveals strong evidence for adaptive host and vector manipulation by plant viruses
Meta‐analysis reveals strong evidence for adaptive host and vector manipulation by plant viruses Open
Plant viruses often enhance their own transmission by modifying host phenotypes and vector behaviour, leading to the hypothesis that such effects are manipulations due to virus adaptations. However, few studies have linked putative manipul…
View article: Modeling the Wildlife–Livestock Interface of Cattle Fever Ticks in the Southern United States
Modeling the Wildlife–Livestock Interface of Cattle Fever Ticks in the Southern United States Open
Cattle fever ticks, Rhipicephalus microplus and Rhipicephalus annulatus, transmit Babesia pathogens, the causative agents of cattle fever worldwide. Although eradicated from the United States, increasing incursions of cattle fever ticks in…
View article: Structure of Bee Communities in Marginal Lands of the Puget Sound, <scp>USA</scp>
Structure of Bee Communities in Marginal Lands of the Puget Sound, <span>USA</span> Open
Wild bee communities in urban ecosystems are often challenged by habitat fragmentation and low floral diversity. In such settings, marginal land surrounding airports or in power line corridors may support bees, even with small habitat patc…
View article: Decline of an apex vertebrate scavenger increases carrion use by invertebrates
Decline of an apex vertebrate scavenger increases carrion use by invertebrates Open
Apex consumers are declining worldwide. While the effects of apex predator declines on ecosystems are widely documented, the cascading effects of apex scavenger declines are poorly understood. We evaluated whether disease‐induced declines …
View article: Oviposition behavior and development of the invasive lily leaf beetle on native host plants from the Pacific Northwest United States
Oviposition behavior and development of the invasive lily leaf beetle on native host plants from the Pacific Northwest United States Open
Invasive insects often feed on novel plant species related to hosts in their native range, including species of conservation concern. The lily leaf beetle, Lilioceris lilii Scopoli (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a Eurasian pest of cultivated…
View article: Predator niche overlap predicts effects on aphid vectors and a vector‐borne virus
Predator niche overlap predicts effects on aphid vectors and a vector‐borne virus Open
Multiple predator species can enhance or disrupt prey suppression based on whether different predators forage in complementary or overlapping niches. Interactions between predator species are primarily evaluated by resulting effects on pre…
View article: sequential.pops: Sequential Analysis of Biological Population Sizes
sequential.pops: Sequential Analysis of Biological Population Sizes Open
View article: Sequential testing of complementary hypotheses about population density
Sequential testing of complementary hypotheses about population density Open
Making inferences about population density is paramount in ecology and pest management for decision‐makers who often seek to determine how a population compares to a pre‐established static or dynamic threshold through sampling or monitorin…
View article: Biological control mitigates spread of vector-borne plant pathogens
Biological control mitigates spread of vector-borne plant pathogens Open
Diseases caused by vector-borne plant pathogens cause adverse impacts on yield resilience, food security, and farmer livelihoods, which are bound to aggravate under global change. Biological control is routinely discounted as a mitigation …
View article: Soil rhizobia promote plant yield by increasing tolerance to pests and pathogens under field conditions
Soil rhizobia promote plant yield by increasing tolerance to pests and pathogens under field conditions Open
View article: Effects of Organic and Synthetic Fertiliser on Insect Herbivore Populations in Quinoa
Effects of Organic and Synthetic Fertiliser on Insect Herbivore Populations in Quinoa Open
Fertilisers are used in agriculture to promote crop productivity. There are many nutrient sources in fertilisers, and different sources cause variation in plant defence and pest tolerance. Assessing how pests respond to different types of …
View article: Managing Friends and Foes: Sanctioning Mutualists in Mixed‐Infection Nodules Trades off With Defense Against Antagonists
Managing Friends and Foes: Sanctioning Mutualists in Mixed‐Infection Nodules Trades off With Defense Against Antagonists Open
Successful plant growth requires plants to minimize harm from antagonists and maximize benefit from mutualists. However, these outcomes may be difficult to achieve simultaneously, since plant defenses activated in response to antagonists c…
View article: Assessing pest control treatments from phenology models and field data
Assessing pest control treatments from phenology models and field data Open
BACKGROUND Efficacy of insecticides is often determined from apparent yield loses due to a target pest. However, pests can affect yields even when controls work as expected. Further, most pest populations are monitored through adult counts…
View article: Enhancing monitoring to promote early detection and eradication of invasive species
Enhancing monitoring to promote early detection and eradication of invasive species Open
Ecological niche models are often used to predict the distribution of invasive species before or after they have been detected in new regions. Such models should also be used to guide surveys to promote the early detection and eradication …
View article: Niche-Based Priority Effects Predict Microbe Resistance to<i>Erwinia amylovora</i>in Pear Nectar
Niche-Based Priority Effects Predict Microbe Resistance to<i>Erwinia amylovora</i>in Pear Nectar Open
Fire blight is a devastating disease affecting pome fruit trees that is caused by Erwinia amylovora and leads to substantial annual losses worldwide. While antibiotic-based management approaches like streptomycin can be effective, there ar…
View article: Patterns of virus coincidence between honey bees and bumble bees in the Pacific Northwest, USA
Patterns of virus coincidence between honey bees and bumble bees in the Pacific Northwest, USA Open
View article: Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture
Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture Open
Agricultural simplification continues to expand at the expense of more diverse forms of agriculture. This simplification, for example, in the form of intensively managed monocultures, poses a risk to keeping the world within safe and just …
View article: Seasonal and lifecycle changes in behavior affect the trapping efficiency of an insect vector, <i>Circulifer tenellus</i> (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
Seasonal and lifecycle changes in behavior affect the trapping efficiency of an insect vector, <i>Circulifer tenellus</i> (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Open
Accurate sampling of pests is the foundation of pest management. Choosing the best trap for pest monitoring can be complex, however, because trap performance is affected by pest preferences and behaviors. Moreover, preservation of DNA in t…
View article: Effects of Soil Rhizobia Abundance on Interactions between a Vector, Pathogen, and Legume Plant Host
Effects of Soil Rhizobia Abundance on Interactions between a Vector, Pathogen, and Legume Plant Host Open
Soil rhizobia promote nitrogen fixation in legume hosts, maximizing their tolerance to different biotic stressors, plant biomass, crop growth, and yield. While the presence of soil rhizobia is considered beneficial for plants, few studies …
View article: Identifying drivers of sewage-associated pollutants in pollinators across urban landscapes
Identifying drivers of sewage-associated pollutants in pollinators across urban landscapes Open
View article: Estimating the potential distribution of yellow spotted stink bug (<scp><i>Erthesina fullo</i></scp>) using ecological niche models
Estimating the potential distribution of yellow spotted stink bug (<span><i>Erthesina fullo</i></span>) using ecological niche models Open
Invasive insect species threaten the productivity of ecosystems worldwide, and ecological niche models can be used to predict distributions of invaders and guide management efforts. Ecological niche models can also aid monitoring for invas…
View article: Experimental evidence reveals that vector host preference and performance across host plants is not altered by vector-borne plant viruses
Experimental evidence reveals that vector host preference and performance across host plants is not altered by vector-borne plant viruses Open
Many plant pathogens are transmitted by generalist insects that move between host species, and vector preference and performance on different hosts affects pathogen transmission. Most studies of host–vector–pathogen interactions focus on a…
View article: Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory
Plant size, latitude, and phylogeny explain within-population variability in herbivory Open
Interactions between plants and herbivores are central in most ecosystems, but their strength is highly variable. The amount of variability within a system is thought to influence most aspects of plant-herbivore biology, from ecological st…
View article: Diversity and Traits of Multiple Biotic Stressors Elicit Differential Defense Responses in Legumes
Diversity and Traits of Multiple Biotic Stressors Elicit Differential Defense Responses in Legumes Open
In agroecosystems, plants frequently confront multiple biotic stressors, including herbivores and pathogens. The nature of these interactions plays a crucial role in mediating the activation of plant defense mechanisms. However, induction …
View article: Differential effects of soil conservation practices on arthropods and crop yields
Differential effects of soil conservation practices on arthropods and crop yields Open
Many agricultural management tactics, such as reduced tillage, aim to promote biodiversity and ecosystem services. Responses to such tactics can be context dependent, however, and differentially impact (i) functional groups of service‐prov…
View article: Characterizing Substrate-Borne Vibrational Mating Signals Produced by Pear Psylla, Cacopsylla pyricola (Hemiptera: Psyllidae)
Characterizing Substrate-Borne Vibrational Mating Signals Produced by Pear Psylla, Cacopsylla pyricola (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) Open
Tactics that manipulate insect behavior are a component of many pest management strategies. Pheromone-based mating disruption is one such tactic widely used in agricultural systems, but few studies have assessed disrupting other mate commu…
View article: Pollination supply models from a local to global scale
Pollination supply models from a local to global scale Open
Ecological intensification has been embraced with great interest by the academic sector but is still rarely taken up by farmers because monitoring the state of different ecological functions is not straightforward. Modelling tools can repr…
View article: Long‐term organic farming and floral diversity promotes stability of bee communities in agroecosystems
Long‐term organic farming and floral diversity promotes stability of bee communities in agroecosystems Open
Increasing bee diversity promotes pollination services on farms. Yet, given the high turnover in pollinator communities, without knowledge of how pollinator communities assemble, it is difficult to conserve or increase bee diversity. Thus,…
View article: Data supplementing Lichtenberg et al. Differential effects of soil conservation practices on arthropods and crop yields
Data supplementing Lichtenberg et al. Differential effects of soil conservation practices on arthropods and crop yields Open
This dataset contains data and scripts that supplement the publication Lichtenberg et al. (In review) Differential effects of soil conservation practices on arthropods and crop yields. Please cite the above article if you use any of the in…