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Using the stable isotope marker 44Ca to study dispersal and host-foraging activity in parasitoids.

Published online: 11 Oct 2006

Authors: Wanner, H. & Gu HaiNan & Hattendorf, B. & Günther, D. & Dorn, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dispersal and host-foraging activity are important behavioural characteristics for parasitoid species used as biological control agents. Appropriate m...

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Pathogen dynamics under both bottom-up host resistance and top-down hyperparasite attack.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Parratt, S. R. & Laine, A. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The relative importance of bottom-up versus top-down control of population dynamics has been the focus of much debate. In infectious disease biology, ...

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Manipulation of light spectral quality disrupts host location and attachment by parasitic plants in the genus Cuscuta.

Published online: 01 Jun 2016

Authors: Johnson, B. I. & De Moraes, C. M. & Mescher, M. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Parasitic plants in the genus Cuscuta (dodders) make their living by extracting resources from other plants. While relatively few dodder species are a...

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Effects of host's diet on two pupal parasitoids of the gypsy moth: Brachymeria intermedia (Nees) and Coccygomimus turionellae (L.).

Published online: 01 Jan 1982

Authors: Greenblatt, J. A. & Barbosa, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In laboratory studies in Massachusetts with a synthetic diet and the foliage of 4 forest trees (grey birch (Betula populifolia), white oak (Quercus al...

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A monogenean parasite reveals the widespread translocation of the African clawed frog in its native range.

Published online: 28 Feb 2023

Authors: Schoeman, A. L. & Preez, L. H. du & Kmentová, N. & Vanhove, M. P. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The management of bio-invasions relies upon the development of methods to trace their origin and expansion. Cointroduced parasites, especially monogen...

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Assessing the phylogenetic host breadth of millet pathogens and its implication for disease spillover.

Published online: 07 Apr 2021

Authors: Ssebuliba, E. & Davies, T. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Increasing agriculture intensification has led to dramatically improved crop yields; however, this shift in agricultural practice has been accompan...

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Interactions between Avena and Puccinia species II. The pathogens: Puccinia coronata Cda and P. graminis Pers. f.sp. avenae Eriks. & Henn.

Published online: 01 Jan 1983

Authors: Oates, J. D. & Burdon, J. J. & Brouwer, J. B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A 5-yr survey in NSW revealed considerable annual variation in the abundance, racial diversity and virulence of both pathogen populations. Racial dive...

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The persistence of a SIS disease in a metapopulation.

Published online: 18 Nov 1999

Authors: Foley, J. E. & Foley, P. & Pedersen, N. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Deterministic models predict that susceptible-infective-susceptible (SIS) disease, where there is no immunity to reinfection following recovery, will ...

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Inventory of leaf miners and midge galls of Mary Mix McDonald Woods and other sites in Northeastern Illinois, USA.

Published online: 18 Jan 2023

Published by: USA, Synthesis Center for Conservation and Restoration

Authors: Steffen, J.

Content type: Miscellaneous

This inventory compiles 214 records of leaf miners and midge galls observed by James Steffen in Mary Mix McDonald Woods, Glencoe, Illinois, USA, and o...

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The dynamics of pest-parasitoid-insecticide interactions.

Published online: 04 Jun 1986

Authors: Waage, J. K. & Hassell, M. P. & Godfray, H. C. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Population models of host-parasite interactions are extended to include insecticide application acting in a variety of ways on pest hosts and/or their...

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