A5043936117- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Forest Management and Policy
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Insect Pheromone Research and Control
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Ecology and Conservation Studies
Kansas State University
2024
Agricultural Research Service
2023-2024
Center for Grain and Animal Health Research
2023-2024
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
2020
Louisiana State University
2020
Emigration is a fundamental process affecting species' local, regional, and large-scale dynamics. The paradigmatic view in ecology that emigration density independent (DIE) or positive dependent (+DDE). However, alternative forms are biologically plausible, including negative (-DDE), U-shaped (uDDE), hump-shaped (hDDE) forms. We reviewed the empirical literature to assess frequency of different density-dependent whether form depended on methodology. also developed reaction-diffusion model...
Organisms that immigrate into a recipient habitat generate movement pattern affects local population dynamics and the environment. Spillover is of unidirectional from donor to different, adjacent habitat. However, ecological definitions are often generalized include any cross-habitat movement, which limits within- cross-discipline collaboration. To assess spillover nomenclature, we reviewed 337 studies within agriculture, disease, fisheries fragmentation disciplines. Each study's definition...
Abstract The larger grain borer (Prostephanus truncatus [Horn] [Coleoptera: Bostrichidae]) is a wood-boring insect native to Central America and adapted stored maize cassava. It was accidentally introduced Tanzania became pest across central Africa. Unlike many pests, P. populations can establish move within forests. Consequently, novel infestations occur without human influence. objectives of our study were (i) develop an updated current suitability projection for truncatus, (ii) assess its...
Border crops can increase beneficial insect biodiversity within agricultural fields by supplementing insects with food and nesting resources. However, the effectiveness of border relies on movement between adjacent habitats some might consider habitat boundaries as barriers. Therefore, understanding is needed to determine for ecosystem services such pest control habitats. Our objective was compare ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) across soybean plots that were bordered corn grassland...
Flight behavior is an important component to understand in the context of pest management. However, because their small size, little known about flight capacity most stored-product insects, and when a has been assessed, it usually consists propensity for initiating flight. Despite priori expectations importance moths, there are no data on Mediterranean flour moth, Ephestia kuehniella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). As result, objective current study was (i) characterize baseline E. (ii)...
Abstract Long-term trapping programs of stored product pests provide information for timely and accurate pest management. Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) is a highly successful external-infesting grain frequently monitored using commercial pitfall trap that combines pheromonal kairomonal stimuli. However, an often overlooked component lure-based traps the potential volatile plume to change over time as individuals are captured. These now-dead insects may then release...