Humidity has been suggested to be important for Drosophila suzukii development; however, how it mediates competition has not been described previously. An examination of …
My thesis explores the link between habitat selection decisions made at the individual level and the resulting population-level distributions, using a combination of field, …
Background/Questions/Methods: An individual's ability to assimilate and obtain one food resource is constrained by trade-offs between foraging for alternate resources. Investment …
Numerous economically and medically important insect species have been targets of genetic control efforts to reduce or eliminate their negative impacts. Selfish genes (coupled with …
Estimating colony areas, locations, population sizes, and trends, are all important aspects of managing animal populations. The ability to assess population trends and delineate …
Pupation site-seeking larvae of the codling moth, Cydia pomonella, aggregate in response to aggregation pheromone produced by cocoon-spinning conspecific larvae. Larvae that pupate …