Search Results - "Forgie, Shaun A"
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Molecular and Histological Characterization of Primary (Betaproteobacteria) and Secondary (Gammaproteobacteria) Endosymbionts of Three Mealybug Species
Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (01-02-2012)“…Classifications Services AEM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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Field study demonstrates that exotic parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) of mealybugs (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) are absent from a native forest habitat in New Zealand
Published in BioControl (Dordrecht, Netherlands) (01-02-2015)“…Laboratory-based, physiological host-range tests of classical biocontrol agents may be complemented by examining the ecological (realised) host-range of…”
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Evolutionary relationships among the Scarabaeini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) based on combined molecular and morphological data
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-09-2006)“…The Scarabaeini is an old world tribe of ball-rolling dung beetles that have origins dating back to at least the mid-upper Miocene (19–8 million years ago)…”
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Invertebrate communities and drivers of their composition on gravel beaches in New Zealand
Published in New Zealand journal of ecology (01-01-2013)“…Gravel beaches are discrete, irregularly separated habitats along New Zealand's coasts. They are one of a diverse range of small, disparate, naturally rare…”
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Reproductive activity of Onthophagus granulatus Boheman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in New Zealand: Implications for its Effectiveness in the Control of Pastoral Dung
Published in New Zealand entomologist (01-02-2009)“…Reproductive condition and breeding cycles of adult female O. granulatus were demonstrated in field collected insects using physiological age-grading…”
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Risk posed by the invasive defoliator Uraba lugens to New Zealand native flora
Published in Agricultural and forest entomology (01-02-2011)“…1 The risk posed to New Zealand native flora by the recently-established pest of Australian origin Uraba lugens Walker (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) (gum leaf…”
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Newly released non‐native dung beetle species provide enhanced ecosystem services in New Zealand pastures
Published in Ecological entomology (01-08-2018)“…1. Whether the release of non‐native insect species benefits or harms ecosystem services has been the subject of debate. In New Zealand, the release of new…”
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Global distribution patterns provide evidence of niche shift by the introduced African dung beetle Digitonthophagus gazella
Published in Entomologia experimentalis et applicata (01-10-2020)“…The establishment of cattle ranches throughout the world has prompted the release of dung beetles as biological control agents that reduce pasture fouling and…”
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Assessing invasion threats: novel insect-pathogen-natural enemy associations with native New Zealand plants in southern California
Published in Biological invasions (01-05-2015)“…The potential for novel pests to attack indigenous plants can be examined in non-native ranges of these plants. We used perennial native New Zealand plant…”
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Biotic resistance: Facilitation between invasive Homoptera and invasive ants limits the establishment of an introduced weed biocontrol agent in New Zealand
Published in Biological control (01-11-2012)“…[Display omitted] ► We investigated why boneseed leafroller moth establishment is patchy in New Zealand. ► Establishment failure was correlated with scale…”
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Generalist dung attraction response in a New Zealand dung beetle that evolved with an absence of mammalian herbivores
Published in Ecological entomology (01-04-2012)“…1. Dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) are integral parts of many ecosystems because of their role in decomposition of dung; particularly mammal dung,…”
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Characterization of microsatellite loci in Brachyderes rugatus, the Canary Islands pine weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Published in Molecular ecology notes (01-09-2006)“…The Canary Island pine weevil Brachyderes rugatus (Wollaston) consists of four allopatric subspecies that are thought to have arisen from several historic…”
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Evolution of the Scarabaeini (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
Published in Systematic entomology (01-01-2005)“… A phylogenetic analysis of the Scarabaeini, based on 244 morphological characters, including 154 multistate and three biological characters, is presented…”
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Book Reviews
Published in New Zealand Entomologist (01-02-2011)“…Book Review - Handbook of Zoology Arthropoda: Insecta (Eds Neils P. Kristensen, Rolf. G. Beutel) Coleoptera, Beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and Systematics…”
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Book review : Fauna of New Zealand, 53: Harpalini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalinae) by A. Larochelle and M. C. Larivière
Published in New Zealand entomologist (01-07-2006)“…Book review. Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the…”
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Book Reviews
Published in New Zealand Entomologist (01-01-2006)“…Fauna of New Zealand, 53: Harpalini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalinae). A. Larochelle and M. -C. Larivière. Manaaki Whenua Press, 2005. 160pp…”
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