Search Results - "GODFRAY, H.C.J."

An age-structured model to evaluate the potential of novel malaria-control interventions: a case study of fungal biopesticide sprays by Hancock, P.A, Thomas, M.B, Godfray, H.C.J

“…It has recently been proposed that mosquito vectors of human diseases, particularly malaria, may be controlled by spraying with fungal biopesticides that…”
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Diversity of bacteria associated with natural aphid populations by Haynes, S, Darby, A.C, Daniell, T.J, Webster, G, Veen, F.J.F. van, Godfray, H.C.J, Prosser, J.I, Douglas, A.E

“…The bacterial communities of aphids were investigated by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis…”
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The Structure of a Leafminer-Parasitoid Community by Rott, A. S., Godfray, H. C. J.

“…1. Quantitative food webs were constructed describing the community of leafmining moths in the genus Phyllonorycter (Gracillariidae) and their parasitoids at a…”
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The Relationship between Parasitoid Size and Fitness in the Field, a Study of Achrysocharoides zwoelferi (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) by West, S.A., Flanagan, K.E., Godfray, H.C.J.

“…1. A knowledge of the relationship between body size and fitness is very important in many models of parasitoid behaviourial ecology. We estimated this…”
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European science in the Enlightenment and the discovery of the insect parasitoid life cycle in The Netherlands and Great Britain by van Lenteren, J.C., Godfray, H.C.J.

“…The authors most frequently credited for the European discovery of the parasitoid life cycle are Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, John Ray and Antonio Vallisnieri…”
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Options for keeping the food system within environmental limits by Springmann, Marco, Clark, Michael, Mason-D’Croz, Daniel, Wiebe, Keith, Bodirsky, Benjamin Leon, Lassaletta, Luis, de Vries, Wim, Vermeulen, Sonja J., Herrero, Mario, Carlson, Kimberly M., Jonell, Malin, Troell, Max, DeClerck, Fabrice, Gordon, Line J., Zurayk, Rami, Scarborough, Peter, Rayner, Mike, Loken, Brent, Fanzo, Jess, Godfray, H. Charles J., Tilman, David, Rockström, Johan, Willett, Walter

“…The food system is a major driver of climate change, changes in land use, depletion of freshwater resources, and pollution of aquatic and terrestrial…”
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Insect symbionts as hidden players in insect–plant interactions by Frago, Enric, Dicke, Marcel, Godfray, H. Charles J.

“…There is growing evidence of the importance of microbial mutualistic symbioses in insect–plant interactions. Mutualists may affect host plant range and enable…”
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Brief history of agricultural systems modeling by Jones, James W., Antle, John M., Basso, Bruno, Boote, Kenneth J., Conant, Richard T., Foster, Ian, Godfray, H. Charles J., Herrero, Mario, Howitt, Richard E., Janssen, Sander, Keating, Brian A., Munoz-Carpena, Rafael, Porter, Cheryl H., Rosenzweig, Cynthia, Wheeler, Tim R.

“…Agricultural systems science generates knowledge that allows researchers to consider complex problems or take informed agricultural decisions. The rich history…”
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Local mate competition, variable fecundity and information use in a parasitoid by FLANAGAN, K.E, WEST, S.A, GODFRAY, H.C.J

“…Experiments with sex allocation in parasitic wasps offer excellent opportunities for testing how the way in which organisms process information about their…”
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Symbionts protect aphids from parasitic wasps by attenuating herbivore-induced plant volatiles by Frago, Enric, Mala, Mukta, Weldegergis, Berhane T., Yang, Chenjiao, McLean, Ailsa, Godfray, H. Charles J., Gols, Rieta, Dicke, Marcel

“…Plants respond to insect attack by releasing blends of volatile chemicals that attract their herbivores’ specific natural enemies, while insect herbivores may…”
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A restatement of the natural science evidence base concerning neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators by Godfray, H. Charles J., Blacquière, Tjeerd, Field, Linda M., Hails, Rosemary S., Petrokofsky, Gillian, Potts, Simon G., Raine, Nigel E., Vanbergen, Adam J., McLean, Angela R.

“…There is evidence that in Europe and North America many species of pollinators are in decline, both in abundance and distribution. Although there is a long…”
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A restatement of recent advances in the natural science evidence base concerning neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators by Godfray, H. Charles J., Blacquière, Tjeerd, Field, Linda M., Hails, Rosemary S., Potts, Simon G., Raine, Nigel E., Vanbergen, Adam J., McLean, Angela R.

“…A summary is provided of recent advances in the natural science evidence base concerning the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on insect pollinators in a…”
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Plant quality, progeny sequence, and the sex ratio of the sycamore aphid, Drepanosiphum platanoidis by Leather, S.R, Wade, F.A, Godfray, H.C.J

“…The reproductive sequence of sexuparae of the sycamore aphid, Drepanosiphum platanoidis (Schrank) (Homoptera: Callaphididae), observed in the field and…”
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Aphid Protected from Pathogen by Endosymbiont by Scarborough, Claire L, Ferrari, Julia, Godfray, H. C. J

“…Aphids are associated with several facultative bacterial endosymbionts that may influence their interactions with other organisms. We show here that one of the…”
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Species-Level Para-and Polyphyly in DNA Barcode Gene Trees: Strong Operational Bias in European Lepidoptera by Mutanen, Marko, Kivelä, Sami M., Vos, Rutger A., Doorenweerd, Camiel, Ratnasingham, Sujeevan, Hausmann, Axel, Huemer, Peter, Dincǎ, Vlad, Van Nieukerken, Erik J., Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos, Vila, Roger, Aarvik, Leif, Decaëns, Thibaud, Efetov, Konstantin A., Hebert, Paul D. N., Johnsen, Arild, Karsholt, Ole, Pentinsaari, Mikko, Rougerie, Rodolphe, Segerer, Andreas, Tarmann, Gerhard, Zahiri, Reza, Godfray, H. Charles J.

“…The proliferation of DNA data is revolutionizing all fields of systematic research. DNA barcode sequences, now available for millions of specimens and several…”
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Genetic patterns in European Geometrid Moths revealed by the Barcode Index Number (BIN) System by Hausmann, A, Godfray, H.C.J, Huemer, J, Mutane, M, Rougerie, R, Nieukerken, E.J. van, Ratnasingham, S, Hebert, P.D.N

“…Background: The geometrid moths of Europe are one of the best investigated insect groups in traditional taxonomy making them an ideal model group to test the…”
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The Evolution of Diapause in a Coupled Host–parasitoid System by Ringel, M.S., Rees, M., Godfray, H.C.J.

“…Diapause of part of a population during a breeding opportunity is widespread among insects. We explore the evolution of such diapause in a coupled…”
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Defensive insect symbiont leads to cascading extinctions and community collapse by Sanders, Dirk, Kehoe, Rachel, van Veen, FJ Frank, McLean, Ailsa, Godfray, H. Charles J., Dicke, Marcel, Gols, Rieta, Frago, Enric

“…Animals often engage in mutualistic associations with microorganisms that protect them from predation, parasitism or pathogen infection. Studies of these…”
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Avoidance of intraguild predation leads to a long-term positive trait-mediated indirect effect in an insect community by Frago, Enric, Godfray, H. Charles J

“…Intraguild predation among natural enemies is common in food webs with insect herbivores at their base. Though intraguild predation may be reciprocal,…”
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The Recruitment of Parasitoid Species to Two Invading Herbivores by Godfray, H.C.J., David J.L. Agassiz, Nash, David R., Lawton, John H.

“…1. Two small species of leaf-mining moth, Phyllonorycter leucographella and P. platani, colonized the British Isles during the 1980s. The parasitoid assemblage…”
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