Search Results - "Mescher, M.C"
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The effects of shrub encroachment on arthropod communities depend on grazing history
Published in Global ecology and conservation (01-04-2024)“…Unsustainable grazing is a major driver of biodiversity loss worldwide. Conservation actions such as grazing exclusion are effective strategies for halting…”
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Biochemical crypsis in the avoidance of natural enemies by an insect herbivore
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (15-06-2004)“…Plant-herbivore interactions provide well studied examples of coevolution, but little is known about how such interactions are influenced by the third trophic…”
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Instrinsic competition between larval parasitoids with different degrees of host specificity
Published in Ecological entomology (2005)“…1. Interspecific competition among parasitoids may play a key role in the community dynamics of tritrophic plant-herbivore-parasitoid systems and has important…”
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Distribution of the Two Social Forms of the Fire Ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Native South American Range
Published in Annals of the Entomological Society of America (01-11-2003)“…Polygyne (multiple queen) colony social organization in the fire ant Solenopsis invicta Buren is always associated with the presence of a particular class of…”
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Investigating the management potential of a seagrass model through sensitivity analysis and experiments
Published in Ecological applications (01-02-1997)“…Loss of seagrass-dominated ecosystems worldwide has been attributed to anthropogenic modifications of watersheds; in response, proper management of these…”
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