Search Results - "Nathan P. Havill"
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Genetics of flight in spongy moths (Lymantria dispar ssp.): functionally integrated profiling of a complex invasive trait
Published in BMC genomics (31-05-2024)“…Flight can drastically enhance dispersal capacity and is a key trait defining the potential of exotic insect species to spread and invade new habitats. The…”
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Biology and Evolution of Adelgidae
Published in Annual review of entomology (01-01-2007)“…The Adelgidae form a small clade of insects within the Aphidoidea (Hemiptera) that includes some of the most destructive introduced pest species threatening…”
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Weak spatial-genetic structure in a native invasive, the southern pine beetle ( Dendroctonus frontalis ), across the eastern United States
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (02-09-2021)“…The southern pine beetle , Dendroctonus frontalis , is a native pest of pine trees that has recently expanded its range into the northeastern United States…”
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Evolutionary history predicts high‐impact invasions by herbivorous insects
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-11-2019)“…A long‐standing goal of invasion biology is to identify factors driving highly variable impacts of non‐native species. Although hypotheses exist that emphasize…”
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Dynamic Acquisition and Loss of Dual-Obligate Symbionts in the Plant-Sap-Feeding Adelgidae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphidoidea)
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (13-06-2017)“…Sap-sucking insects typically engage in obligate relationships with symbiotic bacteria that play nutritional roles in synthesizing nutrients unavailable or in…”
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Identification of winter moth (Operophtera brumata) refugia in North Africa and the Italian Peninsula during the last glacial maximum
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-12-2019)“…Numerous studies have shown that the genetic diversity of species inhabiting temperate regions has been shaped by changes in their distributions during the…”
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Evolution of host specialization in the Adelgidae (Insecta: Hemiptera) inferred from molecular phylogenetics
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-07-2007)“…The Adelgidae form a small group of insects in the Aphidoidea. They are cyclically parthenogenetic with host alternating, multiple-generation complex life…”
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Predicting the invasion range for a highly polyphagous and widespread forest herbivore
Published in NeoBiota (28-07-2020)“…Here we compare the environmental niche of a highly polyphagous forest Lepidoptera species, the winter moth ( Operophtera brumata ), in its native and invaded…”
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Phylogeny and Biogeography of Tsuga (Pinaceae) Inferred from Nuclear Ribosomal Its and Chloroplast DNA Sequence Data
Published in Systematic botany (01-07-2008)“…Hemlock, Tsuga (Pinaceae), has a disjunct distribution in North America and Asia. To examine the biogeographic history of Tsuga, phylogenetic relationships…”
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Phenology and Synchrony of Scymnus coniferarum (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) with Multiple Adelgid Species in the Puget Sound, WA, USA
Published in Forests (01-09-2018)“…The hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), Adelges tsugae, is an invasive pest of Tsuga spp. in eastern North America. Scymnus coniferarum is a predaceous beetle that…”
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The impact is in the details: evaluating a standardized protocol and scale for determining non-native insect impact
Published in NeoBiota (03-04-2020)“…Assessing the ecological and economic impacts of non-native species is crucial to providing managers and policymakers with the information necessary to respond…”
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Ancient and modern colonization of North America by hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), an invasive insect from East Asia
Published in Molecular ecology (01-05-2016)“…Hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae, is an invasive pest of hemlock trees (Tsuga) in eastern North America. We used 14 microsatellites and mitochondrial COI…”
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Four times out of Europe: Serial invasions of the winter moth, Operophtera brumata, to North America
Published in Molecular ecology (01-07-2021)“…Reconstructing the geographic origins of non‐native species is important for studying the factors that influence invasion success, however; these analyses can…”
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Real‐time geographic settling of a hybrid zone between the invasive winter moth (Operophtera brumata L.) and the native Bruce spanworm (O. bruceata Hulst)
Published in Molecular ecology (01-12-2022)“…Hybridization plays an important and underappreciated role in shaping the evolutionary trajectories of species. Following the introduction of a non‐native…”
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Phylogeny of Rhus gall aphids (Hemiptera : Pemphigidae) based on combined molecular analysis of nuclear EF1α and mitochondrial COII genes
Published in Entomological science (01-09-2010)“…Rhus gall aphids (Fordinae : Melaphidini) have a disjunct distribution in East Asia and North America and have specific host plant relationships. Some of them…”
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Taxonomic identity of a galling adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) from three spruce species in Central Japan
Published in Entomological science (01-01-2011)“…Gall-forming insects are commonly highly host-specific, and galling species once thought to be oligo- or polyphagous are often found to represent a complex of…”
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Temporal Asynchrony of Adult Emergence Between Leucopis argenticollis and Leucopis piniperda (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae), Predators of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), with Implications for Biological Control
Published in Environmental entomology (20-08-2020)“…Two species of silver fly, Leucopis argenticollis (Zetterstedt) and Leucopis piniperda (Malloch) (Diptera: Chamaemyiidae), from the Pacific Northwest region of…”
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Spring bird migration as a dispersal mechanism for the hemlock woolly adelgid
Published in Biological invasions (01-05-2019)“…In eastern North America, the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid ( Adelges tsugae Annand), has expanded northward at a pace that exceeds predictions from…”
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Seasonal differences in the timing of flight between the invasive winter moth and native Bruce spanworm promotes reproductive isolation
Published in Environmental entomology (18-08-2023)“…The European winter moth, Operophtera brumata L. (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), was accidentally introduced to North America on at least 4 separate occasions,…”
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Transitional genomes and nutritional role reversals identified for dual symbionts of adelgids (Aphidoidea: Adelgidae)
Published in The ISME Journal (01-03-2022)“…Many plant-sap-feeding insects have maintained a single, obligate, nutritional symbiont over the long history of their lineage. This senior symbiont may be…”
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