Contributors -- Preface -- Part I: Current issues in behavioral ecology of insect parasitoids -- 1. Optimal foraging behavior and efficient biological control methods / Nick J. Mills and Éric Wajnberg ...
Cell 25 in Block 9 of Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary is now a cabinet of curiosities representing the animal life of this stabilized ruin. Specifically, it’s focused on some of the smaller ...
Insect migration ecology encompasses the study of long-distance movements undertaken by a diverse array of species across continents. These migrations represent extraordinary feats of navigation and ...
Eliza Grames wasn’t planning to study insect population data, but postdoctoral scholars end up in unexpected places all the time. As a postdoc in Matt Forister’s insect ecology lab, she’s part of a ...
Insects around the world are expected to be thrown into chaos by the effects of man-made climate change. Changes in temperatures may throw off their delicate interactions with plants and other insect ...
I am an entomologist with special interests in prairie ecology and insect behavior, and have been teaching in the Department of Biology at Luther since 1993. Along with keeping up with my family (my ...
A tiny insect is wreaking havoc on Europe’s sugar beet industry, not by biting plants, but by spreading bacteria that rob ...
Once in a while we get asked, “how cold does it have to get to kill insects?” Perhaps it is important to understand why cold ...
Insect-specific viruses (ISVs) have emerged as a pivotal component in the ecology of arboviruses, the viruses that are transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes. Although ISVs are incapable of ...